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Carole Landis
Occupation:
Actress
Born:
01-01-1919
Died:
07-05-1948
Remembered Best As:
American film and stage actress
Suicide/Overdose:
Overdose
Biography
Carole Landis was born on New Year's Day in 1919 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, as Frances Lillian Mary Ridste. Her father, a railroad mechanic, was of Norwegian descent and her mother was Polish. Her father walked out, leaving Carole, her mother and an older brother and sister to fend for themselves.