Carole Landis
Born December 31, 1918 (Age: 107)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
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as
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Age: 69
Manila Calling
1942
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as Edna Fraser
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Age: 23
Orchestra Wives
1942
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as Natalie Mercer
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Age: 23
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
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as Kathryn Baker
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Age: 23
My Gal Sal
1942
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as Mae Collins
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Age: 23
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
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as Helen Mason
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Age: 23
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
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as
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Age: 22
Cadet Girl
1941
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as Gene Baxter
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Age: 22
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
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as Vicky Lynn
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Age: 22
Dance Hall
1941
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as Lili Brown
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Age: 22
Moon Over Miami
1941
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as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
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Age: 22
Topper Returns
1941
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as Ann Carrington
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Age: 22
Road Show
1941
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as Penguin Moore
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Age: 22