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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 31, 1918
Died
July 5, 1948
Place of Birth
Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
- Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
Carole Landis
0.5 Popularity
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
4.1
Self (archive footage)
Death Scenes
1989
0.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
5.5
Kay Sheldon
Brass Monkey
1948
5.1
Linda Medbury
Noose
1948
6.3
Mae Earthleigh
Out of the Blue
1947
6.4
Loretta de Richet
A Scandal in Paris
1946
5.6
Julia Andrews
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1946
5.5
Janet Bradley
Behind Green Lights
1946
6.3
Helene Justus
Having Wonderful Crime
1945
6.8
Jill McCann
Secret Command
1944
Credits
Death Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
1989
4.1
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
0.0
Brass Monkey
as Kay Sheldon
1948
5.5
Noose
as Linda Medbury
1948
5.1
Out of the Blue
as Mae Earthleigh
1947
6.3
A Scandal in Paris
as Loretta de Richet
1946
6.4
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Julia Andrews
1946
5.6
Behind Green Lights
as Janet Bradley
1946
5.5
Having Wonderful Crime
as Helene Justus
1945
6.3
Secret Command
as Jill McCann
1944
6.8
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Carole Landis
1944
5.7
Wintertime
as Flossie Fouchere
1943
3.5
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
The Powers Girl
as Kay Evans
1943
6.5
Manila Calling
as Edna Fraser
1942
7.0
Orchestra Wives
as Natalie Mercer
1942
6.3
It Happened in Flatbush
as Kathryn Baker
1942
4.8
My Gal Sal
as Mae Collins
1942
5.6
A Gentleman at Heart
as Helen Mason
1942
6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.0
Cadet Girl
as Gene Baxter
1941
0.0
I Wake Up Screaming
as Vicky Lynn
1941
6.9
Dance Hall
as Lili Brown
1941
6.0
Moon Over Miami
as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
1941
6.1
Topper Returns
as Ann Carrington
1941
6.4
Road Show
as Penguin Moore
1941
5.3
Mystery Sea Raider
as June McCarthy
1940
3.0
Turnabout
as Sally Willows
1940
5.8
One Million B.C.
as Loana
1940
5.9
Reno
as Mrs. Humphrey
1939
6.0
Cowboys from Texas
as June Jones
1939
2.0
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Blanche Granville
1939
4.0
Three Texas Steers
as Nancy Evans
1939
4.9
Girls on Probation
as Extra
1938
5.9
Boy Meets Girl
as Commissary Cashier
1938
6.5
Four's a Crowd
as Lansford's 2nd Secretary
1938
4.8
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Girl at Fair (uncredited)
1938
6.0
When Were You Born
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1938
5.0
Men Are Such Fools
as June Cooper (uncredited)
1938
5.6
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Golddigger
1938
5.7
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Miss Leopard 1938 (uncredited)
1938
5.3
Women Are Like That
as Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
1938
5.7
Over the Wall
as Peggy - Girl at Beach
1938
5.0
Love, Honor and Behave
as Wheel Watcher at Party (uncredited)
1938
3.0
A Slight Case of Murder
as Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
1938
6.2
Blondes at Work
as Carol
1938
6.1
Hollywood Hotel
as Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
1938
5.4
The Invisible Menace
as Woman Wanting to Go with Her Johnnie
1938
3.8
The Patient in Room 18
as Woman on Stairs (uncredited)
1938
4.5
She Loved a Fireman
as Blonde Sunbather
1937
6.0
Missing Witnesses
as Girl on Pier (uncredited)
1937
5.5
The Adventurous Blonde
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Over the Goal
as Co-ed
1937
3.0
Alcatraz Island
as Party Girl (uncredited)
1937
4.9
Varsity Show
as Student (uncredited)
1937
6.3
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1937
6.2
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Bidder (uncredited)
1937
4.7
Fly Away Baby
as Blonde at Airport (uncredited)
1937
6.2
A Day at the Races
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1937
7.1
A Star Is Born
as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
1937
7.2
The King and the Chorus Girl
as Chorine (uncredited)
1937
5.5
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1936
5.8
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
1936
6.0