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Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Female 1903 - 1996  (92 years)

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  1. 1.  Claudette ColbertClaudette Colbert was born on 13 Sep 1903 in Saint-Monde FR; died on 30 Jul 1996 in Speightstown, Barbador; was buried in 1996 in Godings Bay Church Cemetery, Speightstown, Saint Peter, Barbados.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • US Immigration: 1906, New York NY
    • Naturalized US Citizen: 1912, New York NY
    • Residence: 1930, Los Angeles LA; Abt.
    • Residence: 1940, Beverly Hills CA; Abt.

    Notes:

    Claudette Colbert
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin

    September 13, 1903
    Saint-Mandé, France
    Died July 30, 1996 (aged 92)
    Speightstown, Barbados

    Nationality American
    Other names Lily Claudette Chauchoin
    Education Art Students League of New York
    Occupation Actress
    Years active 1925-1965, 1974-1987
    Political party Republican
    Spouse(s)

    Norman Foster
    (m. 1928; div. 1935)
    Dr. Joel Pressman
    (m. 1935; died 1968)

    Claudette Colbert, born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903 - July 30, 1996) was an American stage and film actress.

    Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to motion pictures with the advent of Talking pictures. Initially associated with Paramount Pictures, she gradually shifted to working as a freelance actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in It Happened One Night (1934), and received two other Academy Award nominations. Other notable films include Cleopatra (1934) and The Palm Beach Story (1942).

    With her round face, big eyes, charming, aristocratic manner, and flair for light comedy, as well as emotional drama, Colbert was known for a versatility that led to her becoming one of the industry's best-paid stars of the 1930s and 1940s and, in 1938 and 1942, the highest-paid star. During her career, Colbert starred in more than 60 movies. Among her frequent co-stars were Fred MacMurray in seven films (1935-49), and Fredric March in four films (1930-33).

    By the early 1950s, Colbert had basically retired from the screen in favor of television and stage work, and she earned a Tony Award nomination for The Marriage-Go-Round in 1959. Her career tapered off during the early 1960s, but in the late 1970s she experienced a career resurgence in theater, earning a Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago theater work in 1980. For her television work in The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987), she won a Golden Globe Award and received an Emmy Award nomination.

    In 1999, the American Film Institute posthumously voted Colbert the 12th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema.

    Claudette married Jack Jo (Joel) Pressman in 1935. Jack (son of Peter Pressman and Rose Schless) was born on 19 Feb 1901 in Philadelphia PA; died on 26 Feb 1968 in Beverly Hills CA; was buried in Speightstown, Barbador. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]