Corinne Calvet
Corinne Calvet (April 30, 1925 – June 23, 2001), born Corinne Dibos, was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films. Calvet made her debut in French radio, stage plays and cinema in the 1940s before being brought to Hollywood in the 1940s by producer Hal B. Wallis. He cast her in Rope of Sand (1949) opposite Burt Lancaster and Paul Henreid. In the 1950s, Calvet appeared in a string of films, usually playing French characters, opposite such leading men as Danny Kaye (On the Riviera), Joseph Cotten (Peking Express), Dan Dailey (When Willie Comes Marching Home), James Cagney (What Price Glory?), James Stewart (The Far Country), Alan Ladd (Thunder in the East), Tony Curtis (So This Is Paris) and twice with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (My Friend Irma Goes West and Sailor Beware). She made a rare television appearance on the Colgate Comedy Hour with Donald O'Connor on February 3, 1952, televised nationwide by NBC. Upset with her treatment in Hollywood, in 1960 Calvet "decided to return to France to make her headquarters." She continued to act in Italian and French productions as well as making appearances on American television series (Hart to Hart and General Hospital), with occasional roles in films. Her last film was The Sword and the Sorcerer in 1982. In her memoir, entitled Has Corinne Been a Good Girl? (1983), she stated that the roles she played for Hollywood studios never challenged her acting ability. In 1958, referring to being cast as a French temptress, she told an interviewer, "If I had come to Hollywood as a dramatic actress, I never would have been Corinne Calvet, and you never would have been sitting here talking to me." Description above from the Wikipedia article Corinne Calvet licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 1982 · The Sword and the Sorcerer as
- 1980 · Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype as Pizelle Puree
- 1979 · She's Dressed to Kill as Colette
- 1979 · The French Atlantic Affair as Althea Broussard
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1977 · Too Hot to Handle as Madame Ruanda
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 1974 · The Phantom of Hollywood as Mrs. Wickes
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1966 · Batman as Emerald
- 1965 · Apache Uprising as Janice MacKenzie
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Francesca Bel Ami
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Ariella Martel
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Felice De Marco
- 1962 · Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man as Contessa
- 1960 · Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons as Odette
- 1959 · Plunderers of Painted Flats as Kathy Martin
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as La Moneca
- 1957 · Operazione notte as
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer
- 1955 · The Girls of San Frediano as Bice
- 1954 · Sins of Casanova as Luisa di Chatillon
- 1954 · One Step to Eternity as Véra Volpone
- 1954 · So This Is Paris as Suzanne Sorel
- 1954 · Climax! as Anna
- 1954 · The Far Country as Renee Vallon
- 1953 · Flight to Tangier as Nicki
- 1953 · Powder River as Frenchie Dumont
- 1952 · Thunder in the East as Lizette Damon
- 1952 · What Price Glory as Charmaine
- 1952 · Sailor Beware as Corinne Calvet
- 1951 · Peking Express as Danielle Grenier
- 1951 · On the Riviera as Colette
- 1951 · Quebec as Mme. Stephanie Durossac aka Le Fleur
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Mouche
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Ti Babette
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · My Friend Irma Goes West as Yvonne Yvonne
- 1950 · Your Show of Shows as
- 1950 · When Willie Comes Marching Home as Yvonne Le Tete
- 1949 · Rope of Sand as Mademoiselle Suzanne Renaud aka Aniseneletette Duringreaud
- 1948 · Studio One as Fraulein Vogel
- 1947 · Last Chance Castle as Mme Tritonel
- 1946 · Pétrus as Liliane