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Carole Lombard
Born · October 6, 1908
Died · January 16, 1942 (33 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Bio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters, October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American film actress. She was particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. She was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s. She was the third wife of actor Clark Gable. Lombard was born into a wealthy family in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but was raised in Los Angeles by her single mother. At 12, she was recruited by the film director Allan Dwan and made her screen debut in A Perfect Crime (1921). Eager to become an actress, she signed a contract with the Fox Film Corporation at age 16, but mainly played bit parts. She was dropped by Fox after a car accident left a scar on her face. Lombard appeared in 15 short comedies for Mack Sennett between 1927 and 1929, and then began appearing in feature films such as High Voltage and The Racketeer. After a successful appearance in The Arizona Kid (1930), she was signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures. Paramount quickly began casting Lombard as a leading lady, primarily in drama films. Her profile increased when she married William Powell in 1931, but the couple divorced after two years. A turning point in Lombard's career came when she starred in Howard Hawks' pioneering screwball comedy Twentieth Century (1934). The actress found her niche in this genre, and continued to appear in films such as Hands Across the Table (1935) (forming a popular partnership with Fred MacMurray), My Man Godfrey (1936), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Nothing Sacred (1937). At this time, Lombard married "the King of Hollywood", Clark Gable, and the supercouple gained much attention from the media. Keen to win an Oscar, at the end of the decade, Lombard began to move towards more serious roles. Unsuccessful in this aim, she returned to comedy in Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) and Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be (1942)—her final film role. Lombard's career was cut short when she died at the age of 33 in an airplane crash on Mount Potosi, Nevada while returning from a war bond tour. Today, she is remembered as one of the definitive actresses of the screwball comedy genre and American comedy, and ranks among the American Film Institute's greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
7.0
2021
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
10.0
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1982
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
0.0
1953
To Be or Not to Be
Maria Tura
7.8
1942
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Ann
6.2
1941
They Knew What They Wanted
Amy Peters
5.6
1940
Vigil in the Night
Anne Lee
6.0
1940
In Name Only
Julie Eden
7.0
1939
Made for Each Other
Jane Mason
6.2
1939
Fools for Scandal
Kay Winters
6.2
1938
True Confession
Helen Bartlett
5.8
1937
Nothing Sacred
Hazel Flagg
6.2
1937
Swing High, Swing Low
Maggie King
5.1
1937
My Man Godfrey
Irene Bullock
7.6
1936
The Princess Comes Across
Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
6.1
1936
Love Before Breakfast
Kay Colby
5.8
1936
Hands Across the Table
Regi Allen
6.8
1935
Lady by Choice
Alabam Lee
6.3
1934
Now and Forever
Toni Carstairs Day
6.7
1934
Twentieth Century
Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
6.8
1934
We're Not Dressing
Doris Worthington
6.6
1934
The Eagle and the Hawk
The Beautiful Lady
6.6
1933
Supernatural
Roma Courtney
6.0
1933
From Hell to Heaven
Colly Tanner
7.2
1933
No Man of Her Own
Connie Randall
6.5
1932
Virtue
Mae
6.8
1932
Sinners in the Sun
Doris Blake
4.9
1932
Man of the World
Mary Kendall
5.9
1931
It Pays to Advertise
Mary Grayson
4.7
1931
The Racketeer
Rhoda Philbrooke
4.8
1929
Big News
Margaret Banks
4.6
1929
High Voltage
Billie ("Phyllis")
4.3
1929
Don't Get Jealous
Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
0.0
1929
Matchmaking Mamma
Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
5.0
1929
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Jennie
0.0
1928
The Campus Vamp
Carole (as Carol Lombard)
5.0
1928
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Minor Role (uncredited)
0.0
1928
Motorboat Mamas
Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
0.0
1928
The Campus Carmen
Carole
4.0
1928
Smith's Restaurant
Minor Role (uncredited)
0.0
1928
The Girl from Nowhere
Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
0.0
1928
The Divine Sinner
Millie Claudert
0.0
1928
The Bicycle Flirt
Mabel - the Wife's Sister
0.0
1928
The Swim Princess
Trudy - the Swim Star
0.0
1928
The Girl from Everywhere
Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
0.0
1927
Gold Digger of Weepah
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
0.0
1927
Hearts and Spurs
Sybil Estabrook
0.0
1925
Gold and the Girl
0.0
1925
Marriage in Transit
Celia Hathaway
5.0
1925
A Perfect Crime
Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)
0.0
1921
Film Stars Help Greece
Self
0.0
Carole Lombard
Herself
0.0
2016
William Powell: A True Gentleman
7.5
2005
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
6.9
1994
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
6.5
1990
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
8.0
1988
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
(archive footage)
0.0
1987
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
10.0
1984
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.5
1983
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1975
Gable: The King Remembered
Herself (archive footage)
6.0
1975
Dear Mr. Gable
(archive footage)
0.0
1968
The Big Parade of Comedy
Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
6.3
1964
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'Nothing Sacred' (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.3
1961
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
6.9
1957
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1942
Breakdowns of 1938
Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.0
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
7.0
1938
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self
6.0
1935
Rumba
Diana Harrison
6.0
1935
The Gay Bride
Mary Magiz
5.8
1934
Bolero
Helen Hathaway
6.1
1934
White Woman
Judith Denning
5.7
1933
Brief Moment
Abby Fane Deane
2.7
1933
No More Orchids
Annie Holt
6.8
1932
No One Man
Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
6.0
1932
I Take This Woman
Kay Dowling
5.4
1931
Up Pops the Devil
Anne Merrick
4.2
1931
Ladies' Man
Rachel Fendley
4.3
1931
Fast and Loose
Alice O'Neil
4.9
1930
Safety in Numbers
Pauline
5.0
1930
The Arizona Kid
Virginia Hoyt
5.5
1930
Show Folks
Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
6.0
1928
Me, Gangster
Blonde Rosie
0.0
1928
Power
Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
6.0
1928
His Unlucky Night
Peggy - Telephone Operator
0.0
1928
The Best Man
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
0.0
1928
Smith's Army Life
Clarence's Wife
0.0
1928
The Beach Club
Jump Rope Girl on Beach
0.0
1928
Run, Girl, Run
Norma Nurmi
0.0
1928
My Best Girl
Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
7.0
1927
Smith's Pony
Lillian Saunders
0.0
1927
The Fighting Eagle
(unconfirmed)
5.0
1927
The Johnstown Flood
Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
6.8
1926
The Road to Glory
Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
6.0
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Slave Girl (uncredited)
7.3
1925
The Plastic Age
Co-ed (uncredited)
5.9
1925
Durand of the Bad Lands
Ellen Boyd
0.0
1925
Pretty Ladies
Showgirl (uncredited)
4.7
1925
Dick Turpin
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
5.3
1925
Gold Heels
Bit (uncredited)
0.0
1924