Biography of actress claudette colbert
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Claudette Colbert
Émilie Chauchoin[1] (French: [ʃoʃwɛ̃]; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996), professionally known as Claudette Colbert (kohl-BAIR,[2]French: [kɔlbɛʁ]) was an Americanactress.[2]
Colbert was famous for her comedy and drama. She became one of the biggest box-office stars of her time.[3] In 1999, she was ranked as the 12th greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute in their list AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars. Colbert once said to an interviewer, "Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them."[4]
Early life
[change | change source]Colbert was born on September 13, 1903 in Saint-Mandé, France.[5] Her parents were Georges Cauchoin and his wife, the former Jeanne Loew.[2][6][1]Her family emigrated to the United States and settled in New York City. She had one brother, Charles, who use
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One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin on September 13, 1903, in Saint Mandé, France where her father owned a bakery at 57, rue de la République (now Avenue Général de Gaulle). The family moved to the United States when she was three. As Claudette grew up, she wanted nothing more than to play to Broadway audiences (in those days, any actress or actor worth their salt went for Broadway, not Hollywood). After her formal education ended, she enrolled in the Art Students League, where she paid for her dramatic training by working in a dress shop. She made her Broadway debut in 1923 in the stage production of "The Wild Wescotts". It was during this event that she adopted the name Claudette Colbert.
When the Great Depression shut down most of the theaters, Claudette decided to make a go of it in films. Her first film was called For the Love of Mike (1927). Unfortunately, it was a box-office disaster. She wasn't real keen on
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Claudette Colbert
American actress (1903–1996)
Émilie Chauchoin[1] (French:[emiliʃoʃwɛ̃]; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996), professionally known as Claudette Colbert (kohl-BAIR,[2]French:[klodɛtkɔlbɛʁ]), was an American actress. Colbert began her career in huvudgata productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures. Initially contracted to Paramount Pictures, Colbert became one of the few major actresses of the period who worked freelance; that fryst vatten to säga, independently of the studio system. In 1999, the American rulle Institute named Colbert the 12th-greatest kvinnlig star of classic Hollywood cinema.
With her Mid-Atlantic accent,[3] versatility, witty dialogues, aristocratic demeanor, and flair[4] for light comedy and emotional skådespel, Colbert became one of the most popular stars of the 1930s and 1940s.[5][2] In all, Colbert acted in more