Carole Landis
Actor
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.
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Filmography
A Star Is Born
as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited) 1937
A Day at the Races
as Party Guest (uncredited) 1937
I Wake Up Screaming
as Vicky Lynn 1941
Topper Returns
as Ann Carrington 1941
A Slight Case of Murder
as Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited) 1938
One Million B.C.
as Loana 1940
A Scandal in Paris
as Loretta de Richet 1946
Behind Green Lights
as Janet Bradley 1946
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Chorus Girl (uncredited) 1936
Noose
as Linda Medbury 1948
My Gal Sal
as Mae Collins 1942
Moon Over Miami
as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears 1941
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Chorus Girl (uncredited) 1937
Turnabout
as Sally Willows 1940
Four's a Crowd
as Lansford's 2nd Secretary 1938
Orchestra Wives
as Natalie Mercer 1942