Émilie "Lily" Chauchoin was born in 1903 in Saint-Mandé, France, to Jeanne (née Loew with the British Channel Islands heritage) and Georges Chauchoin.
Although christened "Émilie", she was called "Lily… See more

When a string of mostly short-lived shows that enabled her to gain experience in different genres in Chicago, Washington D.C., Boston, Connecticut, in 1924 the actor Leslie Howard, impressed by Colbert's ability to sp… See more

In 1928, Colbert married actor and director Norman Foster, with whom she co-starred in the Broadway show The Barker, and in the film Young Man of Manhattan (1930), for which he received negative reviews as one of her weak… See more