26 Facts About Corinne Calvet

Corinne Calvet, born Corinne Dibos, was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films.

Corinne Calvet eventually became better known for her fiery private life and some well-publicised legal battles.

Corinne Calvet's mother was a scientist who played a part in the development of Pyrex glass.

Corinne Calvet made her debut in French radio, stage plays, and cinema in the 1940s.

Corinne Calvet appeared uncredited in the film Blind Desire and was the French voice of Rita Hayworth in dubbed versions of American movies.

Corinne Calvet had a speaking part in Petrus starring Fernandel.

Corinne Calvet's father did not want her to use the family name, so she chose "Calvet" from a name on a bottle of wine.

Corinne Calvet played a model in We Are Not Married and had a supporting role in Last Chance Castle.

Alida Valli, Hildegard Knef and Denise Darcel were among those who had varying success during the period, and Corinne Calvet was the choice of Paramount.

Corinne Calvet did a test for MGM, which signed her for six months from July 1948.

Corinne Calvet married actor John Bromfield who was under contract to Hal B Wallis.

Corinne Calvet thinks she's god's gift to America instead of being grateful for the opportunity after flopping at two studios.

Corinne Calvet began appearing on television shows like Lux Video Theatre.

Corinne Calvet made a television appearance on The Colgate Comedy Hour with Donald O'Connor on February 3,1952.

Corinne Calvet appeared on the game show The Name's the Same, in the "I'd Like to Be" segment, where she stumped the panel with her choice of Rocky Marciano.

Corinne Calvet developed a night club act and toured the US.

Corinne Calvet returned to France to star in One Step to Eternity, then went to Italy to appear in Le ragazze di San Frediano and Sins of Casanova.

Corinne Calvet had the lead in Plunderers of Painted Flats and supported George Sanders in Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons.

Upset with her treatment in Hollywood, Corinne Calvet "decided to return to France to make her headquarters" in 1960.

Corinne Calvet studied at the Arica Institute, a Human Potential Movement group, and made a new career as a hypnotherapist, specializing in regressing people to their past lives.

Corinne Calvet then married actor Jeffrey Stone and producer Robert J Wirt.

Corinne Calvet had a son with Jeffrey Stone, John, born in 1956.

Corinne Calvet later admitted she never earned more than $10,000 a year during this period.

In 1952, Corinne Calvet sued actress Zsa Zsa Gabor for $1 million, accusing her of slander after Gabor was quoted as saying that Corinne Calvet was not really French, but was "a cockney English girl who couldn't even speak French a few years ago".

In 1967 her boyfriend of six years, Donald Scott, sued Corinne 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.

Corinne Calvet died June 23,2001, in Los Angeles of a cerebral haemorrhage.