Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them.
I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.
I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.
I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy-period.
If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.
It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.
It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.
Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother.
Claudette turned down the role of Hildy Johnson in His Girl Friday (1940) and the part went to Rosalind Russell.
Claudette's Oscar for It Happened One Night (1934) was auctioned by Christie's on June 9, 1997. It did not sell, as no bids were made for it.
Claudette sang in a number of her movies, including: The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) Torch Singer (1933) Under Two Flags (1936) Tovarich (1937) Boom Town (1940) Arise, My Love (1940) Since You Went Away (1944)
Claudette's second film and first talking picture, The Hole In The Wall (1929), also had her co-starring with another newcomer to cinema, Edward G. Robinson.
Claudette's measurements: 32 1/2B-25-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth Magazine)
Claudette appeared in a television commercial for Maxwell House Coffee in 1963.
Claudette appeared in magazine ads for Chesterfield cigarettes in 1949.
Claudette was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special in the "The Two Mrs. Greenvilles" in 1987.
Claudette was placed on the Greatest Female Lead Actors list by the American Film Institute, on June 16, 1999, coming in at #12.
Claudette was 5 feet 4 and 1/2 inches tall.
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