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Corinne Calvet (April 30, 1925 – June 23, 2001), born Corinne Dibos, was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films. According to one obituary, she was promoted "as a combination of
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and
Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer, and Pin-up model, pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top stars of the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of ...
", but her persona failed to live up to this description, though the fault lay as much with a string of mediocre films as with a lack of a compelling talent, for Calvet's sultry looks and flashing eyes were allied with an impish sense of humour. She eventually became better known for her fiery private life and some well-publicised legal battles.


Biography


Early life

Calvet was born in Paris. Her mother was a scientist who played a part in the development of thermally resistant glass. One of her sisters, a doctor, died when taken hostage by the Germans during the war. She and her father had to flee Paris when the Germans came. Calvet studied
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at the Sorbonne. "A lawyer needs exactly what an actor needs, strong personality, persuasive powers and a good voice," she said later. While studying law, she often went to the Deux Magots café where her group of friends included
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,
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and Jean Marais, which prompted her to try acting. Marais advised her to join
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's acting school, where he had trained alongside
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and
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. She then studied at L'Ecole du Cinema.


French acting career

Calvet made her debut in French radio, stage plays, and cinema in the 1940s. She appeared uncredited in the film '' Blind Desire'' (1945) and was the French voice of
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in dubbed versions of American movies. She had a speaking part in '' Petrus'' (1946) starring Fernandel. Her father did not want her to use the family name, so she chose "Calvet" from a name on a bottle of wine (she felt that alliteration had been lucky for Michèle Morgan, Dannielle Darrieux, and Simone Signoret). Calvet played a model in '' We Are Not Married'' (1946) and had a supporting role in '' Last Chance Castle'' (1947).


Hal Wallis and 20th Century Fox

According to one obituary, "Just after the Second World War, most of the major Hollywood studios were importing female talent from Europe in the hopes of finding another Garbo,
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or Bergman to lend exoticism to their product.
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,
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and
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were among those who had varying success during the period, and Corinne Calvet was the choice of
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." The studio was looking for a Frenchwoman to play a suspected collaborator in '' Sealed Verdict'' (1948). It signed Calvet in February 1947. In April the studio announced she would be called "Corinne Calvat". Eventually the studio decided Calvet was too young, and in August, cast
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instead. Paramount did not use her for a year. Calvet spent that time training and working on her English; however,
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later claimed she spent that time "in nightclubs instead of learning English." Her visa was nearly rescinded because her association with the
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element in France was suspicious to the
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. Paramount dropped her. Calvet did a test for
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, which signed her for six months from July 1948. She was in a car accident but recovered. She married actor
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who was under contract to
Hal B. Wallis Harold B. Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; October 19, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American film producer. He is best known for producing ''Casablanca'' (1942), ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938), and '' True Grit'' (1969), along wit ...
. Wallis saw a test of Calvet, and in August 1948, took her back to Paramount for a role in '' Rope of Sand'' (1949) opposite
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and Paul Henreid, directed by
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. She was given star billing in her second Hollywood film, '' When Willie Comes Marching Home'' (1950), starring
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and directed by
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for
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. Fox bought half her contract from Paramount, having the right to use her for five films. Wallis put her in '' My Friend Irma Goes West'' (1950) a film best remembered for being the second movie released starring
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. "I couldn't believe he would cast me in such a script", she later recalled. "''Rope of Sand'' had made me a valuable property. Doing this film would ruin my chances of rising higher as a dramatic star." In January 1950,
Hedda Hopper Elda Furry (May 2, 1885February 1, 1966), known professionally as Hedda Hopper, was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, more than 35 million people read her columns. A strong supporter of the Hous ...
claimed that Calvert's "ego is owso inflated I doubt if she could get inside a jumping rope...Corinne thinks she's god's gift to America instead of being grateful for the opportunity after flopping at two studios." At Paramount, she did ''
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'' (1951) with John Drew Barrymore, a film about the
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. 20th Century Fox borrowed her to play
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's leading lady in '' On the Riviera'' (1951), which earned her a Roscoe by the ''
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'' for giving one of the worst film performances of 1951. Wallis co starred her with
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in '' Peking Express'' (1951) and Martin and Lewis in '' Sailor Beware'' (1952). John Ford re-teamed her with Dailey in ''
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'' (1952). Calvet began appearing on television shows like ''
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''. She made a television appearance on ''
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'' with
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on February 3, 1952. She also appeared on the game show ''
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'', in the "I'd Like to Be" segment, where she stumped the panel with her choice of
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. At Paramount, she did '' Thunder in the East'' (1953) with
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, then at Fox was
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's leading lady in '' Powder River'' (1953). Paramount put her in the thriller '' Flight to Tangier'' (1953), and she appeared on '' Ford Television Theatre''. She developed a night club act and toured the U.S. In April 1954, she tried to commit suicide. Calvert made two films at
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: '' The Far Country'' (1954) with
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, and '' So This Is Paris'' (1954) with
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. In 1955, she became an American citizen.


Return to Europe

Calvet returned to France to star in '' One Step to Eternity'' (1955), then went to Italy to appear in '' Le ragazze di San Frediano'' (1955) and '' Sins of Casanova'' (1955). In February 1955, it was announced she would star in a TV series based on the radio show ''
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'' but it appears to not have been made. She did make '' Operazione notte'' (1957) in Italy. Calvet went back to Hollywood to appear in episodes of ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. She had the lead in '' Plunderers of Painted Flats'' (1959) and supported
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in '' Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons'' (1960). Upset with her treatment in Hollywood, Calvet "decided to return to France to make her headquarters" in 1960. She did continue to work in the U.S,. appearing in '' Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man'' (1962) and ''
Apache Uprising ''Apache Uprising'' is a 1965 American Technicolor Western (genre), Western Techniscope film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Max Lamb and Harry Sanford. The film stars Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell (actor), John Russe ...
'' (1965) (with Calhoun) as well as episodes of ''
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'', '' Burke's Law'', and ''
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''.


Later career

Calvet's later appearances include '' Pound'' (1970) by
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, '' The Phantom of Hollywood'' (1974), an episode of '' Police Story'', '' Too Hot to Handle'' (1977), '' The French Atlantic Affair'', an episode of ''
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'', and '' She's Dressed to Kill'' (1979). She studied at the
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, a
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group, and made a new career as a hypnotherapist, specializing in regressing people to their past lives.. Her last appearances were in ''
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'' (1979), ''
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'' (1980), ''
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'' (1982), and '' Side Roads'' (1988). In her memoir, titled ''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."


Personal life

Calvet was married three times. Her first marriage was to actor
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(1948 – March 17, 1954), who co-starred with her in ''Rope of Sand'' and who she claimed had been ordered to marry her by his studio. She then married actor Jeffrey Stone (1955–1960) and producer Robert J. Wirt (1968 – October 1971). All three marriages ended in divorce. She had a son with Jeffrey Stone, John, born in 1956. Between her last two marriages, she had a six-year, de facto relationship with millionaire Donald Scott, and they adopted a boy together. She later admitted she never earned more than $10,000 a year during this period. Calvet once said "American men make wonderful husbands if you don't love them. But if you love them, don't marry them. I don't mean they are lousy lovers," Calvet said. "I just think they are little boys who don't know what they want. In America, you don't have romances, you have affairs. And these affairs really lack class."


Legal troubles

In 1952, Calvet sued actress
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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 couldn't even speak French a few years ago." The legal wrangle quickly disappeared from the media. In 1967 her boyfriend of six years, Donald Scott, sued Calvet to recover $878,000 in assets that he had put under her name in an effort to hide them from his wife in a divorce battle. A two-week trial resulted in which Scott claimed Calvet had used voodoo to control him. The suit was settled with Calvet returning all but $200,000 of the disputed sum.


Death

Calvet died June 23, 2001, in Los Angeles of an
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.


Selected filmography

* '' Blind Desire'' (1945) – (uncredited) * '' Petrus'' (1946) – Liliane * '' We Are Not Married'' (1946) – Le modèle * '' Last Chance Castle'' (1947) – Mme Tritonel * '' Rope of Sand'' (1949) – Suzanne Renaud * '' When Willie Comes Marching Home'' (1950) – Yvonne Le Tete * '' My Friend Irma Goes West'' (1950) – Yvonne Yvonne * ''
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'' (1951) – Mme. Stephanie Durossac aka La Fleur * '' On the Riviera'' (1951) – Colette * '' Peking Express'' (1951) – Danielle Grenier * '' Thunder in the East'' (1951) – Lizette Damon * '' Sailor Beware'' (1952) – Herself * ''
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'' (1952) – Charmaine * '' Powder River'' (1953) – Frenchie Dumont * '' Flight to Tangier (1953) – Nicki * '' The Far Country'' (1954) – Renee Vallon * '' So This Is Paris'' (1954) – Suzanne Sorel * '' One Step to Eternity'' (1954) – Véra Volpone * '' Le ragazze di San Frediano'' (1955) – Bice * '' Sins of Casanova'' (1955) – Luisa di Charpillon * ''Operazione notte'' (1955) * '' Plunderers of Painted Flats'' (1959) – Kathy Martin * '' Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons'' (1960) – Odette * '' Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man'' (1962) – Contessa * ''
Apache Uprising ''Apache Uprising'' is a 1965 American Technicolor Western (genre), Western Techniscope film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Max Lamb and Harry Sanford. The film stars Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell (actor), John Russe ...
'' (1965) – Janice MacKenzie * '' Pound'' (1970) * '' The Phantom of Hollywood'' (1974, TV Movie) – Mrs. Wickes * '' Too Hot to Handle'' (1977) – Madame Ruanda * '' The French Atlantic Affair'' (1979, TV Movie) – Colette * ''
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'' (1980) – Pizelle Puree * ''
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'' (1982) * ''Side Roads'' (1988) – (final film role)


Radio appearances


Bibliography

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References


External links

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Publicity still, Le Petit Journal (Montreal), Sept., 1949.



Corinne Calvet Tribute Slide Show
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