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Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
May 29, 2024 · Carole Lombard (born October 6, 1908, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.—died January 16, 1942, near Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American actress who was known for her ability to combine elegance and zaniness in some of the most successful and popular film comedies of the 1930s.
Nov 13, 2009 · On January 16, 1942, the actress Carole Lombard, famous for her roles in such screwball comedies as My Man Godfrey and To Be or Not to Be, and for her marriage to the actor Clark Gable, is...
Carole Lombard. Actress: My Man Godfrey. Carole Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 6, 1908. Her parents divorced in 1916 and her mother took the family on a trip out West.
Jun 7, 2024 · Inside the life of Clark Gable's wife, Carole Lombard, who died at age 33 in a plane crash after building an incredible career as an actress and comedian.
Carole Lombard, the 5' 6" beauty was a comedy hit during the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on October 6, 1908 under the name of Jane Alice Peters, young Jane Alice loved the Friday night movie night with her family and would perform the previous night's show in the morning.
Jan 16, 2017 · O n Jan. 16, 1942, Carole Lombard was best known as a screwball comedy actress. But not only was Lombard the highest paid actress of her time—starring in movies such as Twentieth Century, My...
Jul 9, 2021 · From this point until her tragic death in an air crash in 1942, Carole Lombard was the queen of screwball, the most beautiful and glamorous but also the wildest and most raucous. During this period she also made weepies, most notably In Name Only and Made for Each Other. The first is a love triangle featuring Kay Francis as the mercenary ...
May 25, 2020 · Carole Lombard came to Hollywood from the Midwest at the age of 7 and was making Westerns at Fox by age 9. The legendary star of such classics as “My Man Godfrey” and “Twentieth...
Lombard, Carole (1908–1942) American film actress and comedian who, before her untimely death, was the highest paid star in Hollywood. Born Jane Alice Peters on October 6, 1908, in Fort Wayne, Indiana; killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 16, 1942, while returning to Los Angeles after a war bonds drive in her home-town ...
