Corinne Calvet

About Corinne Calvet

Who is it?: Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day: April 30, 1925
Birth Place:  Paris, France, France
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1945-1982
Spouse(s): John Bromfield (m. 1948–1954)(divorced) Jeffrey Stone (m. 1955–1960)(divorced) 1 child Robert J. Wirt (m. 1968–1971)(filed for divorce)
Children: Robin Stone (b. 1956)

Corinne Calvet

Corinne Calvet was born on April 30, 1925 in  Paris, France, France, is Actress, Soundtrack. Statuesque, seductive French leading lady who underwent several early career changes before settling on the acting profession. Corinne Calvet first ventured into the field of criminal law (at the Sorbonne), then gained qualification as an interior decorator with an appreciation of fine arts and antiques. After studying at the L'ecole du cinema in Paris, she made her debut on the stage and also worked as a radio hostess. Small film roles followed. From the time Corinne was 'discovered' by famous producer Hal B. Wallis, brought to America, and signed to a contract with Paramount in 1947, her life developed into a decade-long roller-coaster of feuds, lawsuits, publicity stunts and even an attempted suicide by sleeping pills.Corinne's Hollywood career got off to a turbulent start, the fiery actress heatedly challenging Wallis over the size of her salary. In spite of growing animosity between her and the producer, she was eventually cast in her first Paramount picture, Rope of Sand (1949) , a film noir set in South Africa and co-starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Henreid. The film emphasized Corinne's sultry appeal and her sexy, somewhat husky voice. She played a nightclub singer, which worked well since she could actually sing (and did so at the famed Manhattan night club Le Cupidon in 1952). The New York Times review (August 4th, 1949) remarked that the cast, though playing somewhat shady characters, were "all products of good acting, and therefore are strangely interesting"."Rope of Sand" garnered mostly good reviews and was certainly one of the better roles Corinne was to find in Hollywood. Though she featured opposite a number of big-name stars, such as Danny Kaye and James Cagney, she was largely consigned to be the ornamental French dessert. Of her part in On the Riviera (1951), Bosley Crowther commented that she was "pretty, but neglected" (NY Times May 24th, 1951). Corinne (Miss Golden Globe 1952), later gave vent to her frustration at having never been given a proper chance to display her acting range in her 1983 memoir 'Has Corinne Been a Good Girl?'.The headlines made in her private life often overshadowed her screen career. One highly publicised (and apparently staged) incident had her suing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor over a statement made to, among others, a newspaper columnist, about Corinne's French background being a studio invention. In another more bizarre instance in 1967, her then-boyfriend claimed in court that she had 'used voodoo on him' in order to retain control of certain financial assets. There were also two acrimonious and very public divorces from actors John Bromfield and Jeffrey Stone.From the mid 1950's, Corinne began to appear in international co-productions, dividing her time between Los Angeles and her lavishly furnished top floor apartment at the Avenue MacMahon, near the Arc de triomphe, in Paris. After the publication of her memoir in 1983, Corinne retired from acting and re-invented herself as a therapist, specialising in hypnosis. She settled down in Santa Monica, where she died in June 2001.
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As per our current Database, Corinne Calvet has been died on June 23, 2001(2001-06-23) (aged 76)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S..

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Occupation Actress
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born April 30, 1925 ( Paris, France, France)
Birthday April 30
Town/City  Paris, France, France
Nationality France

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Biography/Timeline

1940

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.

1950

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).

1952

In 1952, Calvet sued Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor for $1 million, accusing her of slander after Gabor was quoted as saying that Calvet was not really French, but was "a cockney English girl who coldn't even speak French a few years ago". An obituary noted: "Gabor countered that Calvet's suit was without merit. The court apparently agreed because the legal wrangle quickly disappeared from the media."

1954

Calvet was married three times. Her first marriage was to actor John Bromfield (1948 – 17 March 1954), who had co-starred with her in Rope of Sand and whom she claimed had been ordered to marry her by his studio. She then married Jeffrey Stone (1955–1960) and Robert J. Wirt (1968 – October 1971). All three marriages ended in divorce. She had a son with Jeffrey Stone.

1960

Upset with her treatment in Hollywood, in 1960, Calvet "decided to return to France to make her headquarters".

1982

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.

1983

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."

2001

Calvet died June 23, 2001, in Los Angeles of a cerebral hemorrhage. She was survived by a son, Michael.

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