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Carole Lombard

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Actress

The Resume

    (October 6, 1908-January 16, 1942)
    Birth name was Jane Alice Peters
    Appeared in 'The Perfect Crime,' 'My Man Godfrey,' 'Man of the World,' 'No More Orchids,' 'No Man of Her Own' and 'Vigil in the Night'
    Wife of Clark Gable (1939)
    Nominated for Best Actress in 1936 ('My Man Godfry')
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt awarded her the Medal of Freedom

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a tomboy.
    She dropped out of school at fifteen, leaving her with a junior high level education.
    She divorced William Powell after two-and-a-half years of marriage.
    She had a foul mouth, and was dubbed 'The Profane Angel.'
    She had to use excessive amounts of make up to cover scars caused from a car accident in 1926.
    She had a facial reconstruction.
    She added an 'e' to the end of her first name, when an advertisement misspelled Carol, she thought it would bring her good luck and kept it.
    She made her first film at twelve under her birth name. Fox Studios said her name was too ordinary, so she changed it.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her parents separated when she was six.
    She and her mother died in an airplane crash (1942), while on a tour to sell War Bonds (first woman killed in the line of duty in World War II).
    She married Clark Gable.
    She was an American patriot.
    She worked for director, Mack Sennett.
    Although divorced, she remained close friends with William Powell.
    She had athletic running abilities and enjoyed playing soccer.
    She was able to survive as a film star as movies made the transition from silent to talkie.
    She ranked #23 on AFI's 25 Greatest Female Screen Legends.
    She is considered to be the top comedy actress of the 1930's.
    She had a war ship in World War II named after her.

Credit: Eric Hartman


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 25 Votes: 4.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 57 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 186 Votes: 78.49% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 75 Votes: 62.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 139 Votes: 54.68% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 386 Votes: 35.75% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 84 Votes: 36.90% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 253 Votes: 44.66% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 348 Votes: 39.66% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 714 Votes: 42.72% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 389 Votes: 41.65% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 810 Votes: 42.47% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 275 Votes: 39.27% Annoying