Birthday: September 13, 1903
Birth Place: Paris
Birth Name: Lily Claudette Chauchoin
Aka: Lily Claudette Chauchoin

Biography: One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Lily Claudette Chauchoin on September 13, 1903, in Paris, Seine, France.   Her banker father moved the family to the United States when she was three.   As Claudette grew up, she wanted nothing more than to play to Broadway audiences (in those days, any actress or actor worth their salt went for Broadway, not Hollywood).   After her formal education ended, she enrolled in the Art Students League, where she paid for her dramatic training by working in a dress shop.   She made her Broadway deb...