Carole Landis
Personal Info
Acting
December 30, 1918 (29 years old)
July 4, 1948
Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
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.
Known For
Death Scenes
1989
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Brass Monkey
1948
as Kay Sheldon
Noose
1948
as Linda Medbury
Out of the Blue
1947
as Mae Earthleigh
A Scandal in Paris
1946
as Loretta de Richet
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1946
as Julia Andrews
Behind Green Lights
1946
as Janet Bradley
Having Wonderful Crime
1945
as Helene Justus
Secret Command
1944
as Jill McCann
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
as Carole Landis
Wintertime
1943
as Flossie Fouchere
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
The Powers Girl
1943
as Kay Evans
Manila Calling
1942
as Edna Fraser
Orchestra Wives
1942
as Natalie Mercer
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Kathryn Baker
My Gal Sal
1942
as Mae Collins
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
as Helen Mason
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941