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Carole Landis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1918-12-31

Day of Death

1948-07-05

Place of Birth

Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA

Carole Landis

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 (66)

⭐ 8.3 Role: Unknown

The Casting Couch

1995
⭐ 6.8 Role: Unknown

Death In Hollywood

1990
⭐ 4.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

Death Scenes

1989
⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988
⭐ 6.4 Role: Kay Sheldon

Brass Monkey

1948
⭐ 5.3 Role: Linda Medbury

Noose

1948
⭐ 6.4 Role: Mae Earthleigh

Out of the Blue

1947
⭐ 6.4 Role: Loretta de Richet

A Scandal in Paris

1946
⭐ 5.8 Role: Julia Andrews

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1946
⭐ 5.6 Role: Janet Bradley

Behind Green Lights

1946
⭐ 6.6 Role: Helene Justus

Having Wonderful Crime

1945
⭐ 6.6 Role: Jill McCann

Secret Command

1944
⭐ 6.8 Role: Carole Landis

Four Jills in a Jeep

1944
⭐ 5.3 Role: Flossie Fouchere

Wintertime

1943
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

Show-Business at War

1943