Claudette Colbert
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09/12/1903
Paris, France |
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| Earned critical acclaim for her role in the 1926 Broadway production of The Barker, made her screen debut in the 1927 flop For the Love of Mike, then returned to the stage until the more |
| Rose to prominence in The Sign of the Cross (1932), in which, as Nero's wicked wife, she famously bathed in asses' milk. |
| Briefly attended the Art Students League before being cast in a bit part in the short-lived 1923 Broadway production The Wild Westcotts. |
| Nearly missed accepting her Oscar for It Happened One Night in person; she had to be pulled off an outgoing train that she had boarded under the assumption that she would not win |
| Never went by her birth name of Emilie; she was called Lily from her birth until she entered high school, when she switched to her middle name, Claudette. |
| Emigrated from her native France to New York City as a child. |
