Line #9 Creator/ClaudetteColbert


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3	Claudette Colbert, born Émilie "Lily" Chauchoin (September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996), was a French-American actor from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood known for playing modern women with sophisticated wit.
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5	Born in suburban UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Colbert moved with her family to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity at the age of seven and first became interested in acting in high school. After studying at the Art Students League of New York she began her career on Broadway, where she was generally typecast as the FrenchMaid. Wanting to get away from this, she moved to Hollywood in 1928. There she signed up with [[{{Creator/Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]], and gradually received roles with the bigwigs of the 1930s Hollywood, including ''Film/TheSmilingLieutenant'', directed by Creator/ErnstLubitsch, and two Creator/CecilBDeMille films, ''The Sign of the Cross'' and ''Film/{{Cleopatra\|1934}}''.
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7	Then the movie that changed it all: Creator/FrankCapra’s classic ScrewballComedy ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight''--no one thought it would amount to anything, least of all Claudette. Before the film’s shooting, she famously asked for [[MoneyDearBoy a doubling of her salary (making it $50,000)]] and that the film wrap up before her planned ski vacation. Fortunately, the film succeeded and shot Claudette to movie stardom, winning the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actress and achieving success as a top comedienne.
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9	She’s also the only female actor to star in three films nominated for Best Picture in the same year (1934): Capra’s ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'', De Mille’s ''Film/{{Cleopatra\|1934}}'', and John Stahl’s ''Film/{{Imitation of Life\|1934}}''.
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11	Claudette worked with the best directors of the time (Creator/ErnstLubitsch, Creator/CecilBDeMille, Creator/FrankCapra, and Creator/PrestonSturges), was dedicated to her work, and a shrewd woman; during TheThirties, she was the best paid star in Hollywood, negotiating her way to the top, and continuing to work hard in TheForties.
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13	Less active in films during TheFifties, Colbert returned to Broadway and received a Tony Award nomination for her work in ''The Marriage Go-Round'' (1958). She was also nominated for an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward, and won a UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe\|Award}}, for her performance in the TV movie ''The Two Mrs. Grenvilles'' (1987).
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15	Colbert was married to actor and director Norman Foster from 1928 until they divorced in 1935, and to physician Joel Pressman from 1935 until his death in 1968. She had no children.
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17	She died in 1996 at the age of 92, a legend of the silver screen.
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20	!!Select Claudette Colbert Films:
21	* ''Film/TheSmilingLieutenant'' (1931) — With Creator/MiriamHopkins and Creator/MauriceChevalier.
22	* ''The Sign of the Cross'' (1932) — A Creator/CecilBDeMille epic, highly controversial for showing Claudette naked in a milk bath.
23	* ''Film/{{Cleopatra\|1934}}'' (1934) — Stylish Art Deco sets and [[CostumePorn outfits]]. [[https://mindreels.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/claudette-colbert-cleopatra-1934.jpg Oh]], [[http://www.williamhpeck.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Picture13.341105909_std.jpg my]] [[https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-em6kuGTWqt8/Ue_KJYusZiI/AAAAAAAAAEM/p3w_a4Oil3U/s640/Claudette-Colbert-Cleopatra-1934-5.jpg goodness]].
24	* ''Film/{{Imitation of Life\|1934}}'' (1934) — Dramatic film about racism: two women from different social strata (one white and one black) become friends and raise their children together. It follows their rise to wealth and their tribulations.
25	* ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'' (1934) — ScrewballComedy of the highest order, directed by Creator/FrankCapra and co-starring Creator/ClarkGable
26	* ''The Gilded Lily'' (1935) — First of seven films with Creator/FredMacMurray, also co-starring Creator/RayMilland.
27	* ''Film/{{Tovarich}}'' (1937) — With Creator/CharlesBoyer and Creator/BasilRathbone.
28	* ''Bluebeard's Eighth Wife'' (1938) — Another Lubitsch film, co-starring with Creator/GaryCooper
29	* ''Film/DrumsAlongTheMohawk'' (1939) — With Creator/HenryFonda.
30	* ''Film/{{Midnight\|1939}}'' (1939) — Delightful ScrewballComedy with Creator/DonAmeche, Creator/JohnBarrymore, and Creator/MaryAstor. Also boasts a screenplay by Creator/BillyWilder and Charles Brackett.
31	* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulWorld'' (1939) — ScrewballComedy with Creator/JimmyStewart.
32	* ''Film/{{Boom Town\|1940}}'' (1940) — Paired with Clark Gable again.
33	* ''Film/ThePalmBeachStory'' (1942) — Creator/PrestonSturges ScrewballComedy with Creator/JoelMcCrea.
34	* ''Film/SoProudlyWeHail'' (1943) – An ensemble war film with various famous women of the 40s including Creator/VeronicaLake and Creator/PauletteGoddard.
35	* ''Film/SinceYouWentAway'' (1944) — With Creator/JosephCotten and Creator/ShirleyTemple.
36	* ''Film/TomorrowIsForever'' (1946) — With Creator/OrsonWelles, George Brent, and 8-year-old Creator/NatalieWood
37	* ''Film/ThunderOnTheHill'' (1951) — FilmNoir with Creator/AnnBlyth.

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