Carole Lombard
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1908-10-06
Day of Death
1942-01-16 (33 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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
Acting
(2023)
(2021)
(2016)
Carole Lombard
as Herself
(2005)
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1990)
Death In Hollywood
as (archive footage)
(1990)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
as (archive footage)
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1982)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Gable: The King Remembered
as Herself (archive footage)
(1968)
Dear Mr. Gable
as (archive footage)
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Nothing Sacred' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1957)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
(1953)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(1942)
To Be or Not to Be
as Maria Tura
(1942)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
(1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Ann
(1940)
They Knew What They Wanted
as Amy Peters
(1940)
Vigil in the Night
as Anne Lee
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as Jane Mason
(1939)
In Name Only
as Julie Eden
(1938)
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
Fools for Scandal
as Kay Winters
(1937)
Nothing Sacred
as Hazel Flagg
(1937)
True Confession
as Helen Bartlett
(1937)
Swing High, Swing Low
as Maggie King
(1936)
My Man Godfrey
as Irene Bullock
(1936)
Love Before Breakfast
as Kay Colby
(1936)
The Princess Comes Across
as Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
(1935)
Hands Across the Table
as Regi Allen
(1935)
Rumba
as Diana Harrison
(1935)
(1934)
Twentieth Century
as Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
(1934)
Now and Forever
as Toni Carstairs Day
(1934)
We're Not Dressing
as Doris Worthington
(1934)
The Gay Bride
as Mary Magiz
(1934)
Lady by Choice
as Alabam Lee
(1934)
Bolero
as Helen Hathaway
(1933)
Supernatural
as Roma Courtney
(1933)
White Woman
as Judith Denning
(1933)
The Eagle and the Hawk
as The Beautiful Lady
(1933)
Brief Moment
as Abby Fane Deane
(1933)
From Hell to Heaven
as Colly Tanner
(1932)
Sinners in the Sun
as Doris Blake
(1932)
No More Orchids
as Annie Holt
(1932)
No Man of Her Own
as Connie Randall
(1932)
Virtue
as Mae
(1932)
No One Man
as Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
(1931)
Up Pops the Devil
as Anne Merrick
(1931)
It Pays to Advertise
as Mary Grayson
(1931)
Man of the World
as Mary Kendall
(1931)
I Take This Woman
as Kay Dowling
(1931)
Ladies' Man
as Rachel Fendley
(1930)
The Arizona Kid
as Virginia Hoyt
(1930)
Fast and Loose
as Alice O'Neil
(1930)
Safety in Numbers
as Pauline
(1929)
Matchmaking Mamma
as Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
(1929)
The Racketeer
as Rhoda Philbrooke
(1929)
Don't Get Jealous
as Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
(1929)
High Voltage
as Billie ("Phyllis")
(1929)
Big News
as Margaret Banks
(1928)
The Campus Carmen
as Carole
(1928)
Me, Gangster
as Blonde Rosie
(1928)
Show Folks
as Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
(1928)
The Bicycle Flirt
as Mabel - the Wife's Sister
(1928)
His Unlucky Night
as Peggy - Telephone Operator
(1928)
Power
as Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
(1928)
Smith's Army Life
as Clarence's Wife
(1928)
The Best Man
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
(1928)
Motorboat Mamas
as Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
(1928)
Motorboat Mamas
as Automobile Passenger
(1928)
Run, Girl, Run
as Norma Nurmi
(1928)
The Beach Club
as Jump Rope Girl on Beach
(1928)
The Swim Princess
as Trudy - the Swim Star
(1928)
The Campus Vamp
as Carole (as Carol Lombard)
(1928)
Hubby's Weekend Trip
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1928)
The Girl from Nowhere
as Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
(1928)
The Divine Sinner
as Millie Claudert
(1928)
Smith's Restaurant
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1928)
Ned McCobb's Daughter
as Jennie
(1927)
Smith's Pony
as Lillian Saunders
(1927)
The Fighting Eagle
as (unconfirmed)
(1927)
Gold Digger of Weepah
as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
(1927)
The Girl from Everywhere
as Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
(1927)
My Best Girl
as Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
(1926)
The Johnstown Flood
as Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
(1926)
The Road to Glory
as Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
(1925)
Pretty Ladies
as Showgirl (uncredited)
(1925)
The Plastic Age
as Co-ed (uncredited)
(1925)
Durand of the Bad Lands
as Ellen Boyd
(1925)
Dick Turpin
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
(1925)
(1925)
Marriage in Transit
as Celia Hathaway
(1925)
Hearts and Spurs
as Sybil Estabrook
(1924)
Gold Heels
as Bit (uncredited)
(1921)
A Perfect Crime
as Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)