Carole Landis
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1918-12-31 – 1948-07-05
Place of birth: Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
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
One Million B.C.
1940Loana
I Wake Up Screaming
1941Vicky Lynn
A Star Is Born
1937Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
Wintertime
1943Flossie Fouchere
Orchestra Wives
1942Natalie Mercer
Moon Over Miami
1941Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
Behind Green Lights
1946Janet Bradley
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Hollywood Hotel
1938Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
Topper Returns
1941Ann Carrington
Noose
1948Linda Medbury
Secret Command
1944Jill McCann
It Happened in Flatbush
1942Kathryn Baker
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944Carole Landis
My Gal Sal
1942Mae Collins
A Gentleman at Heart
1942Helen Mason
Three Texas Steers
1939Nancy Evans
Turnabout
1940Sally Willows
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938Golddigger