Carole Landis
Actor
- Born
- December 31, 1918 · Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
- Died
- July 5, 1948 (age 29)
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.
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Known for
The Adventures of Robin Hood
May 13, 1938
A Star Is Born
April 20, 1937
A Day at the Races
June 11, 1937
I Wake Up Screaming
October 31, 1941
Topper Returns
March 21, 1941
A Slight Case of Murder
February 26, 1938
One Million B.C.
April 5, 1940
A Scandal in Paris
July 19, 1946
Behind Green Lights
February 15, 1946
Gold Diggers of 1937
December 28, 1936
Moon Over Miami
July 4, 1941
Noose
September 28, 1948
Acting66
- 1995The Casting Couch
- 1990Death In Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1989Death Scenes as Self (archive footage)
- 1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1948Brass Monkey as Kay Sheldon
- 1948Noose as Linda Medbury
- 1947Out of the Blue as Mae Earthleigh
- 1946A Scandal in Paris as Loretta de Richet
- 1946It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Julia Andrews
- 1946Behind Green Lights