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What role does Claudette Colbert play in Midnight?
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In the 1939 screwball comedy Midnight, directed by Mitchell Leisen, Claudette Colbert plays a showgirl in Paris.12
Her character is hired by a millionaire, played by John Barrymore, to impersonate a Hungarian countess. This deception is part of a scheme intended to prevent the potential infidelity of the millionaire's wife, who is portrayed by Mary Astor.2