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
- Noose as Linda Medbury
- Brass Monkey as Kay Sheldon
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
- Show-Business at War as Self
- The Powers Girl as Kay Evans
- Wintertime as Flossie Fouchere
1942
- My Gal Sal as Mae Collins
- Orchestra Wives as Natalie Mercer
- It Happened in Flatbush as Kathryn Baker
- Manila Calling as Edna Fraser
- A Gentleman at Heart as Helen Mason
1941
- Topper Returns as Ann Carrington
- I Wake Up Screaming as Vicky Lynn
- Moon Over Miami as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
- Road Show as Penguin Moore
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- Cadet Girl as Gene Baxter
- Dance Hall as Lili Brown
1940
- One Million B.C. as Loana
- Turnabout as Sally Willows
- Mystery Sea Raider as June McCarthy
1939
- Daredevils of the Red Circle as Blanche Granville
- Reno as Mrs. Humphrey
- Three Texas Steers as Nancy Evans
- Cowboys from Texas as June Jones
1938
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
- When Were You Born as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- A Slight Case of Murder as Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
- Hollywood Hotel as Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
- Blondes at Work as Carol
- The Patient in Room 18 as Woman on Stairs (uncredited)
- Torchy Blane in Panama as Miss Leopard 1938 (uncredited)
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Golddigger
- Men Are Such Fools as June Cooper (uncredited)
- Four's a Crowd as Lansford's 2nd Secretary
- Women Are Like That as Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
- Boy Meets Girl as Commissary Cashier
- The Invisible Menace as Woman Wanting to Go with Her Johnnie
- Over the Wall as Peggy - Girl at Beach
- Love, Honor and Behave as Wheel Watcher at Party (uncredited)
- Girls on Probation as Extra
- Penrod's Double Trouble as Girl at Fair (uncredited)
1937
- A Star Is Born as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
- A Day at the Races as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Broadway Melody of 1938 as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Alcatraz Island as Party Girl (uncredited)
- Fly Away Baby as Blonde at Airport (uncredited)
- The Emperor's Candlesticks as Bidder (uncredited)
- Varsity Show as Student (uncredited)
- Missing Witnesses as Girl on Pier (uncredited)
- The Adventurous Blonde as Bit Role (uncredited)
- She Loved a Fireman as Blonde Sunbather
- Over the Goal as Co-ed
- The King and the Chorus Girl as Chorine (uncredited)
1936
- Gold Diggers of 1937 as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self