Carole Lombard (1908–1942) was an American cinema actress who appeared in 56 feature films and 18 short films in a career spanning 21 years before her death in an airplane crash at the age of 33.
Filmography
Silent features
Year Film Role Director Studio Notes 1921 A Perfect Crime Grigg's sister Allan Dwan Associated Producers Credited as Jane PetersLost film 1924 Gold Heels Bit part W. S. Van Dyke Fox Film Corporation Uncredited 1925 Dick Turpin Crowd Extra John G. Blystone Fox Film Corporation Uncredited Gold and the Girl Edmund Mortimer Fox Film Corporation UncreditedLost film Pretty Ladies Showgirl Monta Bell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Uncredited Marriage in Transit Celia Hathaway Roy William Neill Fox Film Corporation Credited as Carol LombardLost film Hearts and Spurs Sybil Estabrook W. S. Van Dyke Fox Film Corporation Credited as Carol Lombard Durand of the Bad Lands Ellen Boyd Lynn Reynolds Fox Film Corporation Credited as Carol LombardLost film 1926 The Road to Glory Howard Hawks Fox Film Corporation UncreditedLost film1927 My Best Girl Flirty Salesgirl Sam Taylor United Artists Uncredited The Girl from Everywhere Vera Veranda Edward F. Cline Pathé Exchange 1928 The Divine Sinner Millie Claudert Scott Pembroke Rayart Pictures Corporation Credited as Carol LombardLost film Power Another Dame Howard Higgin Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard Me, Gangster Blonde Rosie Raoul Walsh Fox Film Corporation Credited as Carol LombardLost film Show Folks Cleo Paul L. Stein Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard Ned McCobb's Daughter Jennie William J. Cowen Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol LombardLost film
Sound features Year Film Role Director Studio Notes1929 High Voltage Billie Davis Howard Higgin Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard Big News Margaret Banks Gregory La Cava Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard The Racketeer Rhoda Philbrooke Howard Higgin Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard1930The Arizona Kid Virginia Hoyt Alfred Santell Fox Film Corporation Safety in Numbers Pauline Victor Schertzinger Paramount Pictures Fast and Loose Alice O'Neil Fred C. Newmeyer Paramount Pictures 1931It Pays to Advertise Mary Grayson Frank Tuttle Paramount Pictures Man of the World Mary Kendall Richard Wallace Paramount Pictures First of three films with William Powell, whom she married three months after its releaseLadies' Man Rachel Fendley Lothar Mendes Paramount Pictures Second of three films with William PowellUp Pops the Devil Anne Merrick A. Edward Sutherland Paramount Pictures I Take This Woman Kay Dowling Marion Gering Paramount Pictures 1932No One Man Penelope 'Nep' Newbold Lloyd Corrigan Paramount Pictures Sinners in the Sun Doris Blake Alexander Hall Paramount Pictures Virtue Mae Edward Buzzell Columbia Pictures No More Orchids Annie Holt Walter Lang Columbia Pictures No Man of Her Own Connie Randall Wesley Ruggles Paramount Pictures Only film with Clark Gable, whom she married in 19391933From Hell to Heaven Colly Tanner Erle C. Kenton Paramount Pictures Supernatural Roma Courtney Victor Halperin Paramount Pictures The Eagle and the Hawk Beautiful lady Stuart Walker Paramount Pictures Brief Moment Abby Fane David Burton Columbia Pictures White Woman Judith Denning Stuart Walker Paramount Pictures 1934Bolero Helen Hathaway Wesley Ruggles Paramount Pictures We're Not Dressing Doris Worthington Norman Taurog Paramount Pictures Twentieth Century Lily Garland, aka Mildred Plotka Howard Hawks Columbia Pictures Now and Forever Toni Carstairs Day Henry Hathaway Paramount Pictures Lady by Choice Alabam Lee David Burton Columbia Pictures The Gay Bride Mary Magiz Jack Conway Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1935Rumba Diana Harrison Marion Gering Paramount Pictures Hands Across the Table Regi Allen Mitchell Leisen Paramount Pictures First of four films with Fred MacMurray1936 Love Before Breakfast Kay Colby Walter Lang Universal Pictures The Princess Comes Across Princess Olga William K. Howard Paramount Pictures Second of four films with Fred MacMurray My Man Godfrey Irene Bullock Gregory La Cava Universal Pictures Nominated - Academy Award for Best ActressHer final film with William Powell1937 Swing High, Swing Low Maggie King Mitchell Leisen Paramount Pictures Third of four films with Fred MacMurray Nothing Sacred Hazel Flagg William A. Wellman United Artists Her only film in Technicolor True Confession Helen Barlett Wesley Ruggles Paramount Pictures Fourth and final film with Fred MacMurray 1938 Fools for Scandal Kay Winters Mervyn LeRoy Warner Bros. 1939 Made for Each Other Jane Mason John Cromwell United Artists In Name Only Julie Eden John Cromwell RKO Radio Pictures 1940 Vigil in the Night Anne Lee George Stevens RKO Radio Pictures They Knew What They Wanted Amy Peters Garson Kanin RKO Radio Pictures 1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Ann Krausheimer Smith Alfred Hitchcock RKO Radio Pictures 1942 To Be or Not to Be Maria Tura Ernst Lubitsch United Artists Released posthumously
Short films
Year Title Smith's Pony Gold Digger of Weepah The Girl from Everywhere Run, Girl, Run The Beach Club Smith's Army Life The Best Man The Swim Princess The Bicycle Flirt The Girl from Nowhere His Unlucky Night Smith's Restaurant The Campus Vamp Motorboat Mamas Hubby's Weekend Trip The Campus Carmen Matchmaking Mamma Don't Get Jealous
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