Carole Lombard belongs to the record of film as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Carole Lombard as American actress (1908-1942).
Carole Lombard was born in 1908. Her recorded nationality is the United States. She was educated at Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
The record gives her occupations as film actor.
The work that carried her reputation furthest concerned energetic, often off-beat roles in screwball comedies. The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
Her work was formally recognised with the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
That the work was done from the United States matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Carole Lombard died in 1942 at the age of 34. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Educated at Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School
- Worked as film actor
