Carole Landis
Birthday
1918/12/31
Day of death
1948/07/05 (29 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
Also know as
Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
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.
Acting
(1940) One Million B.C.
as Loana
(1941) I Wake Up Screaming
as Vicky Lynn
(1937) A Star Is Born
as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
(1943) Wintertime
as Flossie Fouchere
(1942) Orchestra Wives
as Natalie Mercer
(1941) Moon Over Miami
as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
(1946) Behind Green Lights
as Janet Bradley
(1937) Broadway Melody of 1938
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
(1938) Hollywood Hotel
as Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
(1941) Topper Returns
as Ann Carrington
(1948) Noose
as Linda Medbury
(1944) Secret Command
as Jill McCann
(1942) It Happened in Flatbush
as Kathryn Baker
(1944) Four Jills in a Jeep
as Carole Landis
(1942) My Gal Sal
as Mae Collins
(1942) A Gentleman at Heart
as Helen Mason
(1939) Three Texas Steers
as Nancy Evans
(1940) Turnabout
as Sally Willows
(1938) Gold Diggers in Paris
as Golddigger
(1941) Road Show
as Penguin Moore
(1946) A Scandal in Paris
as Loretta de Richet
(1937) Varsity Show
as Student (uncredited)
(1938) Blondes at Work
as Carol
(1945) Having Wonderful Crime
as Helene Justus
(1946) It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Julia Andrews
(1948) Brass Monkey
as Kay Sheldon
(1939) Cowboys from Texas
as June Jones
(1940) Mystery Sea Raider
as June McCarthy
(1939) Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Blanche Granville
(1941) Dance Hall
as Lili Brown
(1942) Manila Calling
as Edna Fraser
(1938) When Were You Born
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
(1943) The Powers Girl
as Kay Evans
(1938) The Patient in Room 18
as Woman on Stairs (uncredited)
(1938) The Invisible Menace
as Woman Wanting to Go with Her Johnnie
(1938) Boy Meets Girl
as Commissary Cashier
(1938) Girls on Probation
as Extra
(1939) Reno
as Mrs. Humphrey
(1947) Out of the Blue
as Mae Earthleigh
(1937) She Loved a Fireman
as Blonde Sunbather
(1937) The Adventurous Blonde
as Bit Role (uncredited)
(1938) Torchy Blane in Panama
as Miss Leopard 1938 (uncredited)
(1937) Fly Away Baby
as Blonde at Airport (uncredited)
(1937) Over the Goal
as Co-ed
(1938) Over the Wall
as Peggy - Girl at Beach
(1937) Missing Witnesses
as Girl on Pier (uncredited)
(1938) A Slight Case of Murder
as Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
(1943) Show-Business at War
as Self
(1938) Love, Honor and Behave
as Wheel Watcher at Party (uncredited)
(1938) Women Are Like That
as Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
(1938) Four's a Crowd
as Lansford's 2nd Secretary
(1937) The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Bidder (uncredited)
(1936) Gold Diggers of 1937
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
(1937) Alcatraz Island
as Party Girl (uncredited)
(1938) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
(1937) The King and the Chorus Girl
as Chorine (uncredited)
(1938) Men Are Such Fools
as June Cooper (uncredited)
(1938) Penrod's Double Trouble
as Girl at Fair (uncredited)
(1937) A Day at the Races
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1941) Cadet Girl
as Gene Baxter
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
as ---
(1936) Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self