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Claudette Colbert

  • Birthplace: Paris, France
  • Birthday: September 13, 1903

Inimitably charming, witty and sophisticated star of American films from the start of talkies till the mid-1950s, and later a most welcome presence on the stage and in occasional TV. Born in Paris, Claudette Colbert moved to New York when her banker father encountered financial setbacks. Initially intending to become a commercial artist, she studied with speech teacher Alice Rossetter to overcome a slight lisp. Rossetter encouraged Colbert to audition for a play she had just written, "The Widow's Veil" (1919), and so one of the mo…more

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Career Milestones

  • 1991

    Career celebrated with ceremony and retrospective at New York University

  • 1987

    Returned to TV to star opposite Ann-Margret in two-part film, "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles"

  • 1984

    A building at the old Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York (where she had made her first films for Paramount) was renamed in her honor

  • 1984

    Received tribute for lifetime achievement from the Film Society of Lincoln Center

  • 1982

    Appeared on the American Film Institute's televised salute to Frank Capra

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Awards

  • 1989

    Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award:

  • 1987

    Golden Globe Award: Best Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Made-for-Television Movie

  • 1985

    Special Drama Desk Award:

  • 1934

    Oscar: Best Actress

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