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Claudette Colbert

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Actress

The Resume

    (September 13, 1903-July 30, 1996)
    Birth Name was Lily Claudette Chaucoin
    Won the 1934 Oscar for Best Actress (It Happened One Night)
    Appeared on stage in 'The Barker (1927)'
    Appeared in the films 'For The Love Of Mike (1927),' 'The Hole In The Wall (1929),' 'The Sign Of The Cross (1932),' 'Cleopatra (1934),' 'It Happened One Night (1934),' 'The Gilded Lily (1935),' 'Since You Went Away (1944)' and 'Three Came Home (1950)'

Why she might be annoying:

    She spoke both English and French.
    She used her grandmother's maiden name as a stage name.
    On film, she portrayed herself as a sex symbol.
    She insisted that she was only photographed from the left.
    In the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood.
    Her career went downhill in the 1950s.
    She smokes.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her first movie was silent, so she returned to the stage so she could use her voice.
    In 'The Sign Of The Cross,' she bathed in asses' milk (1932).
    She had excellent comic timing in her movies.
    Her marriage to Joel Pressman lasted over 30 years until his death (1968).

Credit: Fantom


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 60 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 54 Votes: 64.81% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 95 Votes: 61.05% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 177 Votes: 37.85% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 74 Votes: 33.78% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 316 Votes: 44.30% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 203 Votes: 41.87% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 870 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 704 Votes: 47.73% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 652 Votes: 43.71% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1652 Votes: 41.95% Annoying