Carole Lombard

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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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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-10-06
  • event Death Date 1942-01-16
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 5.1
  • info Birth Place Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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7.9

To Be or Not to Be

1942-03-05

6.2

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941-01-31

6.8

Twentieth Century

1934-05-11

6.1

The Princess Comes Across

1936-05-22

6.8

Hands Across the Table

1935-10-18

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In Name Only

1939-08-18

6.6

We're Not Dressing

1934-04-27

7.6

My Man Godfrey

1936-09-02

6.5

No Man of Her Own

1932-12-30

6.2

Nothing Sacred

1937-11-25

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Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

2021-09-01

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Yesterday and Today

1953-12-02

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A Perfect Crime

1921-03-05

6.2

Made for Each Other

1939-02-10

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Marriage in Transit

1925-03-29

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Hearts and Spurs

1925-06-07

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Gold and the Girl

1925-04-05

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Gold Digger of Weepah

1927-10-02

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The Girl from Everywhere

1927-12-11

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The Swim Princess

1928-02-26

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The Bicycle Flirt

1928-03-18

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The Divine Sinner

1928-07-15

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The Girl from Nowhere

1928-08-05

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Smith's Restaurant

1928-08-19

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Motorboat Mamas

1928-09-30

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Hubby's Weekend Trip

1928-11-01

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Ned McCobb's Daughter

1928-12-02

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Don't Get Jealous

1929-05-19

6

Lady by Choice

1934-10-15

10

Showbiz Goes to War

1982-12-31

6.7

Now and Forever

1934-08-31

4.9

Sinners in the Sun

1932-05-13

6.6

The Eagle and the Hawk

1933-05-06

5.4

They Knew What They Wanted

1940-10-19

6.8

Virtue

1932-10-25

4.8

The Racketeer

1929-11-09

5.1

Swing High, Swing Low

1937-03-12

5.9

Man of the World

1931-03-24

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Supernatural

1933-04-21

5

The Campus Vamp

1928-11-25

5.8

True Confession

1937-12-24

4.3

High Voltage

1929-06-29

5.8

Love Before Breakfast

1936-03-09

4.7

It Pays to Advertise

1931-02-18

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The Campus Carmen

1928-09-22

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Matchmaking Mamma

1929-03-30

4.6

Big News

1929-09-06

6

Vigil in the Night

1940-02-05

7.2

From Hell to Heaven

1933-02-24

6.2

Fools for Scandal

1938-04-16

6

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982-01-01

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Film Stars Help Greece

5.7

White Woman

1933-11-10

5

Safety in Numbers

1930-05-30

6.1

Bolero

1934-02-23

2.7

Brief Moment

1933-09-29

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983-02-25

6.8

No More Orchids

1932-11-25

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No One Man

1932-01-22

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Run, Girl, Run

1928-01-15

5.8

The Gay Bride

1934-12-14

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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942-01-01

5

Fast and Loose

1930-11-08

4.3

Ladies' Man

1931-04-16

10

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984-01-01

3.3

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961-12-31

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Smith's Army Life

1928-02-06

6

Show Folks

1928-10-20

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Smith's Pony

1927-09-17

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Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

1987-01-01

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Durand of the Bad Lands

1925-11-01

4.7

Pretty Ladies

1925-09-06

4.2

Up Pops the Devil

1931-05-19

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The Beach Club

1928-01-21

6.5

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990-09-10

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Carole Lombard

2016-09-01

6

Rumba

1935-02-08

5.5

The Arizona Kid

1930-03-23

6

The Fashion Side of Hollywood

1935-11-04

5

The Fighting Eagle

1927-08-28

6.9

That's Entertainment! III

1994-07-01

5.4

I Take This Woman

1931-06-26

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My Best Girl

1927-10-31

5

Breakdowns of 1938

1938-12-31

5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975-08-06

7.4

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925-12-25

7.5

William Powell: A True Gentleman

2005-08-02

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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988-10-01

7

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938-07-07

6

Power

1928-09-23

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His Unlucky Night

1928-08-12

6.3

The Love Goddesses

1965-03-03

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Me, Gangster

1928-10-20

6.3

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964-09-02

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The Best Man

1928-02-08

6.8

The Johnstown Flood

1926-02-28

6

The Plastic Age

1925-12-15

5.3

Dick Turpin

1925-02-01

6

The Road to Glory

1926-02-07

6.8

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957-12-26

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Dear Mr. Gable

1968-03-05

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Gold Heels

1924-11-30

6

Gable: The King Remembered

1975-02-26