Carole Landis (January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American film actress. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... See also: 1918 in film 1919 1920 in film years in film film // Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... See also: 1947 in film 1948 1949 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Red Shoes, (55th in year of release, lifetime box office would place it in first) The Road to Rio Easter Parade Red River The Three Musketeers, Johnny... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

Carole Landis at Armed Forces Radio Studio c.1940s

Born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste in Fairchild, Wisconsin to a Norwegian father, Alfred Ridste, and Polish mother, Clara Ridste, her early life was a struggle as her father abandoned the family and left them to fend for themselves. It would later be revealed that Alfred Ridste may not have been Carole's biological father. Her real father could be Charles Fenner, Clara Ridste's second husband. Carole was the youngest of five children but tragically two of her brothers died in childhood. Several sources have claimed that Carole was molested by her older brother, Lawrence. A feminist at an early age she tried unsuccessfully to form an all-female football team in high school. By the age of 15, Landis had married and left high school, but this marriage was annulled and she set herself on a path towards a career in show business. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (667x720, 416 KB) ARMED FORCES RADIO STUDIO, circa 1960s. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (667x720, 416 KB) ARMED FORCES RADIO STUDIO, circa 1960s. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... Fairchild is a village located in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. ... Show business is a vernacular term for the business of entertainment. ...

She worked as a nightclub singer and a hula dancer in San Francisco before her 1937 film debut as an extra in A Star Is Born. Throughout her career she would be plagued by rumors that she had worked as a prostitute but these rumors were false. The beautiful teenager dyed her hair blonde and changed her name to "Carole Landis" after her favorite actress, Carole Lombard. She continued appearing in bit parts until 1940 when Hal Roach cast her as a cave girl in One Million B.C. The film was a sensation and Carole became a star. During this time she had a high profile engagement to choreographer Busby Berkeley. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... See also: 1936 in film 1937 category:1937 films 1938 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US. May 7 - Shall We Dance premieres in the US. Top grossing films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Conquest Damaged Lives... DVD cover showing stars Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. ... Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. ... Harold Eugene Roach, Sr. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Kaleidoscopic Choreography from Footlight Parade, 1933 Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos in Los Angeles, California, was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. ...

Tall, lean, glamorous and with a strong singing voice, Landis appeared in a string of films in the early forties, usually as the second female lead. In a time when many actresses were dubbed in their singing roles, Landis' own voice was considered good enough and was used in her few musical roles. Carole landed a contract with 20th Century Fox and began a sexual relationship with Darryl F. Zanuck. Her second marriage, to Willis Hunt Jr. lasted just four months. Carole's many boyfriends included Franchot Tone, Charlie Chaplin, and George Montgomery.

She had two roles playing opposite fellow pin-up girl Betty Grable in Moon Over Miami and I Wake Up Screaming both 1941. Landis too became a popular pin-up with servicemen during World War II and toured with comedienne Martha Raye, dancer Mitzi Mayfair, and actress Kay Francis with a USO troupe in England and North Africa. Carole would spend more times visiting troops than any other actress and nearly died from amoebic dysentery and malaria she contracted while traveling overseas. She starred in a film about the tour, Four Jills and a Jeep, based on her book of the same title, but the response from the public was lukewarm, and Landis's career seemed to stall. She married an Air Force captain named Thomas Wallace in 1943 but this marriage also ended in divorce. In 1945 she married Broadway producer Horace Schmidlapp. Carole desperately wanted to become a mother but suffered from endometriosis and was unable to have children. Betty Grable Ruth Elizabeth Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 3, 1973) was an American actress, singer, and pin-up girl whose famous bathing-suit poster was an icon of the World War II era. ... Moon Over Miami is a movie directed by Walter Lang with Betty Grable in one of the leading roles. ... I Wake Up Screaming is a black-and-white 1942 suspense films starring Betty Grable. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kay Francis (13 January 1905 - 26 August 1968) was an American actress who, after a brief beginning on Broadway in the 1920s, moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936. ... The United Service Organizations The United Service Organizations (USO) is a volunteer organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military worldwide. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, generally divided by the formidable barrier of the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ... Dysentery is an illness involving severe diarrhea that is often associated with blood in the feces. ... Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. ...

By 1948 her career was fading, she had health problems, and with her fourth marriage failing, she entered into a romance with actor Rex Harrison who was at the time married to actress Lilli Palmer. Landis was reported to be crushed when Harrison refused to divorce his wife in her favor and unable to cope any longer, she committed suicide by taking an overdose of Seconal. Her final night alive had been spent with Harrison and it was Harrison who found her body the next morning. She was 29 1/2 years old. See also: 1947 in film 1948 1949 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Red Shoes, (55th in year of release, lifetime box office would place it in first) The Road to Rio Easter Parade Red River The Three Musketeers, Johnny... Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison (b. ... Lilli Palmer (born Lillie Marie Peiser on May 24, 1914 in Posen, Prussia, Germany (then - after WW I - Poznań, Poland) - January 27, 1986 in Los Angeles) was an international actress. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the willful act of killing oneself. ... Seconal is a trademark name for the barbiturate sodium quinalbarbitone. ...

Carole's family, including her mother Clara Ridste Fenner and her sister Dorothy Ross, never believed that Carole committed suicide. They tried for years to prove that Rex Harrison was responsible for her death but could not find enough evidence.

Carole Landis was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California in plot 814 of the "Everlasting Love" section. Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. ... Nickname: The Jewel City Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 1765 Vine St. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

Trivia

• The character of Jennifer North in the novel Valley of the Dolls and played by Sharon Tate in the film of the same name, was based on Carole Landis. The author Jacqueline Susann and Landis had worked together on Broadway and became lovers.
• Besides being an actress Carole was also an accomplished author. She penned several newspaper and magazine articles about her experiences during World War 2. She also wrote the 1944 book Four Jills In A Jeep and the forward to Victor Herman's cartoon book Winnie The Wac.
• Carole's trademark was a gold cross she always wore around her neck. The cross had been a gift from her friend Diana Lewis. She was buried wearing it.
• Carole was nicknamed "The Ping Girl" and "The Chest" due to her impressive 37 inch bust.

Valley of the Dolls is the title of a best selling novel by Jacqueline Susann, published in 1966, the Hollywood film which followed it in 1967, and the 1994 late-night, syndicated television soap opera. ... Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American film actress. ... Jacqueline Susann (August 20, 1918 – September 21, 1974 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a Jewish-American author known for her mass-appeal novels. ... This biography does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Filmography

• A Star Is Born (1937)
• A Day at the Races (1937)
• Fly Away Baby (1937)
• The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
• Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
• Varsity Show (1937)
• Alcatraz Island (1937)
• Hollywood Hotel (1937)
• The Invisible Menace (1938)
• Blondes at Work (1938)
• A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
• Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
• Over the Wall (1938)
• Women Are Like That (1938)
• Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
• When Were You Born (1938)
• Men Are Such Fools (1938)
• Four's a Crowd (1938)
• Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
• Boy Meets Girl (1938)
• Girls on Probation (1938)
• Three Texas Steers (1939)
• Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
• Cowboys from Texas (1939)
• Reno (1939)
• One Million B.C. (1940)
• Turnabout (1940)
• Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
• Road Show (1941)
• Topper Returns (1941)
• Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (1941) (short subject)
• Moon Over Miami (1941)
• Dance Hall (1941)
• I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
• Cadet Girl (1941)
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941) (short subject)
• A Gentleman at Heart (1942)
• My Gal Sal (1942)
• It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
• Orchestra Wives (1942)
• Manila Calling (1942)
• The Powers Girl (1943)
• Show Business at War (1943) (short subject)
• Wintertime (1943)
• Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
• Secret Command (1944)
• Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
• Behind Green Lights (1946)
• A Scandal in Paris (1946)
• It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946)
• Out of the Blue (1947)
• Brass Monkey (1948)
• The Noose (1948)

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References

• E.J. Fleming, Carole Landis: A Tragic Life In Hollywood, (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005)

External links

• Carole Landis Online
• Always Carole Landis
• Imdb Carole Landis
• Carole Landis Photo Gallery
• Carole Landis Norwegian American
• Carole Landis Fans
• Carole Landis: A Tragic Life In Hollywood