Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 06, 1908
Died
Jan 16, 1942
Place of Birth
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Credits
106 titles
Carole Lombard
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Self (archive footage)
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Carole Lombard
Self (archive footage)
William Powell: A True Gentleman
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Death In Hollywood
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
Herself (archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self - Actress 'Nothing Sacred' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
To Be or Not to Be
Maria Tura
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Ann
They Knew What They Wanted
Amy Peters
Vigil in the Night
Anne Lee
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind
archive footage
In Name Only
Julie Eden
Made for Each Other
Jane Mason
Breakdowns of 1938
Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
Fools for Scandal
Kay Winters
True Confession
Helen Bartlett
Nothing Sacred
Hazel Flagg
Swing High, Swing Low
Maggie King
My Man Godfrey
Irene Bullock
The Princess Comes Across
Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
Love Before Breakfast
Kay Colby
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self
Hands Across the Table
Regi Allen
Rumba
Diana Harrison
The Gay Bride
Mary Magiz
Lady by Choice
Alabam Lee
Now and Forever
Toni Day
Twentieth Century
Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
We're Not Dressing
Doris Worthington
Bolero
Helen Hathaway
White Woman
Judith Denning
Brief Moment
Abby Fane Deane
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Self