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Claudette Colbert
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Midnight
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Jan. 1, 1965
Parrish
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Jul. 1, 1961
Texas Lady
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Nov. 1, 1955
Boom Town
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Jan. 1, 1940
Drums Along the Mohawk
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Jan. 1, 1939
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Claudette Colbert Credits
HIGHLIGHTS
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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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
1989
-Award Recipient
Actor
TV
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
-Alice Grenville
Actor
TV
The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra
1982
Actor
TV
Midnight
1965
Actor
Film
Parrish
1961
-Ellen McLean
Actor
Film
Playhouse 90
1956
-Performer
Actor
TV
Texas Lady
1955
-Prudence Webb
Actor
Film
Climax!
1954
-Performer
Actor
TV
Boom Town
1940
Actor
Film
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
Actor
Film
Private Worlds
1935
Actor
Film
The Gilded Lily
1935
-Marilyn David
Actor
Film
It Happened One Night
1934
-Ellie Andrews
Actor
Film
The Wiser Sex
1932
Actor
Film
The Big Pond
1930
Actor
Film
Let's Make It Legal
Actor
Film
Royal Affairs in Versailles
-Madame de Montespan
Actor
Film
Going Hollywood: The War Years
-Herself
Actor
Film
Imitation of Life
Actor
Film
Daughters of Destiny
-Elisabeth
Actor
Film
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
-Nicole
Actor
Film
Thunder on the Hill
-Sister Mary Bonaventure
Actor
Film
Without Reservations
Actor
Film
Zaza
-Zaza
Actor
Film
The Palm Beach Story
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Highlights
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
Made motion picture exhibitors poll of top ten boxoffice stars: 6th place in 1935 and 8th place in 1936
Hosted monthly CBS afternoon information series, "The Women"
Reunited in London and on Broadway with Rex Harrison in revival of Frederick Lonsdale's drawing-room comedy, "Aren't We All?"
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