Photos

Carole Landis

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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born31 December 1918 (age 107)
  • Place of Birth Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA

Carole Landis

Photos
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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born31 December 1918 (age 107)
  • Place of Birth Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
Poster
Noose
star
5.0
1948
Poster
Brass Monkey
star
5.5
1948
Poster
Out of the Blue
star
6.273
1947
Poster
Behind Green Lights
star
5.413
1946
Poster
A Scandal in Paris
star
6.3
1946
Poster
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
star
5.8
1946
Poster
Having Wonderful Crime
star
6.3
1945
Poster
Secret Command
star
6.8
1944
Poster
Four Jills in a Jeep
star
5.7
1944
Poster
Wintertime
star
3.5
1943
Poster
The Powers Girl
star
6.5
1943
Poster
Show-Business at War
star
7.0
1943
Poster
Orchestra Wives
star
5.955
1942
Poster
It Happened in Flatbush
star
4.8
1942
Poster
My Gal Sal
star
5.846
1942
Poster
A Gentleman at Heart
star
6.0
1942
Poster
Manila Calling
star
7.0
1942
Poster
I Wake Up Screaming
star
6.8
1941
Poster
Moon Over Miami
star
6.1
1941
Poster
Topper Returns
star
6.384
1941
Poster
Road Show
star
5.35
1941
Poster
Dance Hall
star
6.0
1941
Poster
Cadet Girl
star
-
1941
Poster
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
star
6.0
1941
Poster
One Million B.C.
star
5.817
1940
Poster
Turnabout
star
6.0
1940
Poster
Mystery Sea Raider
star
3.0
1940
Poster
Three Texas Steers
star
4.875
1939
Poster
Cowboys from Texas
star
2.0
1939
Poster
Daredevils of the Red Circle
star
4.0
1939
Poster
Reno
star
6.0
1939
Poster
Hollywood Hotel
star
5.4
1938
Poster
Gold Diggers in Paris
star
5.667
1938
Poster
Blondes at Work
star
6.1
1938
Poster
When Were You Born
star
5.2
1938
Poster
The Patient in Room 18
star
5.1
1938
Poster
The Invisible Menace
star
4.1
1938
Poster
Boy Meets Girl
star
6.5
1938
Poster
Girls on Probation
star
5.9
1938
Poster
Torchy Blane in Panama
star
5.3
1938
Poster
Over the Wall
star
5.0
1938
Poster
A Slight Case of Murder
star
6.159
1938
Poster
Love, Honor and Behave
star
3.5
1938
Poster
Women Are Like That
star
5.7
1938
Poster
Four's a Crowd
star
5.1
1938
Poster
The Adventures of Robin Hood
star
7.468
1938
Poster
Men Are Such Fools
star
5.6
1938
Poster
Penrod's Double Trouble
star
6.0
1938
Poster
A Star Is Born
star
7.1
1937
Poster
Broadway Melody of 1938
star
6.231
1937
Poster
Varsity Show
star
6.167
1937
Poster
She Loved a Fireman
star
6.0
1937
Poster
The Adventurous Blonde
star
5.4
1937
Poster
Fly Away Baby
star
6.1
1937
Poster
Over the Goal
star
3.0
1937
Poster
Missing Witnesses
star
5.5
1937
Poster
The Emperor's Candlesticks
star
5.2
1937
Poster
Alcatraz Island
star
4.9
1937
Poster
The King and the Chorus Girl
star
5.5
1937
Poster
A Day at the Races
star
7.08
1937
Poster
Gold Diggers of 1937
star
5.778
1936
Poster
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
star
6.0
1936