Carole Lombard
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 6, 1908
- Died
- January 16, 1942 (aged 33)
- Birthplace
- Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
TV · 1 ep
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Carole Lombard
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Movie
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Death In Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie · as (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie · as Self - Actress 'Nothing Sacred' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
Movie · as archive footage
Yesterday and Today
Movie · as (archive footage)
To Be or Not to Be
Movie · as Maria Tura
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie · as Ann
They Knew What They Wanted
Movie · as Amy Peters
Vigil in the Night
Movie · as Anne Lee
In Name Only
Movie · as Julie Eden
Made for Each Other
Movie · as Jane Mason
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fools for Scandal
Movie · as Kay Winters
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie · as Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie · as Self
Nothing Sacred
Movie · as Hazel Flagg
Swing High, Swing Low
Movie · as Maggie King
True Confession
Movie · as Helen Bartlett
The Princess Comes Across
Movie · as Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
My Man Godfrey
Movie · as Irene Bullock
Love Before Breakfast
Movie · as Kay Colby
Hands Across the Table
Movie · as Regi Allen
Rumba
Movie · as Diana Harrison
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Movie · as Self - Diana Harrison (archive footage)
Twentieth Century
Movie · as Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
We're Not Dressing
Movie · as Doris Worthington
Lady by Choice
Movie · as Alabam Lee
Now and Forever
Movie · as Toni Day
Bolero
Movie · as Helen Hathaway
The Gay Bride
Movie · as Mary Magiz
The Eagle and the Hawk
Movie · as The Beautiful Lady
Supernatural
Movie · as Roma Courtney
From Hell to Heaven
Movie · as Colly Tanner
White Woman
Movie · as Judith Denning
Brief Moment
Movie · as Abby Fane Deane
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Movie · as Self
No Man of Her Own
Movie · as Connie Randall
Sinners in the Sun
Movie · as Doris Blake
Virtue
Movie · as Mae
No More Orchids
Movie · as Annie Holt
No One Man
Movie · as Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
Man of the World
Movie · as Mary Kendall
It Pays to Advertise
Movie · as Mary Grayson
Ladies' Man
Movie · as Rachel Fendley
Up Pops the Devil
Movie · as Anne Merrick
I Take This Woman
Movie · as Kay Dowling
Safety in Numbers
Movie · as Pauline
Fast and Loose
Movie · as Alice O'Neil
The Arizona Kid
Movie · as Virginia Hoyt
Don't Get Jealous
Movie · as Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
The Racketeer
Movie · as Rhoda Philbrooke
High Voltage
Movie · as Billie ("Phyllis")
Matchmaking Mamma
Movie · as Phyllis
Big News
Movie · as Margaret Banks
The Swim Princess
Movie · as Trudy - the Swim Star
The Bicycle Flirt
Movie · as Mabel - The Wife's Sister
The Divine Sinner
Movie · as Millie Claudert
The Girl from Nowhere
Movie · as Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
Smith's Restaurant
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)
Motorboat Mamas
Movie · as Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Movie · as Jennie
The Campus Vamp
Movie · as Carole (as Carol Lombard)
The Campus Carmen
Movie · as Carole
Run, Girl, Run
Movie · as Norma Nurmi
Smith's Army Life
Movie · as Clarence's Wife
Show Folks
Movie · as Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
The Beach Club
Movie · as Jump Rope Girl on Beach
Power
Movie · as Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
His Unlucky Night
Movie · as Peggy - Telephone Operator
Me, Gangster
Movie · as Blonde Rosie
The Best Man
Movie · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Gold Digger of Weepah
Movie · as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
The Girl from Everywhere
Movie · as Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
Smith's Pony
Movie · as Lillian Saunders
The Fighting Eagle
Movie · as (unconfirmed)
My Best Girl
Movie · as Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
Movie · as Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
The Road to Glory
Movie · as Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
Marriage in Transit
Movie · as Celia Hathaway
Hearts and Spurs
Movie · as Sybil Estabrook
Gold and the Girl
Movie
Durand of the Bad Lands
Movie · as Ellen Boyd
Pretty Ladies
Movie · as Showgirl (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie · as Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
Movie · as Co-ed (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
Movie · as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Gold Heels
Movie · as Bit (uncredited)
A Perfect Crime
Movie · as Griggs' Kid Sister