 In 1999, the American Film Institute voted Colbert the 12th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema.Émilie Claudette Chauchoin (pronounced "show-shwan") was born in 1903 in Saint-Mandé, France, to Jeanne Marie (née Loew, 1877–1970) and Georges Claude Chauchoin (1867–1925).Although christened "Émilie", she was called "Lily" after Jersey-born actress Lillie Langtry, and because an unmarried aunt of the same name, her maternal grandmother's adopted child, Émilie Loew (1878–1954) was living with the family.