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Claudette Colbert was an American stage and film actress.
Birth Name
Emilie Claudette Chauchoin
Born
Sunday, 13 September 1903
Died
Tuesday, 30 July 1996
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies | Self | 2020 |
| Discovering Film | Various | 2014 |
| Hitchcock | Lee Addams in The Secret Heart | 2012 |
| American Horror Story | Empress Poppaea | 2011 |
| Extraordinary Women | Cleopatra (clip from Cleopatra (1934)) | 2011 |
| Stars of the Silver Screen | (archive footage) | 2011 |
| Hollywood contra Franco | Augusta Nash | 2009 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Cleopatra | 2005 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies | Self | 2020 |
| Discovering Film | Various | 2014 |
| Hitchcock | Lee Addams in The Secret Heart | 2012 |
| American Horror Story | Empress Poppaea | 2011 |
| Extraordinary Women | Cleopatra (clip from Cleopatra (1934)) | 2011 |
| Stars of the Silver Screen | (archive footage) | 2011 |
| Hollywood contra Franco | Augusta Nash | 2009 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Cleopatra | 2005 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| City Confidential | Ellie Andrews | 1999 |
| The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| The 69th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1997 |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Boom Town' | 1994 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 1989 |
| The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Alice Grenville | 1987 |
| Siskel & Ebert | Various | 1986 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1982 |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra | Herself | 1982 |
| America at the Movies | Ellie Andrews | 1976 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Ellie | 1968 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Herself | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Ellie | 1963 |
| Parrish | Ellen McLean | 1961 |
| Colgate Theatre | Elizabeth Harper | 1958 |
| Frontier Justice | Lucy Horncuff | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Beth Brayden / Lucy Bradford | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Betsy Gregg / Self - Hostess | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Guest / Self - Party Host | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Mary Roberts Rinehart | 1956 |
| Blithe Spirit | Ruth Condomine | 1956 |
| Texas Lady | Prudence Webb | 1955 |
| Ford Star Jubilee | Ruth Condomine | 1955 |
| Climax! | Sister Cecilia / Dr. Jane Everest | 1954 |
| The Best of Broadway | Actress / Julie Cavendish | 1954 |
| Royal Affairs in Versailles | Madame de Montespan / Mme de Montespan | 1954 |
| Daughters of Destiny | Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth") | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Self - Guest Hostess | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Edith Miller | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Elizabeth Hopkins / Lorna Gilbert | 1952 |
| Outpost in Malaya | Liz Frazer | 1952 |
| Let's Make It Legal | Miriam Halsworth | 1951 |
| Thunder on the Hill | Sister Mary Bonaventure | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Self | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Awards Presenter | 1950 |
| The Secret Fury | Ellen Ewing | 1950 |
| Three Came Home | Agnes Newton Keith | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Bride for Sale | Nora Shelley | 1949 |
| Family Honeymoon | Katie Armstrong Jordan | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Sleep, My Love | Alison Courtland | 1948 |
| The Egg and I | Betty MacDonald / Betty | 1947 |
| The Secret Heart | Lee Addams | 1946 |
| Without Reservations | Kit Madden | 1946 |
| Tomorrow Is Forever | Elizabeth Hamilton | 1946 |
| Guest Wife | Mary Price | 1945 |
| Practically Yours | Peggy Martin | 1944 |
| Since You Went Away | Anne Hilton / Mrs. Anne Hilton | 1944 |
| The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' | Self | 1943 |
| So Proudly We Hail! | Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson | 1943 |
| No Time for Love | Katherine Grant | 1943 |
| The Palm Beach Story | Gerry Jeffers / Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers | 1942 |
| Remember the Day | Nora Trinell | 1941 |
| Skylark | Lydia Kenyon | 1941 |
| Arise, My Love | Augusta Nash | 1940 |
| Boom Town | Betsy Bartlett | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | (archive footage) | 1940 |
| Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940 |
| Drums Along the Mohawk | Lana (Magdelana) | 1939 |
| It's a Wonderful World | Edwina Corday | 1939 |
| Midnight | Eve Peabody | 1939 |
| Zaza | Zaza | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | Lana (edited from 'Drums Along the Mohawk') | 1939 |
| Breakdowns of 1938 | Tatiana (Tovarich outtakes) | 1938 |
| Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938 |
| Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Nicole De Loiselle | 1938 |
| Tovarich | Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov | 1937 |
| I Met Him in Paris | Kay Denham | 1937 |
| Maid of Salem | Barbara Clarke | 1937 |
| Under Two Flags | Cigarette | 1936 |
| The Bride Comes Home | Jeannette Desmereau | 1935 |
| She Married Her Boss | Julia Scott | 1935 |
| Private Worlds | Dr. Jane Everest | 1935 |
| The Gilded Lily | Marilyn David | 1935 |
| Imitation of Life | Beatrice Pullman / Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman | 1934 |
| Cleopatra | Cleopatra | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | Self | 1934 |
| It Happened One Night | Ellie Andrews / Ellen 'Ellie' Andrews | 1934 |
| Four Frightened People | Judy Jones | 1934 |
| Torch Singer | Sally Trent, aka Mimi Benton | 1933 |
| Three Cornered Moon | Elizabeth Rimplegar | 1933 |
| I Cover the Waterfront | Julie Kirk | 1933 |
| The Sign of the Cross | Empress Poppaea | 1933 |
| Tonight Is Ours | Princess Nadya | 1933 |
| The Phantom President | Felicia Hammond | 1932 |
| Make Me a Star | Claudette Colbert | 1932 |
| The Man from Yesterday | Sylvia Suffolk | 1932 |
| The Misleading Lady | Helen Steele | 1932 |
| The Wiser Sex | Margaret Hughes | 1932 |
| His Woman | Sally Clark | 1931 |
| Secrets of a Secretary | Helen Blake | 1931 |
| The Smiling Lieutenant | Franzi | 1931 |
| The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
| Honor Among Lovers | Julia Traynor | 1931 |
| L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes | Lucy Stavrin | 1930 |
| La grande mare | Barbara Billings | 1930 |
| Manslaughter | Lydia Thorne | 1930 |
| The Big Pond | Barbara Billings | 1930 |
| Young Man of Manhattan | Ann Vaughn | 1930 |
| The Lady Lies | Joyce Roamer | 1929 |
| The Hole in the Wall | Jean Oliver | 1929 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1988 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
| 1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1945 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1936 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1935 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
