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Carole Lombard‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

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Popularity

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Carole Lombard

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Carole Lombard

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1908-10-06

Popularity

star4.1

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.

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To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be‌
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calendar 1942

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith‌
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calendar 1941

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century‌
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calendar 1934

The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across‌
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calendar 1936

Hands Across the Table

Hands Across the Table‌
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calendar 1935

In Name Only

In Name Only‌
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calendar 1939

We're Not Dressing

We're Not Dressing‌
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calendar 1934

My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey‌
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calendar 1936

No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own‌
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calendar 1932

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred‌
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calendar 1937

Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

Normandie ne partira pas ce soir‌
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calendar 2021

Yesterday and Today

Yesterday and Today‌
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calendar 1953

A Perfect Crime

A Perfect Crime‌
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calendar 1921

Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other‌
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calendar 1939

Gold and the Girl

Gold and the Girl‌
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calendar 1925

Hearts and Spurs

Hearts and Spurs‌
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calendar 1925

Marriage in Transit

Marriage in Transit‌
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calendar 1925

Gold Digger of Weepah

Gold Digger of Weepah‌
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calendar 1927

The Girl from Everywhere

The Girl from Everywhere‌
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calendar 1927

The Bicycle Flirt

The Bicycle Flirt‌
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calendar 1928

The Divine Sinner

The Divine Sinner‌
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calendar 1928

The Swim Princess

The Swim Princess‌
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calendar 1928

Smith's Restaurant

Smith's Restaurant‌
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calendar 1928

Motorboat Mamas

Motorboat Mamas‌
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calendar 1928

The Girl from Nowhere

The Girl from Nowhere‌
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calendar 1928

Hubby's Weekend Trip

Hubby's Weekend Trip‌
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calendar 1928

Don't Get Jealous

Don't Get Jealous‌
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calendar 1929

Ned McCobb's Daughter

Ned McCobb's Daughter‌
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calendar 1928

Lady by Choice

Lady by Choice‌
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calendar 1934

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War‌
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calendar 1982

Now and Forever

Now and Forever‌
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calendar 1934

Sinners in the Sun

Sinners in the Sun‌
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calendar 1932

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk‌
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calendar 1933

They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted‌
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calendar 1940

Virtue

Virtue‌
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calendar 1932

The Racketeer

The Racketeer‌
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calendar 1929

Swing High, Swing Low

Swing High, Swing Low‌
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calendar 1937

Man of the World

Man of the World‌
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calendar 1931

Supernatural

Supernatural‌
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calendar 1933

The Campus Vamp

The Campus Vamp‌
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calendar 1928

True Confession

True Confession‌
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calendar 1937

High Voltage

High Voltage‌
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calendar 1929

Love Before Breakfast

Love Before Breakfast‌
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calendar 1936

It Pays to Advertise

It Pays to Advertise‌
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calendar 1931

The Campus Carmen

The Campus Carmen‌
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calendar 1928

Matchmaking Mamma

Matchmaking Mamma‌
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calendar 1929

Big News

Big News‌
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calendar 1929

Vigil in the Night

Vigil in the Night‌
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calendar 1940

From Hell to Heaven

From Hell to Heaven‌
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calendar 1933

Fools for Scandal

Fools for Scandal‌
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calendar 1938

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!‌
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calendar 1982

Film Stars Help Greece

Film Stars Help Greece‌
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White Woman

White Woman‌
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calendar 1933

Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers‌
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calendar 1930

Bolero

Bolero‌
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calendar 1934

Brief Moment

Brief Moment‌
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calendar 1933

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage‌
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calendar 1983

Run, Girl, Run

Run, Girl, Run‌
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calendar 1928

No More Orchids

No More Orchids‌
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calendar 1932

No One Man

No One Man‌
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calendar 1932

The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride‌
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calendar 1934

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)‌
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calendar 1942

Fast and Loose

Fast and Loose‌
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calendar 1930

Ladies' Man

Ladies' Man‌
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calendar 1931

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s‌
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calendar 1984

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years‌
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calendar 1961

Smith's Army Life

Smith's Army Life‌
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calendar 1928

Show Folks

Show Folks‌
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calendar 1928

Smith's Pony

Smith's Pony‌
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calendar 1927

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets‌
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calendar 1987

Durand of the Bad Lands

Durand of the Bad Lands‌
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calendar 1925

Pretty Ladies

Pretty Ladies‌
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calendar 1925

Up Pops the Devil

Up Pops the Devil‌
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calendar 1931

The Beach Club

The Beach Club‌
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calendar 1928

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Anthony Quinn: An Original‌
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calendar 1990

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard‌
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calendar 2016

Rumba

Rumba‌
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calendar 1935

The Arizona Kid

The Arizona Kid‌
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calendar 1930

The Fashion Side of Hollywood

The Fashion Side of Hollywood‌
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calendar 1935

The Fighting Eagle

The Fighting Eagle‌
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calendar 1927

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III‌
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calendar 1994

I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman‌
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calendar 1931

My Best Girl

My Best Girl‌
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calendar 1927

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938‌
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calendar 1938

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?‌
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calendar 1975

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ‌
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calendar 1925

William Powell: A True Gentleman

William Powell: A True Gentleman‌
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calendar 2005

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind‌
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calendar 1988

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town‌
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calendar 1938

Power

Power‌
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calendar 1928

His Unlucky Night

His Unlucky Night‌
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calendar 1928

The Love Goddesses

The Love Goddesses‌
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calendar 1965

The Golden Age of Comedy

The Golden Age of Comedy‌
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calendar 1957

The Best Man

The Best Man‌
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calendar 1928

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy‌
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calendar 1964

Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin‌
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calendar 1925

The Road to Glory

The Road to Glory‌
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calendar 1926

Me, Gangster

Me, Gangster‌
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calendar 1928

The Plastic Age

The Plastic Age‌
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calendar 1925

The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood‌
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calendar 1926

Dear Mr. Gable

Dear Mr. Gable‌
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calendar 1968

Gold Heels

Gold Heels‌
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calendar 1924

Gable: The King Remembered

Gable: The King Remembered‌
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calendar 1975

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