Winning an Academy Award for her role in It Happened one Night, starring opposite Clark Gable, this American actress was known more for her character and acting than for her beauty, although she was attractive enough to place opposite the likes of Jimmy Stewart, Fredric March, and Robert Young. One of her more famous comedic roles was in The Egg and I, a comedy co-starring Fred MacMurray.

Claudette Colbert was a versatile actress and was cast in more realistic roles, as an everyday kind of woman rather than a bombshell, except for her role as Cleopatra. She was equally as believable in serious dramas, thrillers, and comedies in which she shined. Arise My Love and Boom Townmade her a household name. She was reluctant to take on motherly roles, but took a chance and accepted the part of the mother in Since You Went Away, a gamble that paid off to the tune of 5 million dollars in the box office - a high number for those days.

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