1908-10-06 Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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.
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The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell | Self (archive footage) | 2023-02-20 |
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Normandie ne partira pas ce soir | 2021-09-01 | |
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Carole Lombard | Herself | 2016-09-01 |
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William Powell: A True Gentleman | 2005-08-02 | |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self (archive footage) | 1990-09-10 |
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-01 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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Gable: The King Remembered | Herself (archive footage) | 1975-02-26 |
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Dear Mr. Gable | (archive footage) | 1968-03-05 |
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The Big Parade of Comedy | Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
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The Golden Age of Comedy | archive footage | 1957-12-26 |
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Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 1953-12-02 |
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To Be or Not to Be | Maria Tura | 1942-03-06 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) | 1942-01-01 |
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Ann | 1941-01-31 |
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They Knew What They Wanted | Amy Peters | 1940-10-19 |
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Vigil in the Night | Anne Lee | 1940-02-05 |
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In Name Only | Julie Eden | 1939-08-18 |
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Made for Each Other | Jane Mason | 1939-02-10 |
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Fools for Scandal | Kay Winters | 1938-04-16 |
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Breakdowns of 1938 | Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
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Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
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Swing High, Swing Low | Maggie King | 1937-03-12 |
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True Confession | Helen Bartlett | 1937-12-24 |
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Nothing Sacred | Hazel Flagg | 1937-11-25 |
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Love Before Breakfast | Kay Colby | 1936-03-09 |
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The Princess Comes Across | Princess Olga / Wanda Nash | 1936-05-22 |
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My Man Godfrey | Irene Bullock | 1936-09-02 |
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Hands Across the Table | Regi Allen | 1935-10-18 |
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood | Self | 1935-11-04 |
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Rumba | Diana Harrison | 1935-02-08 |
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We're Not Dressing | Doris Worthington | 1934-04-27 |
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Lady by Choice | Alabam Lee | 1934-10-15 |
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The Gay Bride | Mary Magiz | 1934-12-14 |
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Now and Forever | Toni Carstairs Day | 1934-08-31 |
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Bolero | Helen Hathaway | 1934-02-23 |
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Twentieth Century | Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka | 1934-05-11 |
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White Woman | Judith Denning | 1933-11-10 |
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Supernatural | Roma Courtney | 1933-04-21 |
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The Eagle and the Hawk | The Beautiful Lady | 1933-05-06 |
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From Hell to Heaven | Colly Tanner | 1933-02-24 |
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Brief Moment | Abby Fane Deane | 1933-09-29 |
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No More Orchids | Annie Holt | 1932-11-25 |
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No One Man | Penelope 'Nep' Newbold | 1932-01-22 |
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No Man of Her Own | Connie Randall | 1932-12-30 |
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Virtue | Mae | 1932-10-25 |
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Sinners in the Sun | Doris Blake | 1932-05-13 |
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Up Pops the Devil | Anne Merrick | 1931-05-19 |
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I Take This Woman | Kay Dowling | 1931-06-26 |
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Man of the World | Mary Kendall | 1931-03-24 |
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Ladies' Man | Rachel Fendley | 1931-04-16 |
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It Pays to Advertise | Mary Grayson | 1931-02-18 |
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Safety in Numbers | Pauline | 1930-05-30 |
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Fast and Loose | Alice O'Neil | 1930-11-08 |
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The Arizona Kid | Virginia Hoyt | 1930-03-23 |
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Don't Get Jealous | Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited) | 1929-05-19 |
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Matchmaking Mamma | Phyllis (as Carol Lombard) | 1929-03-30 |
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The Racketeer | Rhoda Philbrooke | 1929-11-09 |
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Big News | Margaret Banks | 1929-09-06 |
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High Voltage | Billie ("Phyllis") | 1929-06-29 |
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Smith's Restaurant | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1928-08-19 |
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Motorboat Mamas | Automobile Passenger (uncredited) | 1928-09-30 |
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The Swim Princess | Trudy - the Swim Star | 1928-02-26 |
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Power | Another Dame (as Carol Lombard) | 1928-09-23 |
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Motorboat Mamas | Automobile Passenger | 1928-09-30 |
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The Best Man | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1928-02-08 |
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His Unlucky Night | Peggy - Telephone Operator | 1928-08-12 |
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Me, Gangster | Blonde Rosie | 1928-10-20 |
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The Bicycle Flirt | Mabel - the Wife's Sister | 1928-03-18 |
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The Divine Sinner | Millie Claudert | 1928-07-15 |
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The Girl from Nowhere | Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner | 1928-08-05 |
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Run, Girl, Run | Norma Nurmi | 1928-01-15 |
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The Campus Vamp | Carole (as Carol Lombard) | 1928-11-25 |
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Smith's Army Life | Clarence's Wife | 1928-02-06 |
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Show Folks | Cleo (as Carol Lombard) | 1928-10-20 |
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The Beach Club | Jump Rope Girl on Beach | 1928-01-21 |
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Hubby's Weekend Trip | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1928-11-01 |
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Ned McCobb's Daughter | Jennie | 1928-12-02 |
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The Campus Carmen | Carole | 1928-09-22 |
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The Fighting Eagle | (unconfirmed) | 1927-08-28 |
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Gold Digger of Weepah | Fortune Teller (uncredited) | 1927-10-02 |
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The Girl from Everywhere | Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody | 1927-12-11 |
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My Best Girl | Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited) | 1927-10-31 |
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Smith's Pony | Lillian Saunders | 1927-09-17 |
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The Road to Glory | Bit Part (as Carol Lombard) | 1926-02-07 |
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The Johnstown Flood | Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited) | 1926-02-28 |
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Gold and the Girl | 1925-04-05 | |
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The Plastic Age | Co-ed (uncredited) | 1925-12-15 |
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Hearts and Spurs | Sybil Estabrook | 1925-06-07 |
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Pretty Ladies | Showgirl (uncredited) | 1925-09-06 |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Slave Girl (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
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Dick Turpin | Crowd Extra (uncredited) | 1925-02-01 |
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Marriage in Transit | Celia Hathaway | 1925-03-29 |
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Durand of the Bad Lands | Ellen Boyd | 1925-11-01 |
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Gold Heels | Bit (uncredited) | 1924-11-30 |
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A Perfect Crime | Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters) | 1921-03-05 |
