Carole Lombard filmography
Carole Lombard (1908–1942) was an American cinema actress who appeared in 56 feature films and 18 short films in a career spanning 21 years before her death in an airplane crash at the age of 33.
Filmography[edit]
Silent features[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Director | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | A Perfect Crime | Grigg's sister | Allan Dwan | Associated Producers | Credited as Jane Peters Lost film |
| 1924 | Gold Heels | Bit part | W. S. Van Dyke | Fox Film Corporation | Uncredited |
| 1925 | Dick Turpin | Crowd Extra | John G. Blystone | Fox Film Corporation | Uncredited |
| Gold and the Girl | Edmund Mortimer | Fox Film Corporation | Uncredited Lost film | ||
| Pretty Ladies | Showgirl | Monta Bell | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Uncredited | |
| Marriage in Transit | Celia Hathaway | Roy William Neill | Fox Film Corporation | Credited as Carol Lombard Lost film | |
| Hearts and Spurs | Sybil Estabrook | W. S. Van Dyke | Fox Film Corporation | Credited as Carol Lombard | |
| Durand of the Bad Lands | Ellen Boyd | Lynn Reynolds | Fox Film Corporation | Credited as Carol Lombard Lost film | |
| 1926 | The Road to Glory | Howard Hawks | Fox Film Corporation | Uncredited Lost film | |
| 1927 | My Best Girl | Flirty Salesgirl | Sam Taylor | United Artists | Uncredited |
| The Girl from Everywhere | Vera Veranda | Edward F. Cline | Pathe Exchange | ||
| 1928 | The Divine Sinner | Millie Claudert | Scott Pembroke | Rayart Pictures Corporation | Credited as Carol Lombard Lost film |
| Power | Another Dame | Howard Higgin | Pathé Exchange | Credited as Carol Lombard | |
| Me, Gangster | Blonde Rosie | Raoul Walsh | Fox Film Corporation | Credited as Carol Lombard Lost film | |
| Show Folks | Cleo | Paul L. Stein | Pathé Exchange | Credited as Carol Lombard | |
| Ned McCobb's Daughter | Jennie | William J. Cowen | Pathé Exchange | Credited as Carol Lombard |
Sound features[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Director | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | High Voltage | Billie Davis | Howard Higgin | Pathé Exchange | Credited as Carol Lombard |
| Big News | Margaret Banks | Gregory La Cava | Pathé Exchange | Credited as Carol Lombard | |
| The Racketeer | Rhoda Philbrooke | Howard Higgin | Pathé Exchange | Credited as Carol Lombard | |
| 1930 | The Arizona Kid | Virginia Hoyt | Alfred Santell | Fox Film Corporation | |
| Safety in Numbers | Pauline | Victor Schertzinger | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Fast and Loose | Alice O'Neil | Fred C. Newmeyer | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1931 | It Pays to Advertise | Mary Grayson | Frank Tuttle | Paramount Pictures | |
| Man of the World | Mary Kendall | Richard Wallace | Paramount Pictures | First of three films with William Powell Lombard and Powell later married | |
| Ladies' Man | Rachel Fendley | Lothar Mendes | Paramount Pictures | Second of three films with William Powell | |
| Up Pops the Devil | Anne Merrick | A. Edward Sutherland | Paramount Pictures | ||
| I Take This Woman | Kay Dowling | Marion Gering | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1932 | No One Man | Penelope 'Nep' Newbold | Lloyd Corrigan | Paramount Pictures | |
| Sinners in the Sun | Doris Blake | Alexander Hall | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Virtue | Mae | Edward Buzzell | Columbia Pictures | ||
| No More Orchids | Annie Holt | Walter Lang | Columbia Pictures | ||
| No Man of Her Own | Connie Randall | Wesley Ruggles | Paramount Pictures | Only film with Clark Gable; Lombard and Gable married in 1939 | |
| 1933 | From Hell to Heaven | Colly Tanner | Erle C. Kenton | Paramount Pictures | |
| Supernatural | Roma Courtney | Victor Halperin | Paramount Pictures | ||
| The Eagle and the Hawk | Beautiful lady | Stuart Walker | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Brief Moment | Abby Fane | David Burton | Columbia Pictures | ||
| White Woman | Judith Denning | Stuart Walker | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1934 | Bolero | Helen Hathaway | Wesley Ruggles | Paramount Pictures | |
| We're Not Dressing | Doris Worthington | Norman Taurog | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Twentieth Century | Lily Garland, aka Mildred Plotka | Howard Hawks | Columbia Pictures | ||
| Now and Forever | Toni Carstairs Day | Henry Hathaway | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Lady by Choice | Alabam Lee | David Burton | Columbia Pictures | ||
| The Gay Bride | Mary Magiz | Jack Conway | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
| 1935 | Rumba | Diana Harrison | Marion Gering | Paramount Pictures | |
| Hands Across the Table | Regi Allen | Mitchell Leisen | Paramount Pictures | First of four films with Fred MacMurray | |
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast | Kay Colby | Walter Lang | Universal Pictures | |
| The Princess Comes Across | Princess Olga | William K. Howard | Paramount Pictures | Second of four films with Fred MacMurray | |
| My Man Godfrey | Irene Bullock | Gregory La Cava | Universal Pictures | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress Final film Lombard made with William Powell | |
| 1937 | Swing High, Swing Low | Maggie King | Mitchell Leisen | Paramount Pictures | Third of four films with Fred MacMurray |
| Nothing Sacred | Hazel Flagg | William A. Wellman | United Artists | Lombard's only film in Technicolor | |
| True Confession | Helen Barlett | Wesley Ruggles | Paramount Pictures | Fourth and final film with Fred MacMurray | |
| 1938 | Fools for Scandal | Kay Winters | Mervyn LeRoy | Warner Bros. | |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | Jane Mason | John Cromwell | United Artists | |
| In Name Only | Julie Eden | John Cromwell | RKO Radio Pictures | ||
| 1940 | Vigil in the Night | Anne Lee | George Stevens | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| They Knew What They Wanted | Amy Peters | Garson Kanin | RKO Radio Pictures | ||
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Ann Krausheimer Smith | Alfred Hitchcock | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| 1942 | To Be or Not to Be | Maria Tura | Ernst Lubitsch | United Artists | Released posthumously |
Short films[edit]
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Smith's Pony |
| 1927 | Gold Digger of Weepah |
| 1927 | The Girl from Everywhere |
| 1928 | Run, Girl, Run |
| 1928 | The Beach Club |
| 1928 | Smith's Army Life |
| 1928 | The Best Man |
| 1928 | The Swim Princess |
| 1928 | The Bicycle Flirt |
| 1928 | The Girl from Nowhere |
| 1928 | His Unlucky Night |
| 1928 | Smith's Restaurant |
| 1928 | The Campus Vamp |
| 1928 | Motorboat Mamas |
| 1928 | Hubby's Weekend Trip |
| 1928 | The Campus Carmen |
| 1929 | Matchmaking Mamma |
| 1929 | Don't Get Jealous |
References[edit]
- Gehring, Wes D. (2003). Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0871951670.
- Ott, Frederick W. (1972). The Films of Carole Lombard. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806502786.