1925-04-30 Los Angeles, California, USA
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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The Sword and the Sorcerer | 1982-04-01 | |
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Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype | Pizelle Puree | 1980-10-01 |
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She's Dressed to Kill | Colette | 1979-12-10 |
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Too Hot to Handle | Madame Ruanda | 1977-02-18 |
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The Phantom of Hollywood | Mrs. Wickes | 1974-02-12 |
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Apache Uprising | Janice MacKenzie | 1965-12-29 |
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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Contessa | 1962-07-25 |
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Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons | Odette | 1960-04-02 |
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Plunderers of Painted Flats | Kathy Martin | 1959-01-23 |
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Operazione notte | 1957-01-18 | |
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Le ragazze di San Frediano | Bice | 1955-03-11 |
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So This Is Paris | Suzanne Sorel | 1954-12-15 |
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Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova | Luisa di Chatillon | 1954-12-22 |
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Bonnes à tuer | Véra Volpone | 1954-12-17 |
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The Far Country | Renee Vallon | 1954-02-12 |
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Flight to Tangier | Nicki | 1953-11-20 |
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Powder River | Frenchie Dumont | 1953-06-17 |
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What Price Glory | Charmaine | 1952-08-22 |
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Sailor Beware | Corinne Calvet | 1952-02-08 |
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Thunder in the East | Lizette Damon | 1952-12-04 |
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Quebec | Mme. Stephanie Durossac aka Le Fleur | 1951-03-15 |
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Peking Express | Danielle Grenier | 1951-08-01 |
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On the Riviera | Colette | 1951-04-20 |
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My Friend Irma Goes West | Yvonne Yvonne | 1950-06-25 |
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When Willie Comes Marching Home | Yvonne Le Tete | 1950-02-17 |
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Rope of Sand | Mademoiselle Suzanne Renaud aka Aniseneletette Duringreaud | 1949-08-03 |
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Le château de la dernière chance | Mme Tritonel | 1947-07-16 |
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Pétrus | Liliane | 1946-10-02 |
