COLBERT CLAUDETTE: (1903-1996) French-born American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1934 for her role as Ellie Andrews in It Happened One Night. Signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the young actress in a close-up portrait study. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. One small tear to the upper edge, repaired to the verso, and with some very minor traces of former mounting to the verso. About VG