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