IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

(Romantic Comedy)

Claudette Colbert received her Oscar for playing a runaway heiress in one of the great romantic comedies of all time: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT.

It should be noted that, Gable and Claudette Cobert remain the only co-starring team to have won Oscars at the same time.

ABOUT CLAUDETTE COLBERT (1905 - 1996)

Born in France, her real name was Lily Claudette Chauchoin. She came to United States when she was 3 and made her debut in silent films in 1927.

Claudette Colbert was also nominated for:

PRIVATE WORLDS (35)
SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (44)

Claudette Colbert has performed on Broadway.

In 1940 Colbert was reunited with Gable in BOOM TOWN.

Colbert's other credits include:

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
CLEOPATRA
IMITATION OF LIFE
THE BRIDE COMES HOME
UNDER TWO FLAGS
I MET HIM IN PARIS
TOVARISH
MIDNIGHT
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
BOOM TOWN
ARISE MY LOVE
THE PALM BEACH STORY
SINCE YOU WENT AWAY
THE EGG AND I
THREE CAME HOME
THE SECRET FURY
THUNDER ON THE HILL
LET'S MAKE IT LEGAL
THE PLANTER'S WIFE
DAUGHTERS OF DESTINY
AFFAIRS IN VERSAILLES
TEXAS LADY
PARRISH

And in 1986 Colbert starred in a TV-movie titled: THE TWO MRS. GRENVILLES.