“Not you, you self-centered bastard. I meant me.”
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Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard was an American actress, particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in screwball comedies. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
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entertainment · American actress (1908–1942) · film actor · also Carole Lombard, Jane Alice Peters, Lombard
Born 6 October 1908 · Died 16 January 1942 · Q207739
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2026· 2 entries
“My God, you know how I love Pa, but I can”
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1999· 2 entries
The American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the 25 greatest American female screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema, and she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6930 Hollywood Blvd
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The American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema
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1962· 1 entry
Jill Winkler Rath, widow of publicist Otto Winkler, filed a $100,000 lawsuit against the $2 million estate of Clark Gable in connection with Winkler's death
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1944· 1 entry
The second anniversary of Lombard's war bond drive
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1942· 2 entries
Died 1942-01-16.
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“Endorsing Roosevelt's administration and income tax in general.”
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1940· 1 entry
Called her Sennett years "the turning point of [my] acting career"
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1938· 1 entry
Negotiated with Selznick International Pictures to take a reduced salary of $100,000 in exchange for a 20 percent cut of the distributor's gross of $1
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1937· 1 entry
Photoplay published an article about Lombard's business acumen entitled "Carole Lombard tells: 'How I Live by a Man's Code'," in which she offers readers rules for how to be successful in business and at home such as "pl
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1931· 1 entry
But the couple divorced amicably after two years
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1908· 1 entry
Born 1908-10-06.
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