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<html> <head> <title>Carole Landis</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/131/000043002/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Carole Landis</b></font><p><img src="landis1-sized.jpg" height=275 width=254 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Carole Landis"><b>AKA</b> Frances Lillian Mary Ridste<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/518/000106200/" class=proflink>1-Jan</a>-<a href="/lists/918/000105603/" class=proflink>1919</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/482/000081239/" class=proflink>Fairchild, WI</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/073/000106752/" class=proflink>5-Jul</a>-<a href="/lists/458/000106140/" class=proflink>1948</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/647/000069440/" class=proflink>Pacific Palisades, CA</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/287/000069080/" class=proflink>Suicide</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, <a href="/cemetery/649/000208025/" class="proflink">Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Female<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Actor<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>A Scandal in Paris</i><p>Committed suicide with a Seconal overdose, her body discovered by <a href="/people/132/000043003/">Rex Harrison</a>. <p><b>Father:</b> Alfred Ridste (railroad mechanic, Norwegian ancestry)<br><b>Mother:</b> Clara Stentek Ridste (Polish ancestry)<br><b>Husband:</b> Irving Wheeler (m. 14-Jan-1934, annulled Feb-1934 -- Landis was underage)<br><b>Husband:</b> Irving Wheeler (m. 25-Aug-1934, div. 1939)<br><b>Husband:</b> Willis Hunt, Jr. (m. 4-Jul-1940, div. 13-Nov-1940)<br><b>Husband:</b> Thomas C. Wallace (m. 5-Jan-1943, div. 19-Jul-1945)<br><b>Husband:</b> W. Horace Schmidlapp (m. 8-Dec-1945)<br><b>Sister:</b> Dorothy Ridste Ross (b. 1917)<br><b>Brother:</b> Lawrence Ridste<br><b>Slept with:</b> <a href="/people/028/000084773/">Darryl F. Zanuck</a> (according to his biography)<br><p> <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 1765 Vine St.<br> <a href="/event/375/000111042/">Rhinoplasty</a> (1940)<br> <a href="/event/188/000071972/">Drug Overdose</a> Seconal (5-Jul-1948)<br> Endorsement of <a href="/company/822/000124450/">Liggett Group</a> Chesterfield cigarettes<br> <a href="/lists/594/000044462/">Norwegian Ancestry</a> Paternal<br> <a href="/lists/937/000043808/">Polish Ancestry</a> Maternal<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/429/000108105/">Malaria</a>, <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/533/000269723/">Brass Monkey (Dec-1948)</a> <br> <a href="/films/009/000174484/">Noose (28-Sep-1948)</a> <br> <a href="/films/096/000237382/">Out of the Blue (21-Apr-1947)</a> <br> <a href="/films/803/000037692/">A Scandal in Paris (19-Jul-1946)</a> · Loretta<br> <a href="/films/321/000223649/">It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (Jul-1946)</a> <br> <a href="/films/837/000382688/">Behind Green Lights (15-Feb-1946)</a> <br> <a href="/films/670/000255902/">Having Wonderful Crime (12-Apr-1945)</a> <br> <a href="/films/842/000140422/">Secret Command (30-Jul-1944)</a> <br> <a href="/films/244/000213602/">Four Jills in a Jeep (17-Mar-1944)</a> · Herself<br> <a href="/films/939/000033840/">Wintertime (17-Sep-1943)</a> · Flossie Fouchere<br> <a href="/films/182/000135774/">Manila Calling (18-Sep-1942)</a> <br> <a href="/films/974/000079737/">Orchestra Wives (4-Sep-1942)</a> · Natalie Mercer<br> <a href="/films/607/000173088/">It Happened in Flatbush (28-May-1942)</a> <br> <a href="/films/441/000094159/">My Gal Sal (30-Apr-1942)</a> · Mae Collins<br> <a href="/films/812/000266014/">A Gentleman at Heart (16-Jan-1942)</a> · Helen Mason<br> <a href="/films/827/000037716/">I Wake Up Screaming (14-Nov-1941)</a> · Vicky Lynn<br> <a href="/films/234/000244499/">Dance Hall (18-Jul-1941)</a> <br> <a href="/films/561/000040441/">Moon Over Miami (18-Jun-1941)</a> <br> <a href="/films/537/000041414/">Topper Returns (21-Mar-1941)</a> · Ann Carrington<br> <a href="/films/364/000161878/">Road Show (18-Feb-1941)</a> · Penguin Moore<br> <a href="/films/919/000237208/">Mystery Sea Raider (5-Aug-1940)</a> <br> <a href="/films/568/000167067/">Turnabout (17-May-1940)</a> <br> <a href="/films/940/000082694/">One Million B.C. (26-Apr-1940)</a> · Loana<br> <a href="/films/409/000277575/">Cowboys from Texas (29-Nov-1939)</a> · June Jones<br> <a href="/films/393/000244658/">Daredevils of the Red Circle (10-Jun-1939)</a> <br> <a href="/films/111/000270298/">Three Texas Steers (12-May-1939)</a> <br> <a href="/films/823/000033724/">Four's a Crowd (13-Nov-1938)</a> · Lansford's 2nd Secretary<br> <a href="/films/484/000230791/">Gold Diggers in Paris (1-Jun-1938)</a> · Golddigger<br> <a href="/films/773/000358696/">Blondes at Work (5-Feb-1938)</a> · Carol<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=43002"><img src="/woman.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=43002">Carole Landis</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=43002" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>