Carole Landis
Acting • Born 1918-12-31 – Died 1948-07-05
Biography
Carole Landis (born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million B.C. from United Artists. She was known as "The Ping Girl" and "The Chest" because of her curvy figure. Landis was reportedly crushed when actor Rex Harrison refused to divorce his wife for her. Unable to cope any longer, on July 5, 1948, she died by suicide in her Pacific Palisades home by taking an overdose of Seconal. From Wikipedia.
Filmography
64 credits
One Million B.C.
Movie • 1940
Loana
I Wake Up Screaming
Movie • 1941
Vicky Lynn
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1937
Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
Wintertime
Movie • 1943
Flossie Fouchere
Orchestra Wives
Movie • 1942
Natalie Mercer
Moon Over Miami
Movie • 1941
Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
Behind Green Lights
Movie • 1946
Janet Bradley
Broadway Melody of 1938
Movie • 1937
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Hollywood Hotel
Movie • 1938
Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
Topper Returns
Movie • 1941
Ann Carrington
Noose
Movie • 1948
Linda Medbury
Secret Command
Movie • 1944
Jill McCann
It Happened in Flatbush
Movie • 1942
Kathryn Baker
Four Jills in a Jeep
Movie • 1944
Carole Landis
My Gal Sal
Movie • 1942
Mae Collins
A Gentleman at Heart
Movie • 1942
Helen Mason
Three Texas Steers
Movie • 1939
Nancy Evans
Turnabout
Movie • 1940
Sally Willows
Gold Diggers in Paris
Movie • 1938
Golddigger
Road Show
Movie • 1941
Penguin Moore
A Scandal in Paris
Movie • 1946
Loretta de Richet
Varsity Show
Movie • 1937
Student (uncredited)
Blondes at Work
Movie • 1938
Carol
Having Wonderful Crime
Movie • 1945
Helene Justus
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Movie • 1946
Julia Andrews
Brass Monkey
Movie • 1948
Kay Sheldon
Cowboys from Texas
Movie • 1939
June Jones
Mystery Sea Raider
Movie • 1940
June McCarthy
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Movie • 1939
Blanche Granville
Dance Hall
Movie • 1941
Lili Brown
Manila Calling
Movie • 1942
Edna Fraser
When Were You Born
Movie • 1938
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
Movie • 1943
Kay Evans
The Patient in Room 18
Movie • 1938
Woman on Stairs (uncredited)
The Invisible Menace
Movie • 1938
Woman Wanting to Go with Her Johnnie
Boy Meets Girl
Movie • 1938
Commissary Cashier
Girls on Probation
Movie • 1938
Extra
Reno
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Humphrey
Out of the Blue
Movie • 1947
Mae Earthleigh
She Loved a Fireman
Movie • 1937
Blonde Sunbather
Fly Away Baby
Movie • 1937
Blonde at Airport (uncredited)
The Adventurous Blonde
Movie • 1937
Bit Role (uncredited)
Torchy Blane in Panama
Movie • 1938
Miss Leopard 1938 (uncredited)
Over the Goal
Movie • 1937
Co-ed
Over the Wall
Movie • 1938
Peggy - Girl at Beach
Missing Witnesses
Movie • 1937
Girl on Pier (uncredited)
A Slight Case of Murder
Movie • 1938
Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
Movie • 1943
Self
Women Are Like That
Movie • 1938
Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
Four's a Crowd
Movie • 1938
Lansford's 2nd Secretary
Men Are Such Fools
Movie • 1938
June Cooper (uncredited)
Penrod's Double Trouble
Movie • 1938
Girl at Fair (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1937
Movie • 1936
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Movie • 1937
Bidder (uncredited)
The King and the Chorus Girl
Movie • 1937
Chorine (uncredited)
A Day at the Races
Movie • 1937
Party Guest (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie • 1938
Wheel Watcher at Party (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie • 1938
Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
Movie • 1937
Party Girl (uncredited)
Cadet Girl
Movie • 1941
Gene Baxter
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie • 1941
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie • 1936
Self
Death Scenes
Movie • 1989
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie • 1988