Editing Claudette Colbert (section)

===Later career, 1963–1987===
Colbert made successful Broadway appearances in ''The Irregular Verb to Love'' (1963); in ''The Kingfisher'' (1978), with co-star [[Rex Harrison]]; and in [[Frederick Lonsdale]]'s ''[[Aren't We All?]]'' (1985), also with Harrison. She told an interviewer, "Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them."<ref name="Pace1996" />　

She appeared in a supporting role in the television [[miniseries]] ''[[The Two Mrs. Grenvilles]]'' (1987), which was a ratings success, and for which she won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television|Golden Globe]] and was nominated for an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Emmy Award]]. Towards the end of her life, she explained why she had never written her autobiography, "I've been happy, and that's no story."<ref>
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Modern critics have pointed out that Colbert had a unique set of assets—her heart-shaped face, distinct facial features,<ref name="tcmdb" /> curly hair,<ref name="Pace1996" /> aristocratic manner, relaxed acting, little mysterious, and intelligent style,<ref>{{cite book|author=James Robert Parish|title=The Paramount Pretties|url=https://archive.org/details/paramountprettie00pari|url-access=registration|publisher=Arlington House|location=New Rochelle, NY|year=1972|page=[https://archive.org/details/paramountprettie00pari/page/92 92]|isbn=9780870001802 }}</ref>—that distinguishes her from other classic cinema stars through the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name="The Claudette Colbert Business">{{cite web|title=Claudette Colbert Q&A Pt. 1: 'The Claudette Colbert Business'|author=Andre Soares|date=August 12, 2011|work=Alt Film Guide|url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/claudette-colbert-paramount-the-claudette-colbert-business|access-date=May 13, 2018}}</ref> In her comedies, she invariably played shrewd, self-reliant women; unlike many of her contemporaries, though, she rarely engaged in physical comedy. Her characters were more likely to be observers and commentators.<ref name="DiBattista, p. 210">{{cite book|last=Di Battista|first=Maria|year=2001|title=Fast Talking Dames|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-300-09903-7|page=210}}</ref>