Claudette Colbert

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Midnight (FILM) Jan. 1, 1965

Parrish (FILM) Jul. 1, 1961

Texas Lady (FILM) Nov. 1, 1955

Boom Town (FILM) Jan. 1, 1940

Drums Along the Mohawk (FILM) Jan. 1, 1939

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

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

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

1982 Appeared on the American Film Institute's televised salute to Frank Capra

1981 Acted on Broadway in "A Talent for Murder"

1978 Returned to Broadway to star opposite Rex Harrison in "The Kingfisher"

1974 Returned to the stage to appear in "A Community of Two" in Philadelphia

1972 Made rare public appearance at the "Fabulous Forties" nostalgia night at Manhattan's Roseland

1969 Announced that she was going to write a book entitled "How to Run a House" for her friend's Bennett Cerf's Random House Press; book did not materialize

1965 Made last stage appearance for almost a decade, opposite Brian Ahearne in "Diplomatic Relations"

1963 Appeared in Maxwell House Coffee TV commercials and billboard advertisements

1961 One-shot return to films: played Troy Donahue's mother in the popular soap opera, "Parrish"

1959 Last major acting role on TV for 25 years, in "The Bells of St. Mary's"

1958 Returned to Broadway to originate a role after 27 years to star opposite Charles Boyer in the popular sex farce, "The Marriage Go-Round"

1956 Replaced Margaret Sullavan in the female lead of the Broadway play, "Janus"

1955 Last starring role in an American feature film, "Texas Lady"

1954 Made pact with CBS to star in five teleplays after successful appearance in "The Royal Family of Broadway"

1952 Traveled to England to star in "Outpost in Malaya"

1952 - 1957 Worked in Europe in film and theater; made fewer films, but starred in two in France

1951 Starred in last screen romantic comedy, "Let's Make It Legal"

1951 Made TV debut on "The Jack Benny Show"

1951 Announcments made that she would star in a TV series, "Leave It to Lizabeth"; filmed pilot, but backed out of series commitment

1951 Starred opposite Noel Coward in successful stage presentation of "Island Fling/South Sea Bubble"

1950 Replaced in leading role in "All About Eve" by Bette Davis after suffering severe back injury

1948 Replaced by Katharine Hepburn in leading role in "State of the Union" after disagreements with director Frank Capra

1947 Made motion picture exhibitor's poll of top ten box office stars; placed 9th

1945 Left Paramount Pictures after having spent most of her starring career there; last film under contract, "Practically Yours"

1944 Played a mother with teen-aged daughters for the first time in David O. Selznick's acclaimed homefront saga, "Since You Went Away"

1941 Joined with Ronald Colman, Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Lewis Milestone and Anatole Litvak to form producing unit at Twentieth-Century Fox; Colbert starred in Fox film, "Remember the Day"

1939 Starred in first color film, "Drums Along the Mohawk", directed by John Ford and co-starring Henry Fonda

1938 Was the sixth top money-making woman in America with an income of $301,944 ($50,000 less than she had made the year before, when she placed fourteenth)

1936 Plans to star as Joan of Arc in a film directed by Anatole Litvak fell through

1936 Negotiated new contract with Paramount which called for seven films at $150,000 per film

1935 Co-starred opposite Fred MacMurray for the first of seven films together (in his first substantial lead) in the popular "The Gilded Lily"

1935 Was named best-dressed actress in Hollywood

1934 Enjoyed landmark career success in Frank Capra's popular and acclaimed Oscar-winner, "It Happened One Night" while on loan to Columbia

1934 Signed new two-year contract with Paramount; earned $5000 per week

1933 Renegotiated contract with Paramount; allowed to appear in films at other studios

1932 Briefly went off salary for refusing bland roles

1932 Appeared in largest film to date: as Poppaea in Cecil B. DeMille's epic, "The Sign of the Cross"

1931 Position in film industry elevated by success of Ernst Lubitsch's popular "The Smiling Lieutenant"

1929 Played leading roles in two unsuccessful plays by noted playwrights Eugene O'Neill ("Dynamo") and Elmer Rice ("See Naples and Die", her last stage appearance for over 20 years)

1929 Made talking film debut in second film, "The Hole in the Wall"

1928 Film contract with First National aborted after failure of first film

1928 Marriage to Norman Foster (in 1927) revealed by New York columnist

1928 Journeyed with Foster to Paris to recreate their stage roles in "The Barker"

1928 Signed film contract with Paramount which enabled her to continue stage career

1927 Enjoyed major Broadway success as the female lead in "The Barker"

1927 Film acting debut in the silent, "For the Love of Mike"

1926 Traveled to Paris; returned to New York to comply with five-year contract she had recently signed with producer Al Woods

1925 Replaced in leading role of Frederick Lonsdale's "The Fake"

1923 Made Broadway stage debut in "The Wild Westcotts"

1919 Made stage debut at the Provincetown Playhouse in "The Widow's Veil", written by her speech teacher, Alice Rossetter

1912 Moved from Paris to New York after father suffered financial reverses in the banking business