Actor
Carole Landis
December 31, 1918 · Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Gino Corrado
3 titles together
A Day at the Races, Moon Over Miami, Broadway Melody of 1938
Victor Mature
3 titles together
I Wake Up Screaming, One Million B.C., My Gal Sal
William Gargan
3 titles together
I Wake Up Screaming, Behind Green Lights, Turnabout
Frank Orth
3 titles together
I Wake Up Screaming, My Gal Sal, Orchestra Wives
Errol Flynn
2 titles together
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Four's a Crowd
Olivia de Havilland
2 titles together
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Four's a Crowd
Full filmography · 63
The Casting Couch
cast
1995
Death In Hollywood
cast
1990
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Brass Monkey
as Kay Sheldon
1948
Noose
as Linda Medbury
1948
Out of the Blue
as Mae Earthleigh
1947
A Scandal in Paris
as Loretta de Richet
19466.4
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Julia Andrews
1946
Behind Green Lights
as Janet Bradley
19465.6
Having Wonderful Crime
as Helene Justus
1945
Secret Command
as Jill McCann
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Carole Landis
1944