Actor info
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Name :
Carole Landis
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Born :
December 31, 1918 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA (29 years at death)
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Died :
July 5, 1948
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
66 films (1936–1995)
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Also known as :
Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
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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.
Notable films
- A Scandal in Paris (1946) as Loretta de Richet
- Topper Returns (1941) as Ann Carrington
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) as Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
- A Day at the Races (1937) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- A Star Is Born (1937) as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
