Carole Lombard

Lombard in c. 1930

Carole Lombard (October 06, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. She was one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood with the total of $500,000. She was listed as one of the greatest female actresses of all time.^[1]

Lombard was born on October 06, 1908 in Fort Wayne, Indiana United States She studied at Virgil Jr. High School and then at Fairfax High School. She was married to William Powell from 1931 until they divorced in 1933. Then she was married to Clark Gable from 1939 until her death in 1942. She had 3 stepchildren. Lombard died on January 16, 1942 in a plane crash in Mount Potosi , Nevada, United States of America aged 33 years old.

Carole Lombard Media

Lombard, aged 12, with Monte Blue in her film debut, A Perfect Crime (1921)
Lombard in the comedy short Run, Girl, Run (1928), from her time as a "Mack Sennett girl"
Lombard (left) with Josephine Dunn in Safety in Numbers (1930)
Lombard with her first husband, William Powell
Lombard with her second husband, Clark Gable after their honeymoon in 1939
Lombard in an advertisement for Vigil in the Night (1940), which she hoped would bring her an Oscar
Lombard in her final role in To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Lombard in Indiana, January 1942, shortly before her death in a plane crash
Lombard's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, mother of Carole Lombard (1939)