Claudette Colbert

1903-1996

Biography: life and films

Claudette Colbert was an American actress. She was born in Saint-Mandé, France on 13th September 1903 and died in Speightstown, Barbados on 30th July 1996, aged 92.

Her best films as an actor include Hobart Henley's The Lady Lies (1929), Ernst Lubitsch's comedy The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934), Gregory La Cava's She Married Her Boss (1935) and Preston Sturges's The Palm Beach Story (1942).

Claudette Colbert appeared in 71 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Mitchell Leisen (4 films), Wesley Ruggles (3), Hobart Henley (3), Cecil B. DeMille (3), Stuart Walker (2), Mark Sandrich (2), Gregory La Cava (2), George Abbott (2), Frank Lloyd (2), Frank Capra (2), Ernst Lubitsch (2), Douglas Sirk (2) and Berthold Viertel (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (30 films), comedy (26), comedy-romance (18), romance (14), comedy-drama (7), War (7), Documentary (5), history (4) and Western (2).

Our average rating for Claudette Colbert over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor

For the Love of Mike (1927) [a]

The Hole in the Wall (1929) [a]

The Lady Lies (1929) [a]

L'Énigmatique Monsieur Parkes (1930) [a]

La Grande mare (1930) [a]

Manslaughter (1930) [a]

The Big Pond (1930) [a]

Young Man of Manhattan (1930) [a]

His Woman (1931) [a]

Honor Among Lovers (1931) [a]

Secrets of a Secretary (1931) [a]

The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) [a]

Make Me a Star (1932) [a]

Misleading Lady (1932) [a]

The Man from Yesterday (1932) [a]

The Phantom President (1932) [a]

The Sign of the Cross (1932) [a]

The Wiser Sex (1932) [a]

I Cover the Waterfront (1933) [a]

Three-Cornered Moon (1933) [a]

Tonight Is Ours (1933) [a]

Torch Singer (1933) [a]

Cleopatra (1934) [a]

Four Frightened People (1934) [a]

Imitation of Life (1934) [a]

It Happened One Night (1934) [a]

Private Worlds (1935) [a]

She Married Her Boss (1935) [a]

The Bride Comes Home (1935) [a]

The Gilded Lily (1935) [a]

Under Two Flags (1936) [a]

I Met Him in Paris (1937) [a]

Maid of Salem (1937) [a]

Tovarich (1937) [a]

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) [a]

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) [a]

It's a Wonderful World (1939) [a]

Midnight (1939) [a]

Zaza (1939) [a]

Arise, My Love (1940) [a]

Boom Town (1940) [a]

Remember the Day (1941) [a]

Skylark (1941) [a]

The Palm Beach Story (1942) [a]

No Time for Love (1943) [a]

So Proudly We Hail! (1943) [a]

Practically Yours (1944) [a]

Since You Went Away (1944) [a]

Guest Wife (1945) [a]

The Secret Heart (1946) [a]

Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) [a]

Without Reservations (1946) [a]

The Egg and I (1947) [a]

Sleep, My Love (1948) [a]

Bride for Sale (1949) [a]

Family Honeymoon (1949) [a]

The Secret Fury (1950) [a]

Three Came Home (1950) [a]

Let's Make It Legal (1951) [a]

Thunder on the Hill (1951) [a]

The Planter's Wife (1952) [a]

Destinées (1954) [a]

Si Versailles m'était conté (1954) [a]

Texas Lady (1955) [a]

Parrish (1961) [a]

The Love Goddesses (1965) [a]

America at the Movies (1976) [a]

That's Entertainment! III (1994) [a]

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997) [a]



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