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Claudette Colbert

in The Secret Heart (1946)
Born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin
September 13, 1903(1903-09-13)
Saint-Mandé, Seine, France (now Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France)
Died July 30, 1996 (aged 92)
Speightstown, Barbados
Years active 1923–1965, 1974–1987
Spouse(s) Norman Foster (1928–1935)
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Claudette Colbert (IPA: /koʊlˈbɛɹ/) (September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French-born American Academy Award-winning actress of film and theater. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA is a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet, devised by the International Phonetic Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

Born in Saint-Mandé, France and raised in New York City, Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the 1920s, progressing to film with the advent of talking pictures. Saint-Mandé is a commune of the Val-de-Marne département, and of the Île-de-France région (in the eastern suburbs of The City of New York Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. She joined Paramount Pictures, and was noted for performances in screwball comedies as well as dramatic roles, receiving Academy Award nominations in both film genres. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. The screwball comedy is a subgenre of the comedy Film genre. It has proven to be one of the most popular and enduring film genres "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

From the mid 1930s until the late 1940s, Colbert was one of the highest paid performers in American cinema. During the 1950s she continued to act in films, appearing in a number of television productions, but concentrated mainly on work in the theater. She remained active until the late 1980s. In her later years, she retired to her home in Barbados, where she died at the age of 92, following a series of strokes. Barbados ( Portuguese word for bearded-ones, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz -dɒs situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Island nation A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain

In 1999, the American Film Institute placed Colbert at number 12 on their "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars" list of the "50 Greatest American Screen Legends". The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 Part of the AFI 100 Years series, AFI's 100 Years 100 Stars is a list of the top 50 stars of American cinema [1]

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Early life

Émilie Chauchoin[2][3] was born in Saint-Mandé, Seine, France[4], to Georges Claude, a banker, and Jeanne Loew Chauchoin. Saint-Mandé is a commune of the Val-de-Marne département, and of the Île-de-France région (in the eastern suburbs of Seine was a département of France encompassing Paris and its immediate suburbs This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. [5][6] After some financial reverses, her family emigrated to New York City in 1906. "Emigrant" redirects here For the Butterflies, see Catopsilia. [6][7] Colbert eventually became a naturalized citizen of the U. Naturalization is the acquisition of Citizenship or Nationality by somebody who was not a citizen or national of that country when he or she was born S. [8]

Colbert studied at Washington Irving High School, where her speech teacher, Alice Rossetter helped her overcome a slight lisp. Rossetter encouraged her to audition for a play she had written, and Colbert made her stage debut at the Provincetown Playhouse in The Widow's Veil, at the age of fifteen.

She then attended the Art Students League of New York and worked as a stenographer, a salesclerk in womens' clothing, and a tutor in order to pay her expenses. The Art Students League of New York is an Art school located on West 57th Street in New York City. She intended to become a fashion designer but after she attended a party with the playwright Anne Morrison she was offered a three-line role in Morrison's new play. She appeared on the Broadway stage in a small role in The Wild Westcotts (1923). Inspired to pursue a career in theater, Colbert ended her studies and embarked on a stage career in 1925. [9] She adopted the name "Claudette Colbert" as her stage name two years later; she had been using the name of Claudette since high school, and Colbert was the maiden name of her maternal grandmother. [5]

Career

Broadway

After signing a five-year contract with the producer Al Woods, Colbert played ingenue roles on Broadway from 1925 through 1929. Albert Herman Woods born Aladár Herman ( January 3, 1870 - April 24, 1951) was an American Theatrical producer During her early years on stage, she fought against being typecast as a maid, and received critical acclaim on Broadway in the production of The Barker (1927), playing a carnival snake charmer, a role she reprised for the play's run in London's West End. The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions businesses headquarters and the commercial [10]

See Naples and Die and Eugene O'Neill's Dynamo (1929) were unsuccessful, however she was noticed by the theatrical producer, Leland Hayward, who suggested her for a role in Frank Capra's silent film For the Love of Mike (1927), now believed to be a lost film. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16 1888–November 27 1953 was a Nobel -prize winning American playwright Leland Hayward ( September 13, 1902 – March 18, 1971) was a popular powerful and wealthy Hollywood and Broadway Frank Russell Capra ( May 18, 1897 &ndash September 3, 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American Film For the Love of Mike ( 1927) is a film directed by Frank Capra, and starring Claudette Colbert and Ben Lyon. A lost film is a Feature film or Short film that no longer exists in either studio archives or private collections [11] The film, Colbert's only silent film role, was a box office failure. [5]

Early film career

Colbert in an early dramatic film, I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
Colbert in an early dramatic film, I Cover the Waterfront (1933)

After the failure of For the Love of Mike, Colbert did not make any films for two years, but ultimately signed a film contract with Paramount Pictures in 1929. I Cover the Waterfront ( 1933) is a film directed by James Cruze and starring Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrance Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Her earliest films were produced in New York, which enabled her to continue her stage career. Her first sound film was The Hole in the Wall (1929), co-starring another newcomer, Edward G. Robinson, which was followed by The Lady Lies (1929). A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. The Hole in the Wall is a 1929 film directed by Robert Florey, and starring Claudette Colbert and Edward G Edward Goldenberg Robinson Sr (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: עמנואל גאלדנבערג December 12 1893 &ndash January Both films were successful. While filming The Lady Lies, Colbert was also appearing at night in the play See Naples and Die, which was to be her final stage performance for 20 years.

She appeared in the French language, Mysterious Mr. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Parkes, one of the few foreign language films of the time to be widely screened in the United States, and was also cast in The Big Pond. The Big Pond is a Romantic comedy film based on a 1928 play of the same name by George Middleton and A The latter was filmed in both French and English, and Colbert's fluency in both languages was a key consideration in her casting. She appeared opposite Maurice Chevalier, who commented of her, "She was lovely, brunette, talented and a delicious comedienne, and her English was perfect. Maurice Auguste Chevalier ( September 12, 1888 &ndash January 1, 1972) was a French Actor, Singer, and "[12] While these films were popular with audiences, one of her films from this period, Young Man of Manhattan, her only collaboration with her then husband, Norman Foster, was criticized by Picturegoer magazine. Young Man of Manhattan is a 1930 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Monta Bell, and starring Claudette Colbert, Norman Picturegoer was a Magazine that was published in the United Kingdom between 1913 and 1960 The magazine criticized Foster's performance and noted him as one of Colbert's weakest leading men, writing, "He did not seem to get any sincerity into his love scenes. "[12]

She co-starred with Fredric March in Manslaughter (1930), and received positive reviews for her performance as a rich girl, jailed for manslaughter. Fredric March ( August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American two-time Academy Award and Tony Award -winning Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being in a manner considered by law as less culpable than Murder. The New York Times wrote, "It cannot be denied that Claudette Colbert – given an even chance – is capable of excellent acting. "[13] She was briefly paired with March, and they made four films together, including Dorothy Arzner's Honor Among Lovers (1931), which fared well at the box-office. Dorothy Arzner ( January 3, 1897 &ndash October 1, 1979) was a pioneering American Film director. Honor Among Lovers is a 1931 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Dorothy Arzner. She sang in her role opposite Maurice Chevalier in the Ernst Lubitsch musical The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and was acknowledged by critics for her ability to assert herself opposite the more experienced Miriam Hopkins. Maurice Auguste Chevalier ( September 12, 1888 &ndash January 1, 1972) was a French Actor, Singer, and Ernst Lubitsch ( January 28, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German -born Jewish Film director. The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 Paramount film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working Ellen Miriam Hopkins ( October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an Oscar -nominated American actress [12]

Cecil B. DeMille cast her as the Roman empress Poppaea in his historical epic, The Sign of the Cross (1932), opposite Fredric March. Cecil Blount DeMille ( August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director Poppaea Sabina (30-65 was a Roman Empress and second wife of the Roman Emperor Nero. The Sign of the Cross is a 1932 epic film made by Paramount Pictures. In one sequence, Colbert bathes in a marble pool filled with asses' milk, a scene that came to be regarded as an example of Hollywood decadence prior to the enforcement of the Production Code. For the television broadcasting term please see Production code number. [14] Later the same year she played in The Phantom President, which was one of Paramount's biggest failures of the year. The Phantom President is a 1932 film directed by Norman Taurog, and starring George M Other successes of this period included Tonight Is Ours (1933) with Fredric March and Torch Singer (1933), with Ricardo Cortez. Tonight Is Ours is a 1933 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Stuart Walker, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fredric March Torch Singer is a 1933 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes, and starring Claudette Ricardo Cortez ( September 19, 1899 – April 28, 1977) was a film actor who began his career during the Silent film era In 1933, Colbert renegotiated her contract with Paramount to allow her to appear in films for other studios. However, Cecil B. DeMille's Four Frightened People (1934) failed to find a substantial audience. Four Frightened People is a 1934 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Cecil B

Breakthrough

During 1934, Colbert's film career flourished. Of the four films she made that year, three of them – the historial biography, Cleopatra, the romantic drama, Imitation of Life and the screwball comedy, It Happened One Night were nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture.

Colbert teaches co-star Clark Gable hitch-hiking, in It Happened One Night (1934)
Colbert teaches co-star Clark Gable hitch-hiking, in It Happened One Night (1934)

Colbert was reluctant to appear as the "runaway heiress", Ellie Andrews, in the Frank Capra romantic comedy, It Happened One Night (1934), opposite Clark Gable and released by Columbia Pictures. Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Hitchhiker Program Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, hitching, autostop or thumbing up a ride) is a means of Transportation It Happened One Night is a 1934 screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered Socialite ( Claudette Colbert Frank Russell Capra ( May 18, 1897 &ndash September 3, 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American Film It Happened One Night is a 1934 screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered Socialite ( Claudette Colbert Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Behind schedule after several actresses had refused the role, the studio accepted Colbert's demand that she be paid $50,000 and that filming was to be completed within four weeks to allow her to take a planned vacation. Colbert felt that the script was weak, and Capra recalled her dissatisfaction, commenting, "Claudette fretted, pouted and argued about her part. . . she was a tartar, but a cute one. "[15]

The film contained at least one scene that is often cited as representative of the screwball film genre and which became well known, even by people who had not seen the entire film. [16][17] Stranded in the countryside, Colbert demonstrates to an astonished Gable how to hitchhike by displaying her leg. Colbert won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The film was the first to sweep all five major Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, and was a resounding box-office success. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize In later life, Colbert reflected upon her misgivings about the film and her lack of confidence when it was completed, commenting, "I left wondering how the movie would be received. It was right in the middle of the Depression. People needed fantasy, they needed splendor and glamour, and Hollywood gave it to them. And here we were, looking a little seedy and riding on our bus". [18]

Colbert in Cleopatra (1934)
Colbert in Cleopatra (1934)

Cleopatra (1934), in which she played the title role opposite Warren William, was a box office success. Cleopatra is Cecil B DeMille 's 1934 film made by Paramount Pictures, retelling the story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Cleopatra is Cecil B DeMille 's 1934 film made by Paramount Pictures, retelling the story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Warren William ( December 2 1894 - September 24 1948) was a Broadway and Hollywood Actor, born Warren William DeMille perceived Colbert as a femme fatale, and her films with him included partial nudity. A femme fatale (plural femmes fatales) is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire often leading them into [19] Colbert did not wish to be portrayed as overtly sexual and thereafter refused such roles. [20]

Post 1934

Colbert's success allowed her to renegotiate her contract, raising her salary. In 1935 and 1936, she was listed in the annual "Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars", which was compiled from the votes of movie exhibitors throughout the U. S. for the stars that had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year. [21]

She received a second Academy Award nomination for her role in the hospital drama, Private Worlds (1935). Private Worlds is a 1935 film which tells the story of the staff and patients at a Mental hospital, and the chief of the hospital who has problems dealing

In 1936, she signed a new contract with Paramount Pictures, which required her to make seven films over a two year period, and this contract made her Hollywood's highest paid actress. [22] This was followed by a contract renewal in 1938, after which she was reported to be the highest paid performer in Hollywood with a salary of $426,924. [23] Her films during this period include The Gilded Lily (1935) and The Bride Comes Home (1935) with Fred MacMurray, She Married Her Boss (1935), with Melvyn Douglas, Under Two Flags (1936), with Ronald Colman, Maid of Salem (1937), again with MacMurray, Tovarich (1937), with Charles Boyer, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938), with Gary Cooper, Zaza (1939), with Herbert Marshall, Midnight (1939), with Don Ameche and It's a Wonderful World (1939), with James Stewart. The Gilded Lily is a 1935 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray The Bride Comes Home is a 1935 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred Frederick Martin MacMurray ( August 30, 1908 &ndash November 5, 1991) was an American Actor who appeared in over one She Married Her Boss is a 1935 film directed by Gregory La Cava, and starring Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas. Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg ( April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor Ronald Colman ( February 9 1891 &ndash May 19 1958) was an English Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning actor Maid of Salem is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray Tovarich (the Russian word for comrade is a 1937 Warner Bros Comedy film based on the 1935 play by Robert E Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978 was a four-time Academy Award -nominated French Actor who starred in a number of classic Hollywood Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star Zaza is a 1939 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by George Cukor. Herbert Marshall, born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall, in London, England, ( May 23, 1890 - January 22, 1966 Midnight is a 1939 romantic comedy (with some elements of screwball comedy directed by Mitchell Leisen and written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder Don Ameche (born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31 1908 – December 6 1993) was an American actor It's a Wonderful World is a 1939 romantic screwball comedy starring James Stewart, Claudette Colbert and Frances Drake. James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor

in the film Tovarich (1937)
in the film Tovarich (1937)

With her success, Colbert was able to assert control over the manner in which she was portrayed and she gained a reputation for being fastidious by refusing to be filmed from her right side. Tovarich (the Russian word for comrade is a 1937 Warner Bros Comedy film based on the 1935 play by Robert E She believed that her face was uneven and photographed better from the left. She learned about lighting and cinematography, and refused to begin filming until she was satisfied that she would be shown to her best advantage. An example of Colbert's determination to control the way she was photographed, took place during the filming of Tovarich in 1937, when one of her favored cameramen was dismissed by the director, Anatole Litvak. Anatole Litvak (Анатоль Литвак ( May 10, 1902 &ndash December 15, 1974) was a Ukrainian -born international filmmaker After seeing the rushes filmed by the replacement, Colbert refused to continue. She insisted on hiring her own cameraman, and offered to waive her salary if the film went over budget as a result. [22] Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) with Henry Fonda was Colbert's first color film, however she distrusted the relatively new Technicolor process and feared that she would not photograph well, preferring thereafter to be filmed in black-and-white. Drums Along the Mohawk is a 1939 John Ford Film starring Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda and Edna May Oliver Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation [24]

During this time she began acting for CBS' popular Lux Radio Theater, making numerous appearances between 1935 and 1954. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio Anthology series (NBC Blue Network (1934-1935 CBS (1935-1954 NBC [25]

Later film career

In 1940, Colbert refused a seven-year contract that would have paid her $200,000 a year, as she had found that she could command a fee of $150,000 per film as a free-lance artist. With her brother as her manager, Colbert was able to secure roles in prestigious films, and this period marked the height of her earning ability. [22]

Colbert's film career continued successfully into the 1940s, in films such as Boom Town (1940), with Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr, and Arise, My Love (1940), with Ray Milland. A boomtown is a Community that experiences sudden and rapid population and Economic growth. Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Hedy Lamarr ( November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian born American actress Arise My Love is a 1940 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Mitchell Leisen, written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett Ray Milland ( January 3, 1907 - March 10, 1986) was a Welsh Actor and director who worked primarily in the Her performance in the 1942 Preston Sturges comedy, The Palm Beach Story, opposite Joel McCrea was a box-office success. Preston Sturges ( August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) originally Edmund Preston Biden was a celebrated Screenwriter and The Palm Beach Story is a romantic Screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Claudette Colbert, Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5 &ndashOctober 20) was an American actor and Film star whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films

Colbert in So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
Colbert in So Proudly We Hail! (1943)

After more than a decade as a leading actress, Colbert began to make a transition to more mature characters, though she was reportedly very sensitive about her age. So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Mark Sandrich, and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette During filming of So Proudly We Hail! (1943), with Paulette Goddard and Veronica Lake, a rift occurred when Colbert overheard a remark made by Goddard in an interview. So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Mark Sandrich, and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Paulette Goddard ( June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an Oscar -nominated American Film and Theatre Veronica Lake ( November 14, 1922 &ndash July 7, 1973) was an American film actress and pin-up model Asked which of her costars she preferred, Goddard had replied, "Veronica, I think. After all, we are closer in age", further commenting that Colbert "flipped" and "was at Paulette's eyes at every moment" and said that they continued their feud throughout the duration of filming. [26]

Impressed by her performance in this film, but aware of Colbert's sensitivity, David O. Selznick approached her to play the lead role in Since You Went Away (1944). David O Selznick, born David Selznick ( May 10, 1902 &ndash June 22, 1965) was one of the iconic Hollywood producers Since You Went Away is a 1944 Film distributed by United Artists. She balked at the prospect of playing a mother of teenaged children, but Selznick believed that she was the best candidate for the role, and valued her marketability, commenting that "even light little comedies with her have never done under a million and a half. "[27] Eventually, Colbert accepted.

The director, John Cromwell, later noted that Colbert was "level headed, very professional and with no temperament", but Selznick expressed frustration with some of her demands. John Cromwell may refer to John Cromwell (director (1887-1979 American film director John P He wrote in a memo to Colbert's agent that they had rebuilt several sets "because of her refusal to have the right side of her face photographed, on top of which we have to pay her not only a fabulous salary, but also give her two days off a month, which works out to $5000 every four weeks for doing absolutely nothing, and now she's demanding three. . . . Tell her there's a war on and we all have to make some sacrifices. "[28]

Released in June 1944, the film became a substantial success and grossed almost 5 million dollars in the United States. The critic James Agee praised aspects of the film, but particularly Colbert's performance, writing "Selznick has given Claudette Colbert the richest, biggest role of her career. James Rufus Agee (November 27 1909 &ndash May 16 1955 was an American Novelist, Journalist, Poet She rewards him consistently with smooth Hollywood formula acting, and sometimes – in collaboration with Mr. (Joseph) Cotten – with flashes of acting that are warmer and more mature. Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film "[29] Colbert received her final Academy Award nomination for this performance.

In 1945, Colbert ended her association with Paramount Studios, and continued to free-lance in such films as Guest Wife (1945), with Don Ameche. Guest Wife is a 1945 film directed by Sam Wood, written by Bruce Manning and John Klorer, and starring Claudette Colbert Don Ameche (born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31 1908 – December 6 1993) was an American actor RKO Studios hired her to appear opposite John Wayne in Without Reservations (1946), with a storyline and setting intentionally inspired by It Happened One Night, however it failed to recoup its high production costs. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Without Reservations is a 1946 film made by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Claudette Colbert and [30] Nonetheless, the overall popularity of Colbert's films during 1946 led to her making a final appearance in the "Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars". [21] She achieved her last great success opposite Fred MacMurray in the comedy The Egg and I (1947). The Egg and I is a 1947 film directed by Chester Erskine, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Marjorie Main The film was one of the year's biggest hits, and was later acknowledged as the 12th most profitable American film of the 1940s. [31] Her subsequent films failed to capitalize on her renewed success, with the exception of the suspense film Sleep, My Love (1948) with Robert Cummings. Sleep My Love ( 1948) is a Feature film directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings Robert Cummings ( June 10, 1908 – December 2, 1990) also known as Bob Cummings, was an American Motion picture

with Florence Desmond in Three Came Home (1950)
with Florence Desmond in Three Came Home (1950)

Colbert then lost two roles that were originally intended for her, and which were highly successful ventures for each of the actresses who replaced her. Florence Desmond ( 31 May 1905 - 16 January 1993) was the Stage name of Florence Dawson, an English Actor Three Came Home ( 1950) is a wartime film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith She was signed to appear in State of the Union with Gary Cooper, who was replaced by Spencer Tracy. State of the Union is a 1948 film adaptation written by Myles Connolly and Anthony Veiller of the Russel Crouse, Howard Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Two days before filming began, Colbert advised the director Frank Capra that she was unable to work beyond 5 p. Frank Russell Capra ( May 18, 1897 &ndash September 3, 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American Film m. each day, citing "doctor's orders". Capra refused to accommodate her terms and cast Katharine Hepburn in the role. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage [32]

In 1949, Joseph L. Mankiewicz wrote the part of Margo Channing in All About Eve for Colbert, feeling that she best represented the style of the older actress he envisioned for the part. Joseph Leo Mankiewicz ( February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American Academy Award -winning director All About Eve is a Drama film, written and directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz admired her "sly wit and sense of class" and felt that she would play the part as an "elegant drunk", who would easily win the support of the audience. Colbert was enthusiastic about the role, and after a succession of noble roles, relished the prospect of playing what she described as a more "feline" character. Before production started, Colbert severely injured her back, while filming a scene for Three Came Home, and although 20th Century Fox postponed the production of All About Eve for two months while she convalesced, she was still not fit enough to take the role and was replaced by Bette Davis. Three Came Home ( 1950) is a wartime film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. Years later, Mankiewicz commented that he still imagined how effectively Colbert would have embodied the role, and how greatly her portrayal would have differed from Davis's. [33] Colbert described her loss of the role as one of her great regrets, and said that she wished she could have played the role, even if it had been "in a wheelchair". [34]

Her films of this period received mixed reception. The RKO comedy Bride for Sale, in which Colbert was part of a love triangle that included George Brent and Robert Young, was well reviewed and modestly successful. Bride for Sale is a 1949 film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by William D George Brent ( March 15 1899 - May 26 1979) was an Irish film and television Actor in American cinema. Bob or Rob(ert Young may refer to many people Bob Young, Canadian founder and CEO of Red Hat Bob Young (American football (1942&ndash1995 The Secret Fury (1950), also for RKO, was a mystery melodrama that was widely panned, with one critic commenting that Colbert and her co-star Robert Ryan "wandered through the film like two abandoned children in search of their father". The Secret Fury is a 1950 Black-and-white drama film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Mel Ferrer. [35]

Decline of film career

In the early 1950s, Colbert traveled to Europe and began making fewer films. In 1954, after a successful appearance in a television version of The Royal Family, she began acting in various teleplays. A teleplay is a drama which is Telecast using many of the same constraints as a theater piece (limited Scenery, cast Special effects) From 1954 to 1960, she appeared in the television adaptations of Blithe Spirit in 1956 and The Bells of St. Mary's in 1959. The version of Blithe Spirit discussed in this article is a 1956 live performance preserved on Kinescope. The Bells of St Mary's is a 1959 made-for-television film directed by Tom Donovan, and starring Claudette Colbert and Marc Connelly. She also guest starred on Robert Montgomery Presents, Playhouse 90, and Zane Grey Theater. Robert Montgomery Presents is a dramatic Television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until Playhouse 90, a 90-minute dramatic television anthology series was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1961 for a total of 133 episodes Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theater, is a Western Anthology Series which ran

In 1958, she returned to Broadway in The Marriage-Go-Round, for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Tony Award. The Marriage-Go-Round ( 1961) is a sex comedy film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, directed by Walter Lang, written and produced by Leslie The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented

By 1955 she had stopped making films, although returned to the screen in Parrish (1961) for Warner Brothers. Parrish is a 1961 Drama film made by Warner Bros. It was written produced and directed by Delmer Daves, based on the novel by Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and When the film was released, most of the studio publicity was in support of the young male lead Troy Donahue, who was being groomed by the studio. Troy Donahue ( January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American Actor, known for being a Teen idol. Colbert, playing the supporting role of Donahue's mother, received little attention, and the film was not a success. She never made another film although the press occasionally referred to upcoming projects that did not exist. Embarrassed, Colbert instructed her agent to stop his attempts to generate interest in her as a film actress. In the late 1960s, a reporter asked her why she had made no more films, to which she replied, "Because there have been no offers. "[36]

Her occasional acting ventures were limited to theater and included The Irregular Verb to Love (1963); The Kingfisher (1978) in which she co-starred with Rex Harrison, and Frederick Lonsdale's Aren't We All? (1985). Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison (5 March 1908 - 2 June 1990 was an English Academy Award and Tony Award -winning Theatre and Frederick Lonsdale (born St Helier Jersey, 5 February 1881; d London, 4 April 1954) was an English Dramatist Aren't We All? is a play by Frederick Lonsdale. At the core of the drawing room comedy 's slim plot is the Hon

In 1987, Colbert appeared in a supporting role in the television miniseries The Two Mrs. Grenvilles. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes The Two Mrs Grenvilles is a 1985 novel by Dominick Dunne based on the sensational Woodward murder case of 1955 The production was a ratings success and was nominated for several awards. Colbert won a Golden Globe and received a nomination for an Emmy Award. For the main article see Golden Globe Award. Best Supporting Actress in a Series Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television This is a list of the winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. This marked her final performance on film, however she continued to act in theater.

Personal life

In 1928, Colbert married Norman Foster, an actor and director, who appeared with Colbert in the Broadway show The Barker. Norman Foster ( December 13, 1900 - July 7, 1976) was a American Film director and movie Actor. However, she and her first husband lived apart, never sharing a home together in Hollywood. [37] They divorced in 1935, and in December of that year, Colbert married Dr. Joel Pressman, a surgeon at UCLA. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United [5] The marriage lasted 33 years, until Pressman's death of liver cancer in 1968. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC also called hepatoma) is a primary malignancy (cancer of the Liver.

Colbert had one brother, Charles (1898-1971), who used the surname Wendling and served as her agent and business manager for a time. [6] He is credited with negotiating some of her more lucrative contracts in the late 1930s and early 1940s. [12]

Colbert was a staunch Republican and conservative. [38]

Final years

For years, Colbert divided her time between her apartment in Manhattan and her summer home in Speightstown, Barbados. Speightstown ("Spite's-town" is the second largest town centre of Barbados. [5] After suffering a series of strokes in 1993, she remained in her Barbados home, Belle-rive, where she died on July 30, 1996, at age 92. A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) [5] She was buried in the Parish of St. Peter Cemetery in Barbados. [39] Colbert left no immediate family. [5]

The bulk of Colbert's estate was left to a friend, Helen O'Hagan, a retired director of corporate relations at Saks Fifth Avenue, whom Colbert had met in 1961 on the set of the her last film and who cared for Colbert following her 1993 strokes. Saks Fifth Avenue is an upscale American Department store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. [40]

Contemporary reception

Colbert established one of the most successful film careers of any actress of her generation, and was considered a dependable and bankable star. Her status was reflected in her earnings as one of the best paid performers of the 1930s and 1940s. Colbert once commented that she had sacrificed for the sake of her career.

In discussing Colbert's career, her contemporaries confirmed her drive. Irene Dunne commented that she had lacked Colbert's "terrifying ambition" and noted that if Colbert "finished work on a film on a Saturday, she would be looking for a new project by Monday". Irene Dunne ( December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990) was a five-time Academy Award -nominated American film actress and Hedda Hopper wrote that Colbert placed her career "ahead of everything save possibly her marriage", and described her as the "smartest and canniest" of Hollywood actresses, with a strong sense of what was best for her, and a "deep rooted desire to be in shape, efficient and under control". Hedda Hopper ( May 2, 1885 – February 1, 1966) was an American actress and Gossip columnist, whose [26]

Other actors admired Colbert's comic timing; David Niven related in his biography that Gary Cooper was "terrified" at the prospect of working with Colbert in his first comedy, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife because he considered Colbert to be an expert in the genre. James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983 was an English Academy Award -winning Actor probably best known for his role as the punctuality-obsessed Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and The film gave Niven one of his first significant parts, and he wrote that Colbert took a nurturing role towards him and "was the soul of fun and a most generous performer," although he noted that her insistence that she be filmed only from her right side created difficulties for the cameramen. [41] Her fastidious attitude in this regard became well known, with Doris Day quoted as saying, "God wasted half a face on Claudette". Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1922) is an American Singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as During her heyday, film technicians described the right side of her face as "the dark side of the moon. "[26] In a 1930s interview Constance Bennett replied to questions about her own demands, with the comment that Colbert's idiosyncracies were far more excessive, but Bennett acknowledged that it was an integral part of Colbert's success. Constance Campbell Bennett ( October 22, 1904 &ndash July 24, 1965) was an American actress. [22] Colbert was also generally respected for her professionalism, with the New York Times stating that she was known for giving "110 percent" to any project she worked on, and she was also highly regarded for learning the technical aspects of studio lighting and cinematography that allowed her to maintain a distinctive film image. [22] In her biography, Myrna Loy stated that Colbert, along with Joan Crawford, "knew more about lighting than the experts did. Myrna Loy ( August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American Motion picture Actress. Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture "[42]

Modern critics and film historians note that Colbert demonstrated versatility throughout her career, and played characters that ranged from vamps to housewives, and that encompassed screwball comedy and drama. The VaMP Driverless car was one of the first truly autonomous cars along with its twin vehicle the VITA-2. [22] Pauline Kael wrote that Colbert was widely admired by American audiences from the time of It Happened One Night because she represented "Americans' idealized view of themselves — breezy, likable, sexy, gallant and maybe just a little hare-brained. Pauline Kael (June 19 1919 &ndash September 3 2001 was an American Film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991 "[16]

She found it difficult to make the transition to playing more mature characters as she approached middle-age and expressed her admiration for Bette Davis, saying that she had been able to make the transition more easily because she had shrewdly played character roles as a young woman. Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. [26] The writer A. Scott Berg described Colbert as one of Paramount Studio's greatest assets as she had "proved deft in all genres" and had "helped define femininity for her generation with her chic manner. Andrew Scott Berg (born December 4 1949 is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American biographer. "[43]

She was praised for her sense of style and awareness of fashion, and she ensured throughout her career, that she was impeccably groomed and costumed. Such was the importance she placed upon costuming, that for the 1946 melodrama, Tomorrow is Forever, Jean Louis was hired to create eighteen changes of wardrobe for her. Tomorrow Is Forever is a 1946 Black-and-white film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Irving Pichel, starring Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthauldt, October 5, 1907, Paris, France - - April 20, 1997, Palm Springs [44]

When she received a Kennedy Center Honor, her fashion sense was referred to with a quotation from Jeanie Basinger in The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: "[Her] glamour is the sort that women attain for themselves by using their intelligence to create a timeless personal style. The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts "[45] The writer A. Scott Berg described Colbert as one of Paramount Studio's greatest assets as she had "proved deft in all genres" and had "helped define femininity for her generation with her chic manner. Andrew Scott Berg (born December 4 1949 is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American biographer. "[43]

Colbert is cited as a leading female exponent of screwball comedy, along with such actresses as Carole Lombard, Myrna Loy, Rosalind Russell, Irene Dunne and Jean Arthur. Carole Lombard ( October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne Indiana, was an Oscar-nominated Myrna Loy ( August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American Motion picture Actress. Rosalind Russell ( June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an award-winning American Actress of stage and Irene Dunne ( December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990) was a five-time Academy Award -nominated American film actress and Jean Arthur ( 17 October &ndash 19 June) was an Oscar -nominated American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s In her comedy films, she invariably played shrewd and self reliant women, but unlike many of her contemporaries, Colbert rarely engaged in physical comedy, with her characters more likely to be observers and commentators. [46]

Filmography

Further information: Claudette Colbert chronology of performances

Awards and honors

Colbert was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for three films, It Happened One Night (1935), Private Worlds (1936), and Since You Went Away (1945), winning for It Happened One Night. The following provides a list of the film television Lux Radio Theater, Broadway stage performances etc Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to In addition, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series, or Motion Picture Made for Television for her role in The Two Mrs. For the main article see Golden Globe Award. Best Supporting Actress in a Series Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television Grenvilles (1988), and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the same.

In 1980, Colbert was awarded the Sarah Siddons Award for her theatre work. The Sarah Siddons Society is an American Non-profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago Theatre patrons with the goal [47] In 1984, Colbert was awarded the Gala Tribute award by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The Film Society of Lincoln Center based in New York City, United States, is one of the world's most prominent film presentation organizations [48] The same year, a building at the old Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York, where she had made ten films in early career, was renamed in her honor. The Kaufman Astoria Studios is located in Queens New York, and home to productions like Sesame Street, Johnny and the Sprites, [49] In 1985, Colbert was awarded the Special Awards by Drama Desk Award. The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and [50]

In 1989, Colbert was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement. The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts [51] In 1990, Colbert was honored with the San Sebastián International Film Festival Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award. The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category Film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spanish city of The Donostia Award is an honorific award given every year to one two or three actors in the San Sebastian International Film Festival [52]

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Claudette Colbert has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6812 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that [53]

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Angela Lansbury
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Katherine Helmond
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NAME Colbert, Claudette
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DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris, France
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1996
PLACE OF DEATH Speightstown, Barbados
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