CAROLE LOMBARD
Carole Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana on October 6, 1908. Lombard was the youngest of three children, having two older brothers. She spent her early childhood in a sprawling, two-story house at 704 Rockhill Street in Fort Wayne, near the St. Mary's River. Her parents divorced and her mother took the three children to Los Angeles in 1914, where Lombard attended Virgil Jr. High School and then Fairfax High School.
Lombard was originally given roles that would help to bolster the reputations of her leading men. It was not until 1934 that her career began to take off. That year, director Howard Hawks noticed that Lombard had something that had not been unleashed on film. He hired her for his next film, Twentieth Century, alongside stage legend John Barrymore. Lombard was at first terrified to be working alongside such a star and it was not until Hawks took her aside and threatened to fire her that she permitted her fiery personality to show on the screen. The film brought Lombard a level of fame.
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Stats:
Height: 5' 3 1/2"
Hair Color: blonde
Eye Color: blue
Nickname: The profane angel
Quote: "I've lived by a man's code designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick."
Height: 5' 3 1/2"
Hair Color: blonde
Eye Color: blue
Nickname: The profane angel
Quote: "I've lived by a man's code designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick."
early days productions: Carole Lombard 06/11/2010
1908 - 1942
Lombard made her film debut at the age of twelve after she was seen playing baseball in the street by director Allan Dwan. In the 1920s, she worked in several low-budget productions credited as 'Jane Peters', and then later as 'Carol Lombard'. In 1925, she was signed as a contract player with Fox Film Corporation. She also worked for Mack Sennett and Pathé Pictures. In 1930, she began working for Paramount Pictures after having been dropped from both Twentieth Century and Pathé.
In October 1930, Lombard met William Powell. Unlike many of Lombard's other suitors at the time, Powell was urbane and sophisticated and showed her a side of life she had not seen before. He also appreciated her blunt personality and bawdy sense of humor. They married on June 26, 1931. Lombard commented to fan magazines that she did not believe their sixteen-year age difference would present a problem, but friends felt they were ill-suited, as Lombard had an extroverted personality while Powell was more reserved. They divorced in 1933, but remained good friends and worked together without acrimony, notably in My Man Godfrey (1936).
In 1938, Lombard suffered a flop with Fools for Scandal and moved on to dramatic films for the next few years. She then returned to comedy, teaming with director Alfred Hitchcock in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941). The film gave Lombard's career a much needed boost and she followed her success with what proved to be her last film, one of her most successful, To Be or Not to Be (1942).
When the US entered World War II at the end of 1941, Lombard traveled to her home state of Indiana for a war bond rally. On January 16, 1942, Lombard and her mother boarded a Transcontinental and Western Airlines DC-3 airplane to return to California. After refueling in Las Vegas, TWA Flight 3 took off and 23 minutes later, crashed into Mount Potosi, 32 miles southwest of Las Vegas. All aboard, 19 passengers and three crew, were killed.
When the US entered World War II at the end of 1941, Lombard traveled to her home state of Indiana for a war bond rally. On January 16, 1942, Lombard and her mother boarded a Transcontinental and Western Airlines DC-3 airplane to return to California. After refueling in Las Vegas, TWA Flight 3 took off and 23 minutes later, crashed into Mount Potosi, 32 miles southwest of Las Vegas. All aboard, 19 passengers and three crew, were killed.
Carole Lombard's Filmography
A Perfect Crime (1921)
Gold Heels (1924)
Dick Turpin (1925)
Marriage in Transit (1925)
Gold and the Girl (1925)
Hearts and Spurs (1925)
Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)
The Plastic Age (1925)
Ben-Hur (1925)
The Road to Glory (1926)
The Johnstown Flood' (1926)
The Fighting Eagle (1927)
My Best Girl (1927)
The Divine Sinner (1928)
Power (1928)
Me, Gangster (1928)
Show Folks (1928)
Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928)
High Voltage (1929)
Big News (1929)
The Racketeer (1929)
The Arizona Kid (1930)
Safety in Numbers (1930)
Fast and Loose (1930)
It Pays to Advertise (1931)
Man of the World (1931)
Ladies' Man (1931)
I Take This Woman (1931)
No One Man (1932)
Sinners in the Sun (1932)
Virtue (1932)
No More Orchids (1932)
No Man of Her Own (1932)
From Hell to Heaven (1933)
Supernatural (1933)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
Brief Moment (1933)
White Woman (1933)
Bolero (1934)
We're Not Dressing (1934)
Twentieth Century (1934)
Now and Forever (1934)
Lady by Choice (1934)
The Gay Bride (1934)
Rumba (1935)
Hands Across the Table (1935)
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
True Confession (1937)
Fools for Scandal (1938)
Made for Each Other (1939)
In Name Only (1939)
Vigil in the Night (1940)
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Gold Heels (1924)
Dick Turpin (1925)
Marriage in Transit (1925)
Gold and the Girl (1925)
Hearts and Spurs (1925)
Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)
The Plastic Age (1925)
Ben-Hur (1925)
The Road to Glory (1926)
The Johnstown Flood' (1926)
The Fighting Eagle (1927)
My Best Girl (1927)
The Divine Sinner (1928)
Power (1928)
Me, Gangster (1928)
Show Folks (1928)
Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928)
High Voltage (1929)
Big News (1929)
The Racketeer (1929)
The Arizona Kid (1930)
Safety in Numbers (1930)
Fast and Loose (1930)
It Pays to Advertise (1931)
Man of the World (1931)
Ladies' Man (1931)
I Take This Woman (1931)
No One Man (1932)
Sinners in the Sun (1932)
Virtue (1932)
No More Orchids (1932)
No Man of Her Own (1932)
From Hell to Heaven (1933)
Supernatural (1933)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
Brief Moment (1933)
White Woman (1933)
Bolero (1934)
We're Not Dressing (1934)
Twentieth Century (1934)
Now and Forever (1934)
Lady by Choice (1934)
The Gay Bride (1934)
Rumba (1935)
Hands Across the Table (1935)
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
True Confession (1937)
Fools for Scandal (1938)
Made for Each Other (1939)
In Name Only (1939)
Vigil in the Night (1940)
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
