Carole Lombard
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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.
Known for
Credits
Me, Gangster (1928)
as Blonde Rosie
Carole Lombard (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
as Maria Tura
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
as Ann
Rumba (1935)
as Diana Harrison
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
as The Beautiful Lady
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
as Irene Bullock
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Anthony Quinn: An Original (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Power (1928)
as Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
In Name Only (1939)
as Julie Eden
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
as Hazel Flagg
The Girl from Everywhere (1927)
as Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
Twentieth Century (1934)
as Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
My Best Girl (1927)
as Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
Gold Heels (1924)
as Bit (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
The Gay Bride (1934)
as Mary Magiz
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
as Amy Peters
Gable: The King Remembered (1975)
as Herself (archive footage)
The Campus Carmen (1928)
as Carole
The Racketeer (1929)
as Rhoda Philbrooke
Made for Each Other (1939)
as Jane Mason
The Best Man (1928)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
as Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
Up Pops the Devil (1931)
as Anne Merrick
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
as Maggie King
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
True Confession (1937)
as Helen Bartlett
No Man of Her Own (1932)
as Connie Randall
Smith's Pony (1927)
as Lillian Saunders
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beach Club (1928)
as Jump Rope Girl on Beach
A Perfect Crime (1921)
as Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)
Supernatural (1933)
as Roma Courtney
Don't Get Jealous (1929)
as Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable (1968)
as (archive footage)
Now and Forever (1934)
as Toni Day
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow (1989)
Actor
Dick Turpin (1925)
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
as Kay Colby
Virtue (1932)
as Mae
Gold Digger of Weepah (1927)
as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
as archive footage
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
We're Not Dressing (1934)
as Doris Worthington
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Death In Hollywood (1990)
Actor
Sinners in the Sun (1932)
as Doris Blake
Lady by Choice (1934)
as Alabam Lee
Man of the World (1931)
as Mary Kendall
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
as Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
The Plastic Age (1925)
as Co-ed (uncredited)
No More Orchids (1932)
as Annie Holt
The Swim Princess (1928)
as Trudy - the Swim Star
Hands Across the Table (1935)
as Regi Allen
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self - Actress 'Nothing Sacred' (archive footage) (uncredited)
White Woman (1933)
as Judith Denning
High Voltage (1929)
as Billie ("Phyllis")
The Girl from Nowhere (1928)
as Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
Vigil in the Night (1940)
as Anne Lee
Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928)
as Jennie
The Campus Vamp (1928)
as Carole (as Carol Lombard)
Hearts and Spurs (1925)
as Sybil Estabrook
The Road to Glory (1926)
as Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
Pretty Ladies (1925)
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Ladies' Man (1931)
as Rachel Fendley
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933)
as Self
Motorboat Mamas (1928)
as Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
No One Man (1932)
as Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
Big News (1929)
as Margaret Banks
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Show Folks (1928)
as Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
The Fighting Eagle (1927)
as (unconfirmed)
His Unlucky Night (1928)
as Peggy - Telephone Operator
Run, Girl, Run (1928)
as Norma Nurmi
Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)
as Ellen Boyd
It Pays to Advertise (1931)
as Mary Grayson
The Arizona Kid (1930)
as Virginia Hoyt
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
as Self
Brief Moment (1933)
as Abby Fane Deane
Bolero (1934)
as Helen Hathaway
Fast and Loose (1930)
as Alice O'Neil
Marriage in Transit (1925)
as Celia Hathaway
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir (2021)
Actor
I Take This Woman (1931)
as Kay Dowling
Fools for Scandal (1938)
as Kay Winters
Safety in Numbers (1930)
as Pauline
The Bicycle Flirt (1928)
as Mabel - the Wife's Sister
From Hell to Heaven (1933)
as Colly Tanner
William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)
Actor
Yesterday and Today (1953)
as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
as Self (archive footage)
Smith's Restaurant (1928)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Gold and the Girl (1925)
Actor
Hubby's Weekend Trip (1928)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Divine Sinner (1928)
as Millie Claudert
Smith's Army Life (1928)
as Clarence's Wife
Matchmaking Mamma (1929)
as Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)