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It Happened One Night (1934) -- A spoiled heiress, running away from her family, is helped by a man who's actually a reporter looking for a story. But then he falls for her...
Boom Town (1940) -- Trailer for this black and white classic
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) -- Page turning trailer for this black and white western
The Palm Beach Story (1942) -- An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea. His wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
It Happened One Night (1934) -- AllTrailers.net - Trailer (Flash)

Overview

Date of Death:
30 July 1996, Speightstown, Barbados more
Mini Biography:
Screenwriter Allan Scott was one of Claudette Colbert's biggest fans... more
Trivia:
She was so convinced that she would lose the Oscar competition in 1935... more
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 3 nominations more
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Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Self, Archive Footage
Actress:
  1. The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987) (TV) .... Alice Grenville

  2. Parrish (1961) .... Ellen McLean
  3. "Zane Grey Theater" .... Beth Brayden / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1960)
    ... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
    ... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
        - So Young the Savage Land (1960) TV episode .... Beth Brayden
        - Blood in the Dust (1957) TV episode .... Lucy Horncuff

  4. The Bells of St. Mary's (1959) (TV) .... Sister Benedict
  5. "Colgate Theatre" (1 episode, 1958)
        - Welcome to Washington (1958) TV episode
  6. "General Electric Theater" .... Edith Miller (3 episodes, 1954-1958)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - The Last Town Car, Part 2 (1958) TV episode .... Edith Miller
        - The Last Town Car, Part 1 (1958) TV episode .... Edith Miller
        - The Dark, Dark Hours (1954) TV episode
  7. "Suspicion" .... Mrs. Edith Miller (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Last Town Car (1958) TV episode .... Mrs. Edith Miller
  8. "Telephone Time" .... Mary Roberts Rinehart (1 episode, 1957)
        - Novel Appeal (1957) TV episode .... Mary Roberts Rinehart
  9. "Playhouse 90" .... Betsy Gregg (1 episode, 1957)
        - One Coat of White (1957) TV episode .... Betsy Gregg
  10. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Lucky Strike Theater
    ... aka Montgomery's Summer Stock
    ... aka The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater
        - After All These Years (1956) TV episode
  11. Blithe Spirit (1956) (TV) .... Ruth Condomine
  12. "Ford Star Jubilee" .... Ruth Condomine (1 episode, 1956)
        - Blithe Spirit (1956) TV episode .... Ruth Condomine
  13. "Letter to Loretta" .... Guest Hostess (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka The Loretta Young Show (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Loretta Young Theatre (USA: rerun title)
        - A Pattern of Deceit (1955) TV episode .... Guest Hostess
  14. Texas Lady (1955) .... Prudence Webb
  15. "Climax!" .... Dr. Jane Everest / ... (3 episodes, 1954-1955)
    ... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title)
        - The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia (1955) TV episode .... Sister Cecilia
        - Private Worlds (1955) TV episode .... Dr. Jane Everest
        - The White Carnation (1954) TV episode
  16. "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Elizabeth Hopkins / ... (2 episodes, 1955)
    ... aka Ford Theatre (USA: short title)
        - While We're Young (1955) TV episode .... Elizabeth Hopkins
        - Magic Formula (1955) TV episode .... Lorna Gilbert
  17. "The Best of Broadway" .... Actress / ... (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
        - The Guardsman (1955) TV episode .... Actress
        - The Royal Family (1954) TV episode .... Julie Cavendish
  18. Si Versailles m'était conté (1954) .... Madame de Montespan
    ... aka Affairs in Versailles (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Fabulous Versailles
    ... aka Royal Affairs in Versailles (USA)
    ... aka Versailles (Italy)
  19. Destinées (1954) .... Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth")
    ... aka Daughters of Destiny (USA)
    ... aka Destini di donne (Italy)
    ... aka Love, Soldiers and Women (UK)
  20. The Planter's Wife (1952) .... Liz Frazer
    ... aka Outpost in Malaya (USA)
    ... aka White Blood
  21. Let's Make It Legal (1951) .... Miriam Halsworth
  22. Thunder on the Hill (1951) .... Sister Mary Bonaventure
    ... aka Bonaventure (UK)
  23. The Secret Fury (1950) .... Ellen R. Ewing
  24. Three Came Home (1950) .... Agnes Newton Keith

  25. Bride for Sale (1949) .... Nora Shelley
  26. Family Honeymoon (1949) .... Katie Armstrong Jordan
  27. Sleep, My Love (1948) .... Alison Courtland
  28. The Egg and I (1947) .... Betty MacDonald
  29. The Secret Heart (1946) .... Leola 'Lee' Addams
  30. Without Reservations (1946) .... Christopher 'Kit' Madden
    ... aka Thanks God, I'll Take It from Here
  31. Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) .... Elizabeth Hamilton
  32. Guest Wife (1945) .... Mary Price
  33. Practically Yours (1944) .... Peggy Martin
  34. Since You Went Away (1944) .... Mrs. Anne Hilton
  35. So Proudly We Hail! (1943) .... Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson
  36. No Time for Love (1943) .... Katherine Grant
  37. The Palm Beach Story (1942) .... Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
  38. Remember the Day (1941) .... Nora Trinell
  39. Skylark (1941) .... Lydia Kenyon
  40. Arise, My Love (1940) .... Augusta (Gusto) Nash
  41. Boom Town (1940) .... Elizabeth Bartlett McMasters

  42. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) .... Lana (Magdelana)
  43. It's a Wonderful World (1939) .... Edwina Corday
  44. Midnight (1939) .... Eve Peabody aka Baroness Czerny
  45. Zaza (1939) .... Zaza
  46. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) .... Nicole De Loiselle
  47. Tovarich (1937) .... Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov
  48. I Met Him in Paris (1937) .... Kay Denham
  49. Maid of Salem (1937) .... Barbara Clarke
  50. Under Two Flags (1936) .... Cigarette
  51. The Bride Comes Home (1935) .... Jeannette Desmereau
  52. She Married Her Boss (1935) .... Julia Scott
  53. Private Worlds (1935) .... Dr. Jane Everest
  54. The Gilded Lily (1935) .... Marilyn David
  55. Imitation of Life (1934) .... Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman
  56. Cleopatra (1934) .... Cleopatra
  57. It Happened One Night (1934) .... Ellie
  58. Four Frightened People (1934) .... Judy Jones
  59. Torch Singer (1933) .... Sally Trent, aka Mimi Benton
    ... aka Broadway Singer
  60. Three-Cornered Moon (1933) .... Elizabeth Rimplegar
  61. I Cover the Waterfront (1933) .... Julie Kirk
  62. Tonight Is Ours (1933) .... Princess Nadya
  63. The Sign of the Cross (1932) .... Empress Poppaea
  64. The Phantom President (1932) .... Felicia Hammond
  65. The Man from Yesterday (1932) .... Sylvia Suffolk
  66. Misleading Lady (1932) .... Helen Steele
  67. The Wiser Sex (1932) .... Margaret Hughes
  68. His Woman (1931) .... Sally Clark
  69. Secrets of a Secretary (1931) .... Helen Blake
  70. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) .... Franzi
  71. Honor Among Lovers (1931) .... Julia Traynor
  72. L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes (1930) .... Lucy Stavrin
    ... aka Mysterious Mr. Parkes
  73. La grande mare (1930) .... Barbara Billings
  74. Manslaughter (1930) .... Lydia Thorne
  75. The Big Pond (1930) .... Barbara Billings
  76. Young Man of Manhattan (1930) .... Ann Vaughn

  77. The Lady Lies (1929) .... Joyce Roamer
  78. The Hole in the Wall (1929) .... Jean Oliver
  79. For the Love of Mike (1927) .... Mary
Soundtrack:
  1. Since You Went Away (1944) (performer: "Together" (1928), "Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz) op.437" (1889)) ("Happy Birthday to You" (1893))
  2. Arise, My Love (1940) ("DREAM LOVER")
  3. Boom Town (1940) ("Polly Wolly Doodle" (uncredited))

  4. Tovarich (1937) (performer: "Chto Mnie Gore")
  5. Under Two Flags (1936) (performer: "One-Two-Three-Four-Hey!" (1936))
  6. Torch Singer (1933) (performer: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love" (1933), "Don't Be a Cry Baby" (1933), "It's a Long Dark Night" (1933), "Lullaby (Sail Baby Sail)") ("Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love" (1933), "Don't Be a Cry Baby" (1933), "It's a Long Dark Night" (1933))
    ... aka Broadway Singer
  7. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) (performer: "While Hearts Are Singing" (1931), "Breakfast Table Love" (1931)) ("Jazz Up Your Lingerie" (1931))
Self:
  1. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1989) (TV) .... Herself (Honoree)
  2. "Cinema tres" .... Herself (1 episode, 1988)
    ... aka Informatiu cinema (Spain: Catalan title)
        - Episode dated 21 September 1988 (1988) TV episode .... Herself
  3. "The Moviemakers" (1 episode)
        - The Films of Frank Capra (????) TV episode (uncredited)
  4. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1982) (TV) .... Herself
  5. The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra (1982) (TV) .... Herself

  6. "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (2 episodes, 1956-1959)
        - Episode dated 20 September 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 30 September 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
  7. The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
  8. "The Steve Allen Show" .... Herself - Guest / ... (3 episodes, 1956-1958)
    ... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #4.11 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - Party Host
        - Episode #3.31 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
        - Episode #2.3 (1956) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
  9. General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957) (TV) .... Herself
  10. The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Host: New York & Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
  11. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Herself - Awards Presenter (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #6.9 (1955) TV episode .... Herself - Awards Presenter
  12. "The Jack Benny Program" .... Herself (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
    ... aka The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
        - The Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show (1951) TV episode .... Herself

  13. Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1948) .... Herself
  14. Garabatos Claudette Colbert (1944) .... Herself
  15. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942) .... Herself

  16. Hollywood Goes to Town (1938) .... Herself
  17. Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (uncredited) .... Herself (Tovarich outtakes)
  18. The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935) .... Herself
  19. The Hollywood You Never See (1934) .... Herself
  20. Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1933) .... Herself
  21. Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933) (uncredited) .... Herself
  22. Make Me a Star (1932) (uncredited) .... Herself, Cameo appearance
Archive Footage:
  1. Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007) (TV) .... Herself
  2. Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Ellie Andrews
  3. Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006) (TV) .... Herself
  4. Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (2006) (TV) .... Herself
  5. Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (2005) (TV) .... Herself
  6. Complicated Women (2003) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
  7. The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997) (TV) .... Herself - Memorial Tribute
  8. 50 Years of Funny Females (1995) (TV) .... Herself
  9. That's Entertainment! III (1994) (uncredited) .... Herself (clip from "Boom Town")
  10. Fonda on Fonda (1992) (TV) .... Actress in 'Drums Along the Mohawk'
  11. America at the Movies (1976) .... Ellie Andrews
  12. The Love Goddesses (1965) .... Herself
  13. "Frontier Justice"
        - Blood in the Dust (1959) TV episode (archive footage: 'Zane Grey Theater') .... Lucy Horncuff
  14. "Toast of the Town"
        - Episode #8.35 (1955) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #8.22 (1955) TV episode .... Herself
  15. Brute Force (1947) (uncredited) .... Clip from 'The Egg and I'
  16. Land of Liberty (1939)
  17. The House That Shadows Built (1931)


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Other Works:
"General Motors Fiftieth Anniversary Show" (17 November 1957) more
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