Appeared in French radio and stage productions after WWII.
Calvet's father, a scientist, was the inventor of Pyrex, a glassware that enabled food to be cooked directly in the glass in an oven.
Discovered by Paramount Studios which brought her to the U.S.
Has 1 son.
Has a son, Robin, by former husband, actor/writer Jeffrey Stone.
In 1952 Calvet filed a lawsuit accusing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor of slandering her in telling several people, including a newspaper columnist, that Calvet was not really French.
In 1967 her longtime boyfriend, Donald Scott, sued Calvet to recover assets that he had placed under her name to hide them from his wife in a divorce battle.
In most of her American films she played the roles of French characters.
Left the entertainment industry in the 1970's for a career as a therapist.
Measurements: 36-23-35 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Studied criminal law at the Sorbonne before becoming an actress.
Wrote a 1983 memoir, called "Has Corinne Been a Good Girl?" in which she said Hollywood studios put her in roles that never tapped her acting ability.