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Émilie Chauchoin (September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996), professionally known as Claudette Colbert ( kohl-BAIR, ), was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures. Initially contracted to Paramount Pictures, Colbert became one of the few major actresses of the period who worked freelance, independent of the studio system. Wikipedia