Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

  • Born: 1903-9-13
  • Birthplace: Paris France
  • Height: 5' 4½" (1.64 m)
  • Profession: Movie actor
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: It Happened One Night、Cléopatre、罗宫春色、The Palm Beach Story、Since You Went Away
    • Lily (Claudette Colbert, September 13, 1903 - July 30, 1996), born in Paris, France, became a famous actor during the silent film period. He won the seventh Academy Award for Best Actress for the film " It Happened One Night " . is a French-American.
    She was born in Paris, France, formerly known as Emily Claudette Jojone, and came to the United States with her parents at a very young age.
    Claudette began acting in school plays in high school and a few years later inPlayed small roles in stage plays. Because of her love for acting, she decided to pursue it for the rest of her life.
    In 1927, she made her first silent film at Paramount Pictures, Inc. in New York. As the talkies gradually replaced the silent films, the melon face, vivid eyes and elegant and charming demeanor allowed Claudette to flex her muscles in different roles. Her versatile style enabled her to play major roles in numerous films, and Claudette became a box-office star at the time.

    Early Experience

    Claudette is a French-American. She was born in Paris, France, formerly known as Emily Claudette Jojone. She came to the United States with her parents when she was six years old, where she finished elementary and middle school, and wanted to be a fashion designer after graduation. She attended the Washington Irving School, and Claudette began acting in school plays in high school.
    Lily was a smash hit Hollywood star in the 1930s and 1940s, both in film and drama, with both appearance and acting skills. She is small and exquisite, with a pair of big watery eyes embedded on her plump face, and her front bangs add to her youthful beauty; her persistent pursuit in art, her performances are lively and colorful, and the elegant middle is charming, and the role she creates is special. It is deeply loved by housewives viewers, etc.

    Performing Experience

    1923, debutOn the stage, her debut work was "The Big Shaker" in 1925, playing the role of an innocent girl. The show's manager, Al Watts, was impressed and signed her to a long-term contract. Between 1925 and 1929, Colbert acted in more than twenty plays, of which "The Bark Man," with Walter Huston , was the most successful.
    In 1927, while she was performing in O'Neal 's famous play " Lily ", she was discovered by a scout from Paramount Pictures, Inc. But Colbert wasn't interested in making movies at the time, so the scout negotiated with Woz. After Woz's persuasion, Colbert agreed to make a movie, but asked to stay in New York in order to use the evening time to participate in stage performances.
    In 1927, she made her first silent film at the Paramount Pictures, Inc. film studio in New York. With the gradual replacement of silent films by sound films, her acting career entered a new stage due to her gift for smooth dialogue, and "For Mike's Love" was filmed in the same year.
    In 1929, she really became a movie star and signed a film contract with Paramount Pictures, Inc., and successively starred in films directed by Cecil B. DeMille , and made two films, "There's a Hole in the Wall" and "Mrs. Lie." ". Due to his deep knowledge and broad play, he then made various types of films, and sometimes played unfortunate women in some costume films , such as "The Sign of the Swastika" and " Cléopatre ".
    In 1934, Lily won the seventh Academy Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in " It Happened One Night " directed by Frank Capra and became a major female star in the Hollywood comedy genre. And at the 7th Academy Awards, she didn't wear a dress when she won the award. Because she never expected that she would win the award, she was called back from the train station and finished her speech in casual clothes. 
    After entering the 1940s, Lily became more motivated to make films, but turned to middle-class housewives. Such as " The Palm Beach Story ", " Since You Went Away ", "Egg and Me", etc. In these films, Colbert succeeded in portraying the American women who stayed behind during the war—supporting husbands who enlisted in the military and shouldering the burden of the family.
    In the 1950s, Colbert took both acting and filming into consideration, often making cameo appearances in some stage plays. In 1961, after filming the last film " Parrish ", he stopped filming and devoted all his energy to the stage.
    In the early 1980s, she was active on the TV screen again, filming TV series such as " Two Generations of Ladies ". Then she lived in a place calledOn the island of Bados , he lives a semi-reclusive life.
    On July 30, 1996, Lily died at the age of 93. It should be pointed out that Lily's great success on the screen is related to her very strict requirements for shooting. She doesn't like her makeup and doesn't shoot; she doesn't shoot for three days when her period comes; she doesn't shoot important shots too late; the camera angle falls to the left (because she has a small scar on her right cheek), and so on. Every time she made a film, she made the director, cameraman and other film crews around her very busy.

    Character Evaluation

    Lily was a smash hit Hollywood star in the 1930s and 1940s, amphibious in film and television, with both appearance and acting skills. She is small and exquisite, with a pair of big watery eyes embedded on her full round face, and her front bangs add to her youthful beauty; she is persistent in pursuit of art, and her performances are lively and colorful. Much loved by the housewives audience.

    Lily stunner vs fashion

    Claudette is extremely harsh on her appearance abroad, and therefore has a bad relationship with many designers at Paramount Pictures, Inc. Most of her hair and makeup in the film are done by herself. Claudette's signature "fluffy head", courtesy of hairstylist Sidney Graoff. Because the hairstyle highlighted her "elegance that mixes French and American flair," she wore it for more than sixty years.
    In 1946, tomorrow is eternity, although she is nearly fifty years old, she still specially hired designer Jean Louis to make eighteen nightgowns for her.
     
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    • Timothy 2021-12-09 08:01:20

      Is Claude the grandma of all the missing brides? ! This all-purpose terrible terrible turned out that the old beauty played it so long ago... That era was able to make such a movie, Hollywood is really terrible... Gable is so handsome, so handsome that the heroine quickly abandoned her ex-boyfriend. Gou Xue Qiao Duan became reasonable and convincing...

    • Letha 2022-03-26 09:01:05

      The pioneering work of a crazy comedy, the story of a rich girl and a professional man rejoicing at each other is mixed with the road movie genre. The local tyrants are more open-minded, the jokes are classic and cute, and the ending is subtle and straightforward. Watching together with "Blood on the Mutiny", in "It Happened One Night", Gable was called the king at the station, and he wanted to live with a girl who loves surfing on a small Pacific island. These are intertextualized in "Mutiny" . |21.4.11 Rewatch, a reporter from a rich family and a poor family, happy friends walking together, a neuro-comedy road movie, and a masterpiece of classic bridges. The heroine bravely pursued love and ran away but found out that true love is actually the originator of the idol drama story. The hero and heroine's rival dramas are sparkling, and the cute jokes and sweet interactions are vividly played. The symbol of the Jericho wall is subtle and interesting, and the use of soft light mirrors Adding to the fantasy, the Great Depression background gives the film a realistic aftertaste. Won the five major Oscar awards that year, "Roman Holiday" is often considered to be the successor, and the modern version with its essence should be "Leap Year".

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      Detective: We're looking for somebody.

      Peter Warne: Yeah, well look your head off, but don't come busting in here. This isn't a public park. I could near as take a sock at you!

      Detective: Take it easy, son, take it easy.

      Mr. Dykes: These men are detectives, Mr. Warne.

      Peter Warne: I don't care if they're the whole police department. They can't come busting in here, shooting questions at my wife.

      Ellie Andrews: Now, don't get so excited, Peter. The man just asked a civil question.

      Peter Warne: Oh, is that so? Say, how many times have I told you to stop butting in when I'm having an argument?

      Ellie Andrews: Well, you don't have to lose your temper!

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      Peter Warne: Oh, no? I saw him. He kept pawing you all over the dance floor!

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      Peter Warne: Aw, nuts! You're just like your old man! Once a plumber's daughter, always a plumbers daughter! There isn't an ounce of brains in your whole family!

      Ellie Andrews: [sobbing] Oh, Peter Warne, you've gone far enough! I won't stand for it anymore!

      Peter Warne: Aw, shut up!

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      Peter Warne: Yeah? Well, it's too bad you aren't looking for a plumber's daughter

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      Peter Warne: QUIT BAWLING! QUIT BAWLING!

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      Ellie Andrews: You've been telling me what not to do ever since I can remember.

      Alexander Andrews: That's because you've always been a stubborn idiot,

      Ellie Andrews: I come from a long line of stubborn idiots!

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