CLAUDETTE COLBERT - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 298617
Price: $300.00
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
Youthful black and white image of the actress resting her head on a
bannister
Photograph signed: "Claudette Colbert" in black ink, B/w 8x10.
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996) was brought to New York at the age
of seven. She embarked on a stage career in 1925. Colbert disliked film acting;
but audiences responded to her beauty and cultured voice, so she forsook the
stage for Hollywood. Her popularity (and salary) skyrocketed after she was
cast as "the wickedest woman in history," Nero's unscrupulous wife Poppaea, in
the Biblical epic The Sign of the Cross (1932). Colbert showed her
flair for sophisticated comedy by winning the 1934 Academy Award for
Best Actress for It Happened One Night. Traveling the usual
"fading star" route, Colbert made films in Europe and a budget Western in the
U.S. before returning triumphantly to Broadway. In 1961, she returned to
Hollywood as Troy Donahue's mother in Parrish. It would be her last film
appearance until the 1987 TV movie, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles - in which
she far outclassed her material. Multi-colored ink (unknown hand) at lower blank
margin. ½-inch tear at left edge. Lightly creased. Lightly worn. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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