Carole Landis

Born: 1918-12-31

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

as Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
Released: 1938-05-13

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win...

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A Day at the Races

as Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1937-06-11

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her...

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A Star Is Born

as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
Released: 1937-04-27

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies....

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A Scandal in Paris

as Loretta de Richet
Released: 1946-07-19

A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

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Out of the Blue

as Mae Earthleigh
Released: 1947-04-21

Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type...

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Topper Returns

as Ann Carrington
Released: 1941-03-21

Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards,...

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Wintertime

as Flossie Fouchere
Released: 1943-09-17

Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada....

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I Wake Up Screaming

as Vicky Lynn
Released: 1941-10-31

A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a...

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A Slight Case of Murder

as Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-26

Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective...

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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

as Julia Andrews
Released: 1946-07-01

A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag...

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Missing Witnesses

as Girl on Pier (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-11

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

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When Were You Born

as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Released: 1938-06-18

A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police...

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Turnabout

as Sally Willows
Released: 1940-05-17

Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha...

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Gold Diggers of 1937

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1936-12-28

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist...

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Cadet Girl

as Gene Baxter
Released: 1941-11-28

A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

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Fly Away Baby

as Blonde at Airport (uncredited)
Released: 1937-06-19

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

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Blondes at Work

as Carol
Released: 1938-02-05

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between...

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One Million B.C.

as Loana
Released: 1940-04-05

One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by...

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Having Wonderful Crime

as Helene Justus
Released: 1945-04-12

Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain...

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Show-Business at War

as Self
Released: 1943-05-21

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

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Moon Over Miami

as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
Released: 1941-07-04

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses...

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The Adventurous Blonde

as Bit Role (uncredited)
Released: 1937-11-13

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton...

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Orchestra Wives

as Natalie Mercer
Released: 1942-09-04

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her...

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The Invisible Menace

as Woman Wanting to Go with Her Johnnie
Released: 1938-01-11

Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding...

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Reno

as Mrs. Humphrey
Released: 1939-12-01

A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.

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Women Are Like That

as Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1938-04-23

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire...

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Brass Monkey

as Kay Sheldon
Released: 1948-12-01

Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.

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Hollywood Hotel

as Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-15

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall...

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Over the Wall

as Peggy - Girl at Beach
Released: 1938-04-02

When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his...

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Road Show

as Penguin Moore
Released: 1941-02-18

Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by...

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Three Texas Steers

as Nancy Evans
Released: 1939-05-12

Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited, but for sentimental...

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My Gal Sal

as Mae Collins
Released: 1942-04-30

Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his...

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Broadway Melody of 1938

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-20

Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a...

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Torchy Blane in Panama

as Miss Leopard 1938 (uncredited)
Released: 1938-05-07

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling...

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Gold Diggers in Paris

as Golddigger
Released: 1938-06-11

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to...

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Men Are Such Fools

as June Cooper (uncredited)
Released: 1938-06-15

Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she...

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A Gentleman at Heart

as Helen Mason
Released: 1942-01-16

After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero...

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The King and the Chorus Girl

as Chorine (uncredited)
Released: 1937-03-27

A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.

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Behind Green Lights

as Janet Bradley
Released: 1946-02-15

An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and...

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Daredevils of the Red Circle

as Blanche Granville
Released: 1939-06-10

Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to...

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Varsity Show

as Student (uncredited)
Released: 1937-09-04

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be...

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She Loved a Fireman

as Blonde Sunbather
Released: 1937-12-18

A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.

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Boy Meets Girl

as Commissary Cashier
Released: 1938-08-27

Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to...

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Secret Command

as Jill McCann
Released: 1944-07-30

Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at...

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The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Bidder (uncredited)
Released: 1937-07-02

Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.

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Four's a Crowd

as Lansford's 2nd Secretary
Released: 1938-08-04

A public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.

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The Powers Girl

as Kay Evans
Released: 1943-01-15

Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves...

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The Patient in Room 18

as Woman on Stairs (uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-08

Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of...

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Manila Calling

as Edna Fraser
Released: 1942-10-16

During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the...

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It Happened in Flatbush

as Kathryn Baker
Released: 1942-05-28

A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports...

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Alcatraz Island

as Party Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1937-10-13

A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must...

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Four Jills in a Jeep

as Carole Landis
Released: 1944-03-17

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

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Penrod's Double Trouble

as Girl at Fair (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-23

When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an...

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Dance Hall

as Lili Brown
Released: 1941-07-18

Singer Lili Brown is attracted to dance hall manager Duke till she realizes he does that to all...

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Girls on Probation

as Extra
Released: 1938-10-22

A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

as uncredited
Released: 1941-12-05

Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends...

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Cowboys from Texas

as June Jones
Released: 1939-11-29

Cowboys from Texas is a 1939 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George...

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Noose

as Linda Medbury
Released: 1948-09-28

Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face...

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Over the Goal

as Co-ed
Released: 1937-10-16

The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss...

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Mystery Sea Raider

as June McCarthy
Released: 1940-10-26

June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother...

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Love, Honor and Behave

as Wheel Watcher at Party (uncredited)
Released: 1938-03-12

Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert...

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