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
Maria Tura
To Be or Not to Be
Ann
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
Twentieth Century
Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
The Princess Comes Across
Regi Allen
Hands Across the Table
Julie Eden
In Name Only
Doris Worthington
We're Not Dressing
Irene Bullock
My Man Godfrey
Connie Randall
No Man of Her Own
Hazel Flagg
Nothing Sacred
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
(archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)
A Perfect Crime
Jane Mason
Made for Each Other
Gold and the Girl
Sybil Estabrook
Hearts and Spurs
Celia Hathaway
Marriage in Transit
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Gold Digger of Weepah
Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
The Girl from Everywhere
Mabel - the Wife's Sister
The Bicycle Flirt
Millie Claudert
The Divine Sinner
Trudy - the Swim Star
The Swim Princess
Minor Role (uncredited)
Smith's Restaurant
Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
Motorboat Mamas
Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
The Girl from Nowhere
Minor Role (uncredited)
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Don't Get Jealous
Jennie
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Alabam Lee
Lady by Choice
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Toni Carstairs Day
Now and Forever
Doris Blake
Sinners in the Sun
The Beautiful Lady
The Eagle and the Hawk
Amy Peters
They Knew What They Wanted
Mae
Virtue
Rhoda Philbrooke
The Racketeer
Maggie King
Swing High, Swing Low
Mary Kendall
Man of the World
Roma Courtney
Supernatural
Carole (as Carol Lombard)
The Campus Vamp
Helen Bartlett
True Confession
Billie ("Phyllis")
High Voltage
Kay Colby
Love Before Breakfast
Mary Grayson
It Pays to Advertise
Carole
The Campus Carmen
Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
Matchmaking Mamma
Margaret Banks
Big News
Anne Lee
Vigil in the Night
Colly Tanner
From Hell to Heaven
Kay Winters
Fools for Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Judith Denning
White Woman
Pauline
Safety in Numbers
Helen Hathaway
Bolero
Abby Fane Deane
Brief Moment
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Norma Nurmi
Run, Girl, Run
Annie Holt
No More Orchids
Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
No One Man
Mary Magiz
The Gay Bride
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Alice O'Neil
Fast and Loose
Rachel Fendley
Ladies' Man
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
'Nothing Sacred' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Clarence's Wife
Smith's Army Life
Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
Show Folks
Lillian Saunders
Smith's Pony
(archive footage)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Ellen Boyd
Durand of the Bad Lands
Showgirl (uncredited)
Pretty Ladies
Anne Merrick
Up Pops the Devil
Jump Rope Girl on Beach
The Beach Club
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Herself
Carole Lombard
Diana Harrison
Rumba
Virginia Hoyt
The Arizona Kid
Self
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
(unconfirmed)
The Fighting Eagle
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Kay Dowling
I Take This Woman
Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
My Best Girl
Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self
Hollywood Goes to Town
Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
Power
Peggy - Telephone Operator
His Unlucky Night
archive footage
The Golden Age of Comedy
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Best Man
Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
The Road to Glory
Blonde Rosie
Me, Gangster
Co-ed (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
(archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable
Bit (uncredited)
Gold Heels
Herself (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
Automobile Passenger
Motorboat Mamas
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
(archive footage)
Death In Hollywood
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
104
Gender
Female
Birthday
1908-10-06
Place of Birth
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
Кэрол Ломбард