
Acting
Carole Landis
Also Known As: Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
Birth Date
December 31, 1918
Death Date
July 5, 1948
(passed away at 29)
Place of Birth
Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
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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.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
1938

A Star Is Born
Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
1937

A Day at the Races
Party Guest (uncredited)
1937

A Scandal in Paris
Loretta de Richet
1946

Topper Returns
Ann Carrington
1941

Broadway Melody of 1938
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1937

One Million B.C.
Loana
1940

I Wake Up Screaming
Vicky Lynn
1941

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1988

Men Are Such Fools
June Cooper (uncredited)
1938

Gold Diggers of 1937
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1936

Daredevils of the Red Circle
Blanche Granville
1939

Gold Diggers in Paris
Golddigger
1938

The Emperor's Candlesticks
Bidder (uncredited)
1937

A Slight Case of Murder
Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
1938

Four's a Crowd
Lansford's 2nd Secretary
1938

Show-Business at War
Self
1943

When Were You Born
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1938

A Gentleman at Heart
Helen Mason
1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
1936