Carole Landis
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1918-12-31 (30 years old)
Deathday
1948-07-05
Place of Birth
Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
Also known As
Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
Carole Landis
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.
Acting
1940
as Loana
1941
as Vicky Lynn
1937
as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
1943
as Flossie Fouchere
1942
as Natalie Mercer
1941
as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
1946
as Janet Bradley
1937
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1938
as Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
1941
as Ann Carrington
1948
as Linda Medbury
1944
as Jill McCann
1942
as Kathryn Baker
1944
as Carole Landis
1942
as Mae Collins
1942
as Helen Mason
1939
as Nancy Evans
1940
as Sally Willows
1938
as Golddigger
1941
as Penguin Moore
1946
as Loretta de Richet
1937
as Student (uncredited)
1938
as Carol
1945
as Helene Justus
1946
as Julia Andrews
1948
as Kay Sheldon
1939
as June Jones
1940
as June McCarthy
1939
as Blanche Granville
1941
as Lili Brown
1942
as Edna Fraser
1938
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1943
as Kay Evans
1938
as Woman on Stairs (uncredited)
1938
as Woman Wanting to Go with Her Johnnie
1938
as Commissary Cashier
1938
as Extra
1939
as Mrs. Humphrey
1947
as Mae Earthleigh
1937
as Blonde Sunbather
1937
as Blonde at Airport (uncredited)
1937
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1938
as Miss Leopard 1938 (uncredited)
1937
as Co-ed
1938
as Peggy - Girl at Beach
1937
as Girl on Pier (uncredited)
1938
as Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
1943
as Self
1938
as Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
1938
as Lansford's 2nd Secretary
1938
as June Cooper (uncredited)
1938
as Girl at Fair (uncredited)
1936
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1937
as Bidder (uncredited)
1937
as Chorine (uncredited)
1937
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1938
as Wheel Watcher at Party (uncredited)
1938
as Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
1937
as Party Girl (uncredited)
1941
as Gene Baxter
1936
1989
1990
as (archive footage)
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