Carole Lombard was an American actress known for her roles in screwball comedies. The American Film Institute ranked her 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema. She died in a plane crash in Nevada, aged 33, on November 14, 1969. She leaves behind a husband, two daughters, a son, and a daughter-in-law.
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Carole Lombard was an American actress known for her roles in screwball comedies. The American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Lombard’s career was cut short when she died at the age of 33 aboard TWA Flight 3, which crashed on Mount Potosi, Nevada, while returning from a war bond tour. She is remembered as one of the definitive actresses of the screwball comedy genre and American comedy, and as an icon of American cinema. She was born into a wealthy family in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but was raised in Los Angeles by her single mother. At 12, she was recruited by director Allan Dwan and made her screen debut in A Perfect Crime. Her profile increased when she married William Powell in 1931, but the couple divorced amicably after two years. She later married Clark Gable, and the supercouple gained much attention from the media. Her final film role was Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be, in which she played the role of Mrs. Smith in the film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. She died in a plane crash in Nevada, aged 33, on November 14, 1969. She leaves behind a husband, two daughters, a son, and a daughter-in-law, all of whom are now in their 80s and 90s. She also leaves behind two brothers, Frederic Charles and John Stuart, both of whom she was close to both growing up and in adulthood, and two sisters, Elizabeth Jayne and Bessie Peters.
She never had a child of her own, and was married to her husband William Powell until his death in 1986. She had a daughter, Jane Alice Peters, with whom she had two sons, John Stuart and Frederic Christian Peters, and one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Peters, who died in 2007. She has two grandchildren, Julianne and Julianne Peters, as well as a great-grandson, John David Peters. Her great-great-granddaughter, Mary Louise Peters, was born on October 6, 1908, and died on November 11, 2013. She suffered from a rare form of cancer called alzheimer. She passed away on November 13, 2013, at the aged of 83. She left behind a daughter and two sons. She will be remembered for her role in The Racketeer, which she appeared in as the sister of Monte Blue, the main character in the 1929 film. She appeared in 15 short comedies for Mack Sennett between 1927 and 1929, and then began appearing in feature films such as High Voltage and TheRacketeer. After a successful appearance in The Arizona Kid, she was signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures. Paramount quickly began casting Lombard as a leading lady, primarily in drama films. At this time, Lombard married \”The King of Hollywood\”, Clark Gables. She began to move towards more serious roles at the end of the decade. She returned to comedy in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mr. & Mrs Smith and Ernst Lubovich’s To be or Not To Be, her final film roles.
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