Carole Lombard

Data di nascita
6 ottobre 1908 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, Stati Uniti
Data di morte
16 gennaio 1942 · Potosi Mountain, Nevada, Stati Uniti (incidente aereo)
Nome alla nascita
Jane Alice Peters
Soprannomi
- The Profane Angel
- The Hoosier Tornado
- The Queen of Screwball Comedy
- Carol Lombard
Altezza
1,68 m

The Jack Benny radio show that followed her death was cancelled because Benny, a good friend and admirer, was grief-stricken. The time was filled with music instead.
She had a little dachshund named Commissioner that ignored Clark Gable completely. After her death in 1942, the dog would not leave his side.
Lucille Ball said she finally decided to go ahead with Lucy ed io (1951) when Carole, who had been a close friend, came to her in a dream and recommended she take a chance on the risky idea of entering television.
Her film Vogliamo vivere! (1942) was in post-production when she died in a plane crash, and the producers decided to leave out a part that had her character ironically saying, "What can happen in a plane?".
Part of her honeymoon with Clark Gable was at the Willows Inn in Palm Springs, CA. The Inn continues to operate and anyone can stay in the same room, called "The Library Suite". The room remains largely unaltered since the Gables stayed there more than 60 years ago.

I've lived by a man's code designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time, I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick.
[on why she would not work with Orson Welles] I can't win working with Welles. If the picture's a huge hit, he'll get the credit and, if it's a flop, I'll be blamed.
[William Powell] is the only intelligent actor I've ever met.
[on the concept of God] I don't seem to get solemn about it, and some people might not understand. That's why I never talk about it. I think it's all here--in the mountains and the desert. I don't think God is a softie, either. In the end, it's better if people are forced back into--well--into being right, before they're too far gone. I think your temple is your everyday living.
I think marriage is dangerous. The idea of two people trying to possess each other is wrong. I don't think the flare of love lasts. Your mind rather than your emotions must answer for the success of matrimony. It must be friendship -- a calm companionship which can last through the years.