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Also Known As Jane Alice Peters
Born October 6, 1908 • Fort Wayne • Indiana
Died January 16, 1942 (aged 33) • Las Vegas • Nevada
Notable Works “The Gay Bride”
Notable Family Members spouse Clark Gable
Married To Clark Gable (married 1939) • William Powell (1931–1933)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "Twentieth Century" (1934) • "In Name Only" (1939) • "Show Folks" (1928) • "Hands Across the Table" (1935) • "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (1941) • "True Confession" (1937) • "I Take This Woman" (1931) • "No One Man" (1932) • "The Gay Bride" (1934) • "My Man Godfrey" (1936) • "White Woman" (1933) • "Marriage in Transit" (1925) • "Big News" (1929) • "Virtue" (1932) • "Nothing Sacred" (1937) • "The Princess Comes Across" (1936) • "Sinners in the Sun" (1932) • "Durand of the Bad Lands" (1925) • "The Racketeer" (1929) • "Brief Moment" (1933) • "To Be or Not to Be" (1942) • "The Arizona Kid" (1930) • "The Girl from Everywhere" (1927) • "No More Orchids" (1932) • "Love Before Breakfast" (1936) • "High Voltage" (1929) • "It Pays to Advertise" (1931) • "No Man of Her Own" (1932) • "Power" (1928) • "Bolero" (1934) • "Ned McCobb's Daughter" (1928) • "They Knew What They Wanted" (1940) • "The Eagle and the Hawk" (1933) • "The Road to Glory" (1926) • "Hearts and Spurs" (1925) • "Up Pops the Devil" (1931) • "Rumba" (1935) • "Vigil in the Night" (1940) • "Man of the World" (1931) • "Fools for Scandal" (1938) • "The Divine Sinner" (1928) • "From Hell to Heaven" (1933) • "Me, Gangster" (1928) • "Lady by Choice" (1934) • "Ladies' Man" (1931) • "Safety in Numbers" (1930) • "Gold and the Girl" (1925) • "Supernatural" (1933) • "Fast and Loose" (1930) • "Now and Forever" (1934) • "Swing High, Swing Low" (1937) • "A Perfect Crime" (1921) • "Made for Each Other" (1939) • "We're Not Dressing" (1934)

Top Questions

Is Carole Lombard married?
Clark Gable (married 1939), William Powell (1931–1933)
When was Carole Lombard born?
Carole Lombard was born on October 6, 1908.
Where was Carole Lombard born?
Carole Lombard was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.

Photos

Carole Lombard in costume with flowers in her hair and holding a flower, gazing upward in a portrait from the film To Be or Not to Be, 1942.
Clark Gable embraces Carole Lombard from behind as she leans back against him, both dressed in formal evening attire in a scene from No Man of Her Own (1932).
Carole Lombard extends her leg to kick John Barrymore in a dramatic scene from the 1934 screwball comedy Twentieth Century, directed by Howard Hawks.
Jack Benny, center, and Carole Lombard, center right, with a group of actors in period costumes gathered around a spiral staircase in a scene from the film To Be or Not to Be (1942).
Gary Cooper, Shirley Temple, and Carole Lombard sit together on a patterned sofa in a scene from the 1934 film Now and Forever, directed by Henry Hathaway.
Rumba danced by Carole Lombard and George Raft in the motion picture Rumba, 1935
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