Carole Landis
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.797 |
| Birthday | 1918-12-31 |
| Place of Birth | Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA |
| Also Known As | Frances Lillian Mary Ridste, |
1940
One Million B.C.
5.808/39
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One Million B.C.
1941
I Wake Up Screaming
6.883/81
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip co...
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I Wake Up Screaming
1937
A Star Is Born
7.2/244
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her ido...
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A Star Is Born
1943
Wintertime
5.333/3
Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her...
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Wintertime
1942
Orchestra Wives
6.5/13
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she...
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Orchestra Wives
1941
Moon Over Miami
6.471/17
After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich...
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Moon Over Miami
1946
Behind Green Lights
5.6/26
An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a...
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Behind Green Lights
1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
6.6/15
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve...
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Broadway Melody of 1938
1938
Hollywood Hotel
5.8/13
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her curre...
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Hollywood Hotel
1941
Topper Returns
6.5/61
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealt...
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Topper Returns
1948
Noose
5.265/17
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion...
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Noose
1944
Secret Command
6.571/7
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jef...
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Secret Command
1942
It Happened in Flatbush
5.4/5
A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.
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It Happened in Flatbush
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
6.8/5
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
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Four Jills in a Jeep
1942
My Gal Sal
5.75/16
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New Yor...
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My Gal Sal
1942
A Gentleman at Heart
7.5/2
After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decide to go into the art forgery business. Director Ra...
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A Gentleman at Heart
1939
Three Texas Steers
5/13
Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited, but for sentimental reasons won't sell to Mike Abbott. Her partners, secretly...
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Three Texas Steers
1940
Turnabout
6.036/14
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue who grants their wish and they wind up living each other's life.
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Turnabout
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris
6.75/4
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetar...
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Gold Diggers in Paris
1941
Road Show
5.591/11
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an...
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Road Show
1946
A Scandal in Paris
6.4/32
A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.
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A Scandal in Paris
1937
Varsity Show
6.778/9
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadw...
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Varsity Show
1938
Blondes at Work
6.35/10
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in...
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Blondes at Work
1945
Having Wonderful Crime
6.5/8
Newlyweds drag their lawyer friend to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
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Having Wonderful Crime
1946
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
5.833/6
A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag of bones. Thus begins a merry chase in which a newspa...
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1948
Brass Monkey
6.375/4
Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.
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Brass Monkey
1939
Cowboys from Texas
6/2
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Cowboys from Texas
1940
Mystery Sea Raider
6/2
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
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Mystery Sea Raider
1939
Daredevils of the Red Circle
4.75/4
Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwa...
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Daredevils of the Red Circle
1941
Dance Hall
8/2
Singer Lili Brown is attracted to dance hall manager Duke till she realizes he does that to all the girls. Nice guy Duke sets her up with composer Joe...
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Dance Hall
1942
Manila Calling
8/3
During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.
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Manila Calling
1938
When Were You Born
5.292/12
A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police look for the murderer.
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When Were You Born
1943
The Powers Girl
7/5
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photog...
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The Powers Girl
1938
The Patient in Room 18
5.056/9
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The Patient in Room 18
1938
The Invisible Menace
4.3/12
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of...
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The Invisible Menace
1938
Boy Meets Girl
6.9/7
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie abo...
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Boy Meets Girl
1938
Girls on Probation
6.2/9
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
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Girls on Probation
1939
Reno
6.7/3
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
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Reno
1947
Out of the Blue
6.5/14
Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian...
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Out of the Blue
1937
She Loved a Fireman
7.5/2
A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.
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She Loved a Fireman
1937
The Adventurous Blonde
5.286/14
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fi...
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The Adventurous Blonde
1937
Fly Away Baby
6.35/10
Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.
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Fly Away Baby
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
5.75/8
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
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Torchy Blane in Panama
1937
Over the Goal
5/3
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would s...
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Over the Goal
1938
Over the Wall
5.667/3
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
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Over the Wall
1937
Missing Witnesses
7/3
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
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Missing Witnesses
1938
A Slight Case of Murder
6.4/47
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
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A Slight Case of Murder
1943
Show-Business at War
7/4
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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Show-Business at War
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
6.091/22
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conn...
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Gold Diggers of 1937
1937
The King and the Chorus Girl
6.2/5
A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.
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The King and the Chorus Girl
1937
A Day at the Races
7.126/238
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. Ther...
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A Day at the Races
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
4.944/9
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
Alcatraz Island
5.083/12
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
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Alcatraz Island
1938
Love, Honor and Behave
3.833/6
Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.
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Love, Honor and Behave
1938
Women Are Like That
6.75/4
Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her...
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Women Are Like That
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.473/873
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Men Are Such Fools
5.8/10
Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find...
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Men Are Such Fools
1938
Penrod's Double Trouble
7.5/2
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.
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Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
Four's a Crowd
5.5/16
A public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.
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Four's a Crowd
1941
Cadet Girl
8/2
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
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Cadet Girl
1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
7/2
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's co...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
6/1
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1989
Death Scenes
4.182/11
Vintage Hollywood themed shockumentary.
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Death Scenes
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
0/0
Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1995
The Casting Couch
8.3/3
An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes...
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The Casting Couch
1990
Death In Hollywood
6.8/5
HOLLYWOOD. Tinseltown. Land of the stars. A city where an actor can reach the greatest heights overnight - and descend just as rapidly. What goes up m...
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