Corinne Calvet | |
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Calvet on the August 1953 cover of Epoca
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Born |
Corinne Dibos April 30, 1925 Paris, France |
Died | June 23, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
(aged 76)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1945–82 |
Spouse(s) |
John Bromfield (m. 1948–54)(divorced) Jeffrey Stone (m. 1955–60)(divorced) 1 child Robert J. Wirt (m. 1968–71)(filed for divorce) |
Children | Robin Stone (b. 1956) |
Corinne Calvet (April 30, 1925 – June 23, 2001), born Corinne Dibos, was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films.
Calvet was born in Paris. Her mother was a scientist who played a part in the development of Pyrex glass. She studied criminal law at the Sorbonne.
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).