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Carole Lombard
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Actor Born: October 6, 1908 in Fort Wayne, IN Death: January 19, 1942 Biography:When "Carole Lombard" died at the age of 34 in a plane crash following a World War II war bond drive, the American film industry lost one of its most talented and intelligent actresses. Starting out in silent films as a "Mack Sennett" bathing beauty, she later epitomized screwball comedy in "Twentieth Century" (1934); "My Man Godfrey" (1936), for which she was Oscar nominated as Irene Bullock, with ex-husband "William Powell" as Godfrey; and "Nothing Sacred" (1937), playing the not-so-doomed Hazel Flagg. But Lombard was also a capable dramatic actress whose talents can be seen in her subdued performance as a nurse in one of her final roles, in "Vigil in the Night" (1940), as well as in "The Eagle and the Hawk" (1933), "In Name Only" (1939) and "They Knew What They Wanted" (1940). Other fine appearances include teaming with "Fred MacMurray" in several films, the best of which are "Hands Across the... Full Biography
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