Claudette Colbert (1903 - 1996)

French-born American actress

* September 13, 1903 Saint-Mande, France
 as Emilie Claudette Chauchoin
 July 30, 1996 Speightstown, Barbados



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, July 1931
Photoplay, December 1929
Photoplay, January 1930

Photoplay, April 1930
Photoplay, August 1930
Photoplay, January 1931

Photoplay, March 1931
Photoplay, March 1931
Photoplay, June 1931


Books on Claudette Colbert

Bernard F. Dick
Claudette Colbert, She walked in beauty
Jackson, 2008

Lawrence J. Quirk Claudette Colbert Lawrence J. Quirk
Claudette Colbert, An Illustrated Biography
1985

William K. Everson
Claudette Colbert
1976

Books with substantial mentioning of Claudette Colbert

Sean Griffin (ed.)
What dreams were made of, Movie stars of the 1940s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2010

 Leading Ladies
Leading Ladies, The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Area
2006

John Dileo 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish Hollywood's Great Love Teams James Robert Parish
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

James Robert Parish Paramount Pretties James Robert Parish
Paramount Pretties
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1972

Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931 Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor)
Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world
London, [1931]

Books with an entry on Claudette Colbert

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001

Beth A. Fhaner, Editor, Devra M. Sladics, Christopher P. Scanlon, and Terry Schell, Contributing Editors Magill's Cinema Annual 1997 Beth A. Fhaner, Editor, Devra M. Sladics, Christopher P. Scanlon, and Terry Schell, Contributing Editors
Magill's Cinema Annual 1997, 16th Edition. A Survey of the Films of 1996
Detroit; New York; Toronto; London, 1998

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Claudette Colbert

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

John Kobal (ed.) Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties John Kobal (ed.)
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties, 163 Glamor Photos
New York, 1977

Obituaries

Leslie Felperin, Claudette Colbert, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 3, 1997 pp. 38