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Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema . Born into a wealthy family, Lombard was raised by her single mother.
Nov 13, 2009 · On January 16, 1942, the actress Carole Lombard, famous for her roles in such screwball comedies as My Man Godfrey and To Be or Not to Be, and for her marriage to the actor Clark Gable, is...
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Carole Lombard. Actress: My Man Godfrey. Carole Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 6, 1908. Her parents divorced in 1916 and her mother took the family on a trip out West. While there they decided to settle down in the Los Angeles area.
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- October 6, 1908
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- January 16, 1942
Mar 22, 2024 · Carole Lombard (born October 6, 1908, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.—died January 16, 1942, near Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American actress who was known for her ability to combine elegance and zaniness in some of the most successful and popular film comedies of the 1930s.
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October 6, 1908 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. Died. January 16, 1942 · Potosi Mountain, Nevada, USA (airplane crash) Birth name. Jane Alice Peters. Nicknames. The Profane Angel. The Hoosier Tornado. The Queen of Screwball Comedy. Carol Lombard. Height. 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) Mini Bio.
- October 6, 1908
- January 16, 1942
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Jan 16, 2017 · Was it just an accident? Or, given that the U.S. had been attacked at Pearl Harbor just a month earlier, was it something even darker? Had Lombard, the war-effort activist, been sabotaged by...
May 25, 2020 · May 25, 2020 6:30am PT. How Carole Lombard Became Hollywood’s First Casualty of World War II. Beloved star died in plane crash after launching the nation's first war bond sales drive. By...
