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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
One Million B.C.
as Loana
1940
I Wake Up Screaming
as Vicky Lynn
1941
A Star Is Born
as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
1937
Wintertime
as Flossie Fouchere
1943
Orchestra Wives
as Natalie Mercer
1942
Moon Over Miami
as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
1941
Behind Green Lights
as Janet Bradley
1946
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1937
Hollywood Hotel
as Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
1938
Topper Returns
as Ann Carrington
1941
Noose
as Linda Medbury
1948
Secret Command
as Jill McCann
1944
It Happened in Flatbush
as Kathryn Baker
1942
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Carole Landis
1944
My Gal Sal
as Mae Collins
1942
A Gentleman at Heart
as Helen Mason
1942
Three Texas Steers
as Nancy Evans
1939
Turnabout
as Sally Willows
1940
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Golddigger
1938
Road Show
as Penguin Moore
1941