Carole Landis
Born: 1918-12-31 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 1948-07-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1995
1990
1989
- Death Scenes as Self (archive footage)
1988
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1948
- Brass Monkey as Kay Sheldon
- Noose as Linda Medbury
1947
- Out of the Blue as Mae Earthleigh
1946
- A Scandal in Paris as Loretta de Richet
- Behind Green Lights as Janet Bradley
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Julia Andrews
1945
- Having Wonderful Crime as Helene Justus
1944
- Secret Command as Jill McCann
- Four Jills in a Jeep as Carole Landis
1943
- The Powers Girl as Kay Evans
- Show-Business at War as Self
- Wintertime as Flossie Fouchere
1942
- Orchestra Wives as Natalie Mercer
- My Gal Sal as Mae Collins
- Manila Calling as Edna Fraser
- It Happened in Flatbush as Kathryn Baker
- A Gentleman at Heart as Helen Mason
1941
- Moon Over Miami as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
- Topper Returns as Ann Carrington
- I Wake Up Screaming as Vicky Lynn
- Cadet Girl as Gene Baxter
- Road Show as Penguin Moore
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- Dance Hall as Lili Brown
1940
- One Million B.C. as Loana
- Turnabout as Sally Willows
- Mystery Sea Raider as June McCarthy
1939
- Reno as Mrs. Humphrey
- Three Texas Steers as Nancy Evans
- Daredevils of the Red Circle as Blanche Granville
- Cowboys from Texas as June Jones
1938
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
- Hollywood Hotel as Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
- Over the Wall as Peggy - Girl at Beach
- A Slight Case of Murder as Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
- Boy Meets Girl as Commissary Cashier
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Golddigger
- Women Are Like That as Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
- When Were You Born as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- Love, Honor and Behave as Wheel Watcher at Party (uncredited)
- The Invisible Menace as Woman Wanting to Go with Her Johnnie
- Torchy Blane in Panama as Miss Leopard 1938 (uncredited)
- The Patient in Room 18 as Woman on Stairs (uncredited)
- Blondes at Work as Carol
- Four's a Crowd as Lansford's 2nd Secretary
- Penrod's Double Trouble as Girl at Fair (uncredited)
- Men Are Such Fools as June Cooper (uncredited)
- Girls on Probation as Extra
1937
- A Star Is Born as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
- The Emperor's Candlesticks as Bidder (uncredited)
- A Day at the Races as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Alcatraz Island as Party Girl (uncredited)
- Broadway Melody of 1938 as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Missing Witnesses as Girl on Pier (uncredited)
- She Loved a Fireman as Blonde Sunbather
- Over the Goal as Co-ed
- The King and the Chorus Girl as Chorine (uncredited)
- Fly Away Baby as Blonde at Airport (uncredited)
- The Adventurous Blonde as Bit Role (uncredited)
- Varsity Show as Student (uncredited)
1936
- Gold Diggers of 1937 as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self