Claudette Colbert: biography, movies, photos

Claudette Colbert is an American dramatic actress, popular from the 1920s to the 1950s. In different years she was awarded the Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe. They also nominated the actress for the Emmy Award.

Childhood and youth

Claudette Lily Shoshuan - real name Claudette Colbert. The biography of the actress is rich in events, her life has never been gray and boring. She was born on September 13, 1903 in France, in the town of Saint-Mande in the Ile-de-France region. Her father is the banker Georges Claude, mother-confectioner Jeanne Lowe Shoshuan. Colbert also had an older brother, Charles.

Parents Claudette immigrated to New York in 1906, when the girl was three years old. The girl graduated from high school in Washington. Her speech teacher Alice Rossetter helped her get rid of the accent, and then invited her to participate in the audition for the theatrical performance. So at the age of only 14, Claudette performed her first role in the play "The Widow Vale" on the stage of the theater.

After school

After graduating from school, Colbert goes to study in the League of Art Students and in parallel goes to work in a clothing store, so that there was something to pay for training. At first, the girl dreams about the career of a fashion designer, but, after attending the lecture of playwright Ann Morrison, seriously thinks about the career of the actress. Morrison offers her to perform one of the roles in his play "Wild Wescottes". The performance is shown on the Broadway scene in 1923. Performing under the scenic name of Claudette Colbert, the girl will begin only in 1925. Colbert's name was chosen not by chance, it is the real name of her grandmother on the maternal line.

Actor career

Perceive the girl as a real actress in the 1920s, when she started working on Broadway. During the Great Depression in America, many theaters on Broadway closed, and then Claudette decides to act in films. Her first roles were in the silent cinema, then the era of sound films began. Brother Claudette, Charles Wendling, for many years worked as an agent and manager of the actress.

The girl worked at the studio Paramount Pictures and after a while became one of the most popular actresses in America. In 1935, Colbert received an Oscar for her role in the comedy film "It Happened One Night". In other years, Claudette was twice again nominated for this award for her other works - roles in the drama films "Private Worlds" in 1936 and "Since You Leave" in 1945.

In the late 1950s, the actress starred less and less, and in 1961, the last time she played a role in the cinema. When in the late fifties the glory of the actress began to fade, she again went to work in the theater. The roles that the actress played in the movies are distinguished by professional calm performance, aristocratism, elegance and a touch of French style.

Claudette Colbert, films in her filmography prove this, worked as an actress for 60 years. She performed roles in 64 films, among which were both dramatic and comedic. Colbert was always more fond of acting in comedy films, her talent more fully and fully revealed in this genre.

Personal life

Claudette was married twice. The first time in 1928, the actress married Norman Foster, an actor and director who participated with her in the Broadway production of "Barker." This marriage was unusual for those times. They lived separately, justifying it by the fact that the mother of the actress did not like the son-in-law. Claudette lived with her mother, and her mother forbade Foster to appear in their house.

In 1935, unable to withstand such a relationship, the actors divorce. In the same year, Colbert marries again. This time for a surgeon from Los Angeles Joel Pressman.

With Joel Claudette lived in marriage for 33 years. In 1968, Pressman suddenly died of liver cancer. In 1971, the brother of the actress died.

After the death of her husband, ceasing to act in films and perform on stage, the actress lived in Barbados in the city of Speystown. Claudette Colbert died on July 30, 1996 at the age of 92 years. The actress was buried in Barbados in the cemetery of St. Peter's Church. Claudette did not have any children. The assets of her actress bequeathed to her friend Helen O'Hagen, who cared for her for the last three years of her life.

Interesting Facts

• In 1999, Claudette Colbert was in the list of the greatest movie stars and was on this list in 12th place.
• On the Hollywood Walk of Fame there is the star Claudette Colbert. It is located at Hollywood Boulevard, 6812.
• In the cinema, the actress was always tried to shoot on the left side. This was due to the fact that the right side of the face of Claudette was slightly damaged by a shot as a result of an accident on the set.
• In 1935, the actress did not think she would receive an Oscar, so she did not go to the awards ceremony. As a result, she was summoned from the train at the station to come urgently for a reward.
• During the filming in her first color film "Drums of the Mahonka Valley," the actress was very worried that it would not look good in color. After this film, Claudette Colbert, the photo is confirmed, was more likely to be shot in black and white ribbons than in color ones.
• The Emmy and Golden Globe awards were given to the actress only in 1987-1988. Claudette got them for the role of the second plan in the mini-series "Two Mrs. Grenville".