Carole Landis

Acting 64 credits

Birthday

Dec 31, 1918

Day of Death

Jul 05, 1948 (29 years)

Place of Birth

Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA

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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Carole Landis

Biography

Movies (64)

Topper Returns

Moon Over Miami

One Million B.C.

Hollywood Hotel

Four Jills in a Jeep

Torchy Blane in Panama

Penrod's Double Trouble

The Invisible Menace

Turnabout

Alcatraz Island

Secret Command

Manila Calling

Missing Witnesses

Brass Monkey

Show-Business at War

Behind Green Lights

Road Show

Varsity Show