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Claudette Colbert - I am a 59 year old man and classic movie fan. In the summer of 1987 I was awaiting a flight at Catania airport in Sicily for Rome. It was blazingly hot. I noticed two impeccably attired ladies seated in the terminal. Yes! It was Ms Colbert and her personal assistant, en route from a holiday to the Cannes film festival. I thought Ms Colbert's chronological age to have been over 80, but she looked a very well-preserved 50 at most, and with legs just as good as displayed in her famous film, "It Happened One Night". Moreover, she was absolutely charming and witty; we spoke about her career and latest TV movie ("The Third Mrs. Grenville", I believe) and her home in Barbados. I treasure the moment. When, on the bus to the aircraft, a fellow asked me if she was Jane Wyman. I said, "no" and confided the question to Ms Colbert. She graciously allowed how Ms Wyman was much younger. I spontaneously blurted out: "... And you never would have married Ronald Reagan!" She giggled and told me: "But he and Nancy are great friends" What a classy lady.
Jim Casey - Posted: May 26, 2007
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