Acting · Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA · Born October 6, 1908
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.
MovieThe Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNormandie ne partira pas ce soir
2021
MovieCarole Lombard
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWilliam Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieDeath In Hollywood
1990
MovieAnthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
1989
MovieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
MovieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGable: The King Remembered
1975
as Herself (archive footage)
MovieDear Mr. Gable
1968
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
MovieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self - Actress 'Nothing Sacred' (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
MovieYesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
MovieTo Be or Not to Be
1942
as Maria Tura
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Ann
MovieThey Knew What They Wanted
1940
as Amy Peters
MovieVigil in the Night
1940
as Anne Lee
MovieIn Name Only
1939
as Julie Eden
MovieMade for Each Other
1939
as Jane Mason
MovieBreakdowns of 1938
1938
as Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieHollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
MovieFools for Scandal
1938
as Kay Winters
MovieTrue Confession
1937
as Helen Bartlett
MovieNothing Sacred
1937
as Hazel Flagg
MovieSwing High, Swing Low
1937
as Maggie King
MovieMy Man Godfrey
1936
as Irene Bullock
MovieThe Princess Comes Across
1936
as Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
MovieLove Before Breakfast
1936
as Kay Colby
MovieThe Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935
as Self
MovieHands Across the Table
1935
as Regi Allen
MovieRumba
1935
as Diana Harrison
MovieThe Gay Bride
1934
as Mary Magiz
MovieLady by Choice
1934
as Alabam Lee
MovieNow and Forever
1934
as Toni Day
MovieTwentieth Century
1934
as Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
MovieWe're Not Dressing
1934
as Doris Worthington
MovieBolero
1934
as Helen Hathaway
MovieWhite Woman
1933
as Judith Denning
MovieBrief Moment
1933
as Abby Fane Deane
MovieHollywood on Parade No. A-12
1933
as Self
MovieThe Eagle and the Hawk
1933
as The Beautiful Lady
MovieSupernatural
1933
as Roma Courtney
MovieFrom Hell to Heaven
1933
as Colly Tanner
MovieNo Man of Her Own
1932
as Connie Randall
MovieNo More Orchids
1932
as Annie Holt
MovieVirtue
1932
as Mae
MovieSinners in the Sun
1932
as Doris Blake
MovieNo One Man
1932
as Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
MovieI Take This Woman
1931
as Kay Dowling
MovieUp Pops the Devil
1931
as Anne Merrick
MovieLadies' Man
1931
as Rachel Fendley
MovieMan of the World
1931
as Mary Kendall
MovieIt Pays to Advertise
1931
as Mary Grayson
MovieFast and Loose
1930
as Alice O'Neil
MovieSafety in Numbers
1930
as Pauline
MovieThe Arizona Kid
1930
as Virginia Hoyt
MovieThe Racketeer
1929
as Rhoda Philbrooke
MovieBig News
1929
as Margaret Banks
MovieHigh Voltage
1929
as Billie ("Phyllis")
Don't Get Jealous
1929
as Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
MovieMatchmaking Mamma
1929
as Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
MovieNed McCobb's Daughter
1928
as Jennie
MovieThe Campus Vamp
1928
as Carole (as Carol Lombard)
Hubby's Weekend Trip
1928
as Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieShow Folks
1928
as Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
MovieMe, Gangster
1928
as Blonde Rosie
MovieMotorboat Mamas
1928
as Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
MoviePower
1928
as Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
MovieThe Campus Carmen
1928
as Carole
MovieSmith's Restaurant
1928
as Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieHis Unlucky Night
1928
as Peggy - Telephone Operator
MovieThe Girl from Nowhere
1928
as Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
MovieThe Divine Sinner
1928
as Millie Claudert
MovieThe Bicycle Flirt
1928
as Mabel - the Wife's Sister
MovieThe Swim Princess
1928
as Trudy - the Swim Star
MovieThe Best Man
1928
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
MovieSmith's Army Life
1928
as Clarence's Wife
MovieThe Beach Club
1928
as Jump Rope Girl on Beach
MovieRun, Girl, Run
1928
as Norma Nurmi
MovieThe Girl from Everywhere
1927
as Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
MovieMy Best Girl
1927
as Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
MovieGold Digger of Weepah
1927
as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Smith's Pony
1927
as Lillian Saunders
MovieThe Fighting Eagle
1927
as (unconfirmed)
MovieThe Johnstown Flood
1926
as Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
MovieThe Road to Glory
1926
as Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
MovieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
MovieThe Plastic Age
1925
as Co-ed (uncredited)
MovieDurand of the Bad Lands
1925
as Ellen Boyd
MoviePretty Ladies
1925
as Showgirl (uncredited)
MovieHearts and Spurs
1925
as Sybil Estabrook
MovieGold and the Girl
1925
MovieMarriage in Transit
1925
as Celia Hathaway
MovieDick Turpin
1925
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
MovieGold Heels
1924
as Bit (uncredited)
MovieA Perfect Crime
1921
as Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)
