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Carole Lombard
Actor
Born October 6, 1908Died January 16, 1942 (33 years)
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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.
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
Filmography
| 2014 | One Rogue Reporter · as Hazel Flagg |
| 2004 | |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage) |
| 1985 | Maxie · as Young Maxie (in Silent Film) |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive Footage) |
| 1969 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years · as 'nothing Sacred' (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Dear Mr. Gable · as (archive Footage) |
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses · as (archive Footage) |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy · as Mary Magiz In 'the Gay Bride' (archive Footage) |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Golden Years · as Actress 'run, Girl, Run' |
| 1957 | The Golden Age of Comedy · as Archive Footage |
| 1942 | To Be or Not to Be · as Maria Tura |
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Ann |
| 1940 | They Knew What They Wanted · as Amy Peters |
| 1940 | Vigil in the Night · as Anne Lee |
| 1939 | In Name Only · as Julie Eden |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other · as Jane Mason |
| 1938 | Fools for Scandal · as Kay Winters |
| 1937 | True Confession · as Helen Bartlett |
| 1937 | Nothing Sacred · as Hazel Flagg |
| 1937 | Swing High, Swing Low · as Maggie King |
| 1936 | My Man Godfrey · as Irene Bullock |
| 1936 | The Princess Comes Across · as Princess Olga / Wanda Nash |
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast · as Kay Colby |
| 1935 | Hands Across the Table · as Regi Allen |
| 1935 | Rumba · as Diana Harrison |
| 1934 | The Gay Bride · as Mary Magiz |
| 1934 | Lady by Choice · as Alabam Lee |
| 1934 | Now and Forever · as Toni Carstairs Day |
| 1934 | Twentieth Century · as Lily Garland, Formerly Mildred Plotka |
| 1934 | We're Not Dressing · as Doris Worthington |
| 1934 | Bolero · as Helen Hathaway |
| 1933 | White Woman · as Judith Denning |
| 1933 | Brief Moment · as Abby Fane Deane |
| 1933 | Supernatural · as Roma Courtney |
| 1933 | The Eagle and the Hawk · as The Beautiful Lady |
| 1933 | From Hell to Heaven · as Colly Tanner |
| 1932 | No Man of Her Own · as Connie Randall |
| 1932 | No More Orchids · as Annie Holt |
| 1932 | Virtue · as Mae |
| 1932 | Sinners in the Sun · as Doris Blake |
| 1932 | No One Man · as Penelope 'nep' Newbold |
| 1931 | I Take This Woman · as Kay Dowling |
| 1931 | Up Pops the Devil · as Anne Merrick |
| 1931 | Ladies' Man · as Rachel Fendley |
| 1931 | Man of the World · as Mary Kendall |
| 1931 | It Pays to Advertise · as Mary Grayson |
| 1930 | Fast and Loose · as Alice O'neil |
| 1930 | Safety in Numbers · as Pauline |
| 1930 | The Arizona Kid · as Virginia Hoyt |
| 1929 | The Racketeer · as Rhoda Philbrooke |
| 1929 | Big News · as Margaret Banks |
| 1929 | High Voltage · as Billie ("phyllis") |
| 1928 | Show Folks · as Cleo (as Carol Lombard) |
| 1928 | Smith's Restaurant · as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1927 | My Best Girl · as Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Gold Digger of Weepah · as Fortune Teller (uncredited) |
| 1927 | The Fighting Eagle · as (unconfirmed) |
| 1926 | The Johnstown Flood · as Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Road to Glory · as Bit Part (as Carol Lombard) |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · as Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Plastic Age · as Co-Ed (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Pretty Ladies · as Showgirl (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Dick Turpin · as Crowd Extra (uncredited) |
| 1921 | A Perfect Crime · as Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters) |