Carole Lombard
- Birthday
- Oct 6, 1908
- Birthplace
- Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Bio: When Carole Lombard died at the age of 34 in a plane crash following a World War II war bond drive, the American film industry lost one of its most talented and intelligent actresses. Starting out in silent films as a Mack Sennett bathing beauty, she later epitomized screwball comedy in Twentieth Century (1934); My Man Godfrey (1936), for which she was Oscar… More Bio: When Carole Lombard died at the age of 34 in a plane crash following a World War II war bond drive, the American film industry lost one of its most talented and intelligent actresses. Starting out in silent films as a Mack Sennett bathing beauty, she later epitomized screwball comedy in Twentieth Century (1934); My Man Godfrey (1936), for which she was Oscar nominated as Irene Bullock, with ex-husband William Powell as Godfrey; and Nothing Sacred (1937), playing the not-so-doomed Hazel Flagg. But Lombard was also a capable dramatic actress whose talents can be seen in her subdued performance as a nurse in one of her final roles, in Vigil in the Night (1940), as well as in The Eagle and the Hawk (1933), In Name Only (1939) and They Knew What They Wanted (1940). Other fine appearances include teaming with Fred MacMurray in several films, the best of which are Hands Across the Table (1935) and The Princess Comes Across (1936), in which Lombard does a humorously accurate Greta Garbo takeoff. Her two final films contain two of her best performances: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1940) and the Ernst Lubitsch war satire, To Be or Not To Be (1942). She was married to William Powell from 1931-33 and to Clark Gable from 1939 til her death. ~ Rovi
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Filmography
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Dear Mr. Gable (1991)
- Actor
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Hollywood's Golden Era - Leading Ladies (1989)
- Actor
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To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- Maria Tura
- 97%
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
- Ann Smith aka Ann Krausheimer
- 63%
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They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
- Amy Peters
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Carole Lombard Videos
Made For Each Other
22 seconds
To Be Or Not To Be
1 minutes 38 seconds
Nothing Sacred
2 minutes 33 seconds
My Man Godfrey
2 minutes 4 seconds
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