Carole Landis
Acting
- Born:
- 1918-12-31
- Died:
- 1948-07-05
- Place of birth:
- Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
Carole Landis (born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million B.C. from United Artists. She was known as "The Ping Girl" and "The Chest" because of her curvy figure. Landis was reportedly crushed when actor Rex Harrison refused to divorce his wife for her. Unable to cope any longer, on July 5, 1948, she died by suicide in her Pacific Palisades home by taking an overdose of Seconal. From Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Casting Couch
Death In Hollywood
Death Scenes
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Brass Monkey
Noose
Out of the Blue
A Scandal in Paris
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Behind Green Lights
Having Wonderful Crime
Secret Command
Four Jills in a Jeep
Wintertime
Show-Business at War
The Powers Girl
Manila Calling
Orchestra Wives
It Happened in Flatbush
My Gal Sal
A Gentleman at Heart
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Cadet Girl
I Wake Up Screaming
Dance Hall
Moon Over Miami
Topper Returns
Road Show
Mystery Sea Raider
Turnabout
One Million B.C.
Reno
Cowboys from Texas
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Three Texas Steers
Girls on Probation
Boy Meets Girl
Four's a Crowd
Penrod's Double Trouble
When Were You Born
Men Are Such Fools
Gold Diggers in Paris
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Torchy Blane in Panama
Women Are Like That
Over the Wall
Love, Honor and Behave
A Slight Case of Murder
Blondes at Work
Hollywood Hotel
The Invisible Menace
The Patient in Room 18
She Loved a Fireman
Missing Witnesses
The Adventurous Blonde
Over the Goal
Alcatraz Island
Varsity Show
Broadway Melody of 1938
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Fly Away Baby
A Day at the Races
A Star Is Born
The King and the Chorus Girl
Gold Diggers of 1937
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)