Carole Lombard
Acting • Born 1908-10-06 – Died 1942-01-16
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.
Filmography
102 credits
To Be or Not to Be
Movie • 1942
Maria Tura
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie • 1941
Ann
Twentieth Century
Movie • 1934
Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
The Princess Comes Across
Movie • 1936
Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
Hands Across the Table
Movie • 1935
Regi Allen
In Name Only
Movie • 1939
Julie Eden
We're Not Dressing
Movie • 1934
Doris Worthington
My Man Godfrey
Movie • 1936
Irene Bullock
No Man of Her Own
Movie • 1932
Connie Randall
Nothing Sacred
Movie • 1937
Hazel Flagg
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Movie • 2021
Yesterday and Today
Movie • 1953
(archive footage)
A Perfect Crime
Movie • 1921
Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)
Made for Each Other
Movie • 1939
Jane Mason
Marriage in Transit
Movie • 1925
Celia Hathaway
Gold and the Girl
Movie • 1925
Hearts and Spurs
Movie • 1925
Sybil Estabrook
Gold Digger of Weepah
Movie • 1927
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
The Girl from Everywhere
Movie • 1927
Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
The Swim Princess
Movie • 1928
Trudy - the Swim Star
The Bicycle Flirt
Movie • 1928
Mabel - the Wife's Sister
The Divine Sinner
Movie • 1928
Millie Claudert
The Girl from Nowhere
Movie • 1928
Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
Smith's Restaurant
Movie • 1928
Minor Role (uncredited)
Motorboat Mamas
Movie • 1928
Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Movie • 1928
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Movie • 1928
Jennie
Don't Get Jealous
Movie • 1929
Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Lady by Choice
Movie • 1934
Alabam Lee
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
Now and Forever
Movie • 1934
Toni Carstairs Day
Sinners in the Sun
Movie • 1932
Doris Blake
The Eagle and the Hawk
Movie • 1933
The Beautiful Lady
They Knew What They Wanted
Movie • 1940
Amy Peters
Virtue
Movie • 1932
Mae
The Racketeer
Movie • 1929
Rhoda Philbrooke
Swing High, Swing Low
Movie • 1937
Maggie King
Man of the World
Movie • 1931
Mary Kendall
Supernatural
Movie • 1933
Roma Courtney
The Campus Vamp
Movie • 1928
Carole (as Carol Lombard)
True Confession
Movie • 1937
Helen Bartlett
High Voltage
Movie • 1929
Billie ("Phyllis")
Love Before Breakfast
Movie • 1936
Kay Colby
It Pays to Advertise
Movie • 1931
Mary Grayson
The Campus Carmen
Movie • 1928
Carole
Matchmaking Mamma
Movie • 1929
Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
Big News
Movie • 1929
Margaret Banks
Vigil in the Night
Movie • 1940
Anne Lee
From Hell to Heaven
Movie • 1933
Colly Tanner
Fools for Scandal
Movie • 1938
Kay Winters
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
White Woman
Movie • 1933
Judith Denning
Safety in Numbers
Movie • 1930
Pauline
Bolero
Movie • 1934
Helen Hathaway
Brief Moment
Movie • 1933
Abby Fane Deane
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
No More Orchids
Movie • 1932
Annie Holt
Run, Girl, Run
Movie • 1928
Norma Nurmi
No One Man
Movie • 1932
Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
The Gay Bride
Movie • 1934
Mary Magiz
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie • 1942
Self (archive footage)
Fast and Loose
Movie • 1930
Alice O'Neil
Ladies' Man
Movie • 1931
Rachel Fendley
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
Smith's Army Life
Movie • 1928
Clarence's Wife
Show Folks
Movie • 1928
Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
Smith's Pony
Movie • 1927
Lillian Saunders
Durand of the Bad Lands
Movie • 1925
Ellen Boyd
Pretty Ladies
Movie • 1925
Showgirl (uncredited)
Up Pops the Devil
Movie • 1931
Anne Merrick
The Beach Club
Movie • 1928
Jump Rope Girl on Beach
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Carole Lombard
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Rumba
Movie • 1935
Diana Harrison
The Arizona Kid
Movie • 1930
Virginia Hoyt
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Movie • 1935
Self
The Fighting Eagle
Movie • 1927
(unconfirmed)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
I Take This Woman
Movie • 1931
Kay Dowling
My Best Girl
Movie • 1927
Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie • 1938
Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie • 1925
Slave Girl (uncredited)
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Movie • 2005
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie • 1938
Self
Power
Movie • 1928
Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
His Unlucky Night
Movie • 1928
Peggy - Telephone Operator
The Golden Age of Comedy
Movie • 1957
archive footage
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Dick Turpin
Movie • 1925
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
Movie • 1925
Co-ed (uncredited)
The Road to Glory
Movie • 1926
Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
The Johnstown Flood
Movie • 1926
Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
The Best Man
Movie • 1928
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Me, Gangster
Movie • 1928
Blonde Rosie
Dear Mr. Gable
Movie • 1968
(archive footage)
Gold Heels
Movie • 1924
Bit (uncredited)
Gable: The King Remembered
Movie • 1975
Herself (archive footage)
Motorboat Mamas
Movie • 1928
Automobile Passenger
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Movie • 1933
Self