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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/02/2023
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2021
Carole Lombard
Character:Herself
Release Date:01/09/2016
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Character:
Release Date:02/08/2005
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/09/1990
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1988
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
Showbiz Goes to War
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
Gable: The King Remembered
Character:Herself (archive footage)
Release Date:26/02/1975
Dear Mr. Gable
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:05/03/1968
The Love Goddesses
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:03/03/1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
Character:Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Release Date:02/09/1964
The Golden Age of Comedy
Character:archive footage
Release Date:26/12/1957
Yesterday and Today
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/1953
To Be or Not to Be
Character:Maria Tura
Release Date:06/03/1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1942
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Character:Ann
Release Date:31/01/1941
They Knew What They Wanted
Character:Amy Peters
Release Date:19/10/1940
Vigil in the Night
Character:Anne Lee
Release Date:05/02/1940
In Name Only
Character:Julie Eden
Release Date:18/08/1939
Made for Each Other
Character:Jane Mason
Release Date:10/02/1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Character:Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Character:Self
Release Date:07/07/1938
Fools for Scandal
Character:Kay Winters
Release Date:16/04/1938
True Confession
Character:Helen Bartlett
Release Date:24/12/1937
Nothing Sacred
Character:Hazel Flagg
Release Date:25/11/1937
Swing High, Swing Low
Character:Maggie King
Release Date:12/03/1937
My Man Godfrey
Character:Irene Bullock
Release Date:02/09/1936
The Princess Comes Across
Character:Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
Release Date:22/05/1936
Love Before Breakfast
Character:Kay Colby
Release Date:09/03/1936
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:04/11/1935
Hands Across the Table
Character:Regi Allen
Release Date:18/10/1935
Rumba
Character:Diana Harrison
Release Date:08/02/1935
The Gay Bride
Character:Mary Magiz
Release Date:14/12/1934
Lady by Choice
Character:Alabam Lee
Release Date:15/10/1934
Now and Forever
Character:Toni Carstairs Day
Release Date:31/08/1934
Twentieth Century
Character:Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
Release Date:11/05/1934
We're Not Dressing
Character:Doris Worthington
Release Date:27/04/1934
Bolero
Character:Helen Hathaway
Release Date:23/02/1934
White Woman
Character:Judith Denning
Release Date:10/11/1933
Brief Moment
Character:Abby Fane Deane
Release Date:29/09/1933
The Eagle and the Hawk
Character:The Beautiful Lady
Release Date:06/05/1933
Supernatural
Character:Roma Courtney
Release Date:21/04/1933
From Hell to Heaven
Character:Colly Tanner
Release Date:24/02/1933
No Man of Her Own
Character:Connie Randall
Release Date:30/12/1932
No More Orchids
Character:Annie Holt
Release Date:25/11/1932
Virtue
Character:Mae
Release Date:25/10/1932
Sinners in the Sun
Character:Doris Blake
Release Date:13/05/1932
No One Man
Character:Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
Release Date:22/01/1932
I Take This Woman
Character:Kay Dowling
Release Date:26/06/1931
Up Pops the Devil
Character:Anne Merrick
Release Date:19/05/1931
Ladies' Man
Character:Rachel Fendley
Release Date:16/04/1931
Man of the World
Character:Mary Kendall
Release Date:24/03/1931
It Pays to Advertise
Character:Mary Grayson
Release Date:18/02/1931
Fast and Loose
Character:Alice O'Neil
Release Date:08/11/1930
Safety in Numbers
Character:Pauline
Release Date:30/05/1930
The Arizona Kid
Character:Virginia Hoyt
Release Date:23/03/1930
The Racketeer
Character:Rhoda Philbrooke
Release Date:09/11/1929
Big News
Character:Margaret Banks
Release Date:06/09/1929
High Voltage
Character:Billie ("Phyllis")
Release Date:29/06/1929
Don't Get Jealous
Character:Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Release Date:19/05/1929
Matchmaking Mamma
Character:Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
Release Date:30/03/1929
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Character:Jennie
Release Date:02/12/1928
The Campus Vamp
Character:Carole (as Carol Lombard)
Release Date:25/11/1928
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:01/11/1928
Show Folks
Character:Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
Release Date:20/10/1928
Me, Gangster
Character:Blonde Rosie
Release Date:20/10/1928
Motorboat Mamas
Character:Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
Release Date:30/09/1928
Motorboat Mamas
Character:Automobile Passenger
Release Date:30/09/1928
Power
Character:Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
Release Date:23/09/1928
The Campus Carmen
Character:Carole
Release Date:22/09/1928
Smith's Restaurant
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:19/08/1928
His Unlucky Night
Character:Peggy - Telephone Operator
Release Date:12/08/1928
The Girl from Nowhere
Character:Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
Release Date:05/08/1928
The Divine Sinner
Character:Millie Claudert
Release Date:15/07/1928
The Bicycle Flirt
Character:Mabel - the Wife's Sister
Release Date:18/03/1928
The Swim Princess
Character:Trudy - the Swim Star
Release Date:26/02/1928
The Best Man
Character:Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:08/02/1928
Smith's Army Life
Character:Clarence's Wife
Release Date:06/02/1928
The Beach Club
Character:Jump Rope Girl on Beach
Release Date:21/01/1928
Run, Girl, Run
Character:Norma Nurmi
Release Date:15/01/1928
The Girl from Everywhere
Character:Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
Release Date:11/12/1927
My Best Girl
Character:Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
Release Date:31/10/1927
Gold Digger of Weepah
Character:Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Release Date:02/10/1927
Smith's Pony
Character:Lillian Saunders
Release Date:17/09/1927
The Fighting Eagle
Character:(unconfirmed)
Release Date:28/08/1927
The Johnstown Flood
Character:Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Release Date:28/02/1926
The Road to Glory
Character:Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
Release Date:07/02/1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Character:Slave Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1925
The Plastic Age
Character:Co-ed (uncredited)
Release Date:15/12/1925
Durand of the Bad Lands
Character:Ellen Boyd
Release Date:01/11/1925
Pretty Ladies
Character:Showgirl (uncredited)
Release Date:06/09/1925
Hearts and Spurs
Character:Sybil Estabrook
Release Date:07/06/1925
Gold and the Girl
Character:
Release Date:05/04/1925
Marriage in Transit
Character:Celia Hathaway
Release Date:29/03/1925
Dick Turpin
Character:Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:01/02/1925
Gold Heels
Character:Bit (uncredited)
Release Date:30/11/1924
A Perfect Crime
Character:Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)
Release Date:05/03/1921
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