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