Author: [20th Century Photographer]
Title: Claudette Colbert
Description: London: Paramount Pictures, [Ca. 1930s]. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Light wrinkle on surface. Made in Great Britain. Scarce. Claudette Colbert (born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French-born American stage and film actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to motion pictures with the advent of talking pictures. Initially associated with Paramount Pictures, she gradually shifted to working as a freelance actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in It Happened One Night (1934), and received two other Academy Award nominations. Other notable films include Cleopatra (1934) and The Palm Beach Story (1942). In 1999, the American Film Institute voted Colbert the 12th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema. .

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