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Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard

Acting

October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942 (died at 33)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Female
105 Movies

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
To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

1942 7.8

as Maria Tura

Age 33
My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1936 7.6

as Irene Bullock

Age 27 (now 33)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941 6.0

as Ann

Age 32 (now 33)
Nothing Sacred
Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

1937 6.3

as Hazel Flagg

Age 29 (now 33)
Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

1934 6.8

as Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka

Age 25 (now 33)
Made for Each Other
Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other

1939 6.1

as Jane Mason

Age 30 (now 33)
In Name Only
In Name Only

In Name Only

1939 7.0

as Julie Eden

Age 30 (now 33)
Supernatural
Supernatural

Supernatural

1933 6.2

as Roma Courtney

Age 24 (now 33)
Hands Across the Table
Hands Across the Table

Hands Across the Table

1935 7.0

as Regi Allen

Age 27 (now 33)
True Confession
True Confession

True Confession

1937 6.1

as Helen Bartlett

Age 29 (now 33)
No Man of Her Own
No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own

1932 6.6

as Connie Randall

Age 24 (now 33)
The Princess Comes Across
The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across

1936 6.3

as Princess Olga / Wanda Nash

Age 27 (now 33)
Virtue
Virtue

Virtue

1932 6.6

as Mae

Age 24 (now 33)
Man of the World
Man of the World

Man of the World

1931 6.2

as Mary Kendall

Age 22 (now 33)
Love Before Breakfast
Love Before Breakfast

Love Before Breakfast

1936 6.1

as Kay Colby

Age 27 (now 33)
Now and Forever
Now and Forever

Now and Forever

1934 6.8

as Toni Carstairs Day

Age 25 (now 33)