A woman with outstanding beauty and acting talent, a Hollywood star, Clark Gable’s wife, Carol Lombard, lived a very short but vibrant life. Her life tragically ended at age 33, but she rightfully entered the "List of the hundred greatest movie stars" and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Carol Lombard (October 6, 1908–16 January 1942) had German paternal roots and English maternal roots. Her real name is Jane Alice Peters.
In the movie, Carol Lombard began acting in 12 years. Her career developed rapidly. She won recognition, received an Oscar nomination, but at the age of 18 she got into a terrible car accident in which she damaged the left side of her face. She had fourteen stitches, however, the scars on her face still remained.
In those days, film studios ruled in Hollywood, which entered into contracts with actors and themselves decided their fate in the movies. Fox Studio immediately terminated the contract with Carol Lombard, learning that the actress's appearance was damaged. However, the girl did not give up and decided on a serious plastic surgery.
It was previously believed that anesthesia makes the recovery process after surgery longer and prevents tissue healing, so Carol Lombard decided to undergo plastic surgery without anesthesia.
Carol Lombard did not give up and returned to the cinema, having signed a contract with another film company.
With Clark Gable, a Hollywood star of the first magnitude of the time, Carol Lombard met on the set of the movie "Not Her Man." At that time, both actors were married and did not immediately like each other, however, several months of collaboration turned their lives upside down.
Carol Lombard and Clark Gable met for about five years. Both actors had a good sense of humor. They removed the tension in the relationship with jokes and jokes. They were not afraid to seem ridiculous. It is known that Clark Gable was extremely loving, and Carol Lombard was terribly jealous. Between them constantly there was a stormy showdown. One day, Lombard raged into the set in a rage, learning that Gable’s partner in the film looks at him, and delivered an ultimatum to the director: “If you don’t remove her from your film, then I will remove Gable from him.”
The official marriage of Carol Lombard and Clark Gable took place during his filming in the legendary film "Gone with the Wind." The newlyweds moved to a restored house in the countryside (Encino, California).
The couple tried to have a baby, but the long-awaited pregnancy ended in a miscarriage.
During World War II, Carol Lombard traveled around the United States advertising war loan bonds. In 1942, she used all her natural charm to be allowed to stay aboard the plane. Passengers on this fateful flight were landed to accommodate military personnel. She remained on the plane with her mother and secretary, however, immediately after taking off from Las Vegas, the plane was unable to gain altitude and crashed into Table Rock. It was a terrible plane crash: the plane fell apart in two, and the front section, where Carol Lombard was sitting, was almost flattened.
In this plane crash, no one survived.
After the death of his wife, Clark Gable lost a lot of weight, went into a binge, and then went to war, where he rose to the rank of major.
