Carole Landis
ActingAlso Known As
Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
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.
Movies
(64 total)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
A Day at the Races
as Party Guest (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming
as Vicky Lynn
Topper Returns
as Ann Carrington
A Slight Case of Murder
as Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
as Loana
A Scandal in Paris
as Loretta de Richet
Behind Green Lights
as Janet Bradley
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Noose
as Linda Medbury
My Gal Sal
as Mae Collins
Moon Over Miami
as Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Turnabout
as Sally Willows
Four's a Crowd
as Lansford's 2nd Secretary
Orchestra Wives
as Natalie Mercer
Three Texas Steers
as Nancy Evans
The Adventurous Blonde
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Hollywood Hotel
as Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)