| Birth Name | Lily Claudette Chauchoin |
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| Birth | Born on 1903-09-13 at Paris, Paris France |
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| Death | Died on 1996-07-30 at Speightstown, Barbados Barbados due to A series of strokes |
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| Height | 5' 4½" |
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| Sex | F |
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| Nationality | French-American |
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| Profession | Actress |
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| Married To | Dr. Joel Pressman (24 December 1935 - 26 February 1968) (his death)
Norman Foster (13 March 1928 - August 1935) (divorced) |
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 Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 - July 30, 1996) was a French-American actress.
Born Lily Claudette Chauchoin in Paris, France, around 1905 her family emigrated to the United States and settled in New York city. She began acting in high school plays and a few years later in 1923 appeared on the Broadway stage in a bit part. Hooked, she gave up on her plans to be a fashion designer t ..
Claudette Colbert's Biography |
| Quote: In response to an invitation to write an autobiography - "Books written by actresses are for the birds. Besides what would I write?...that somebody was looking for an Italian type to play the ingenue in a film and I might do?" More Quotes | | Trivia: Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 115-117. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. More Trivia | Awards: Oscar
For: Best Actress( It Happened One Night)
Year: 1935
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