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Carole Lombard’s Family
Name: Relation: Notes:
Clark Gable husband married from March 29, 1939 until her death in 1942; co-starred in "No Man of Her Own" (1932); renewed acquaintanceship in 1936; waited three years until Gable could obtain a divorce from then-wife Rhea Langham before they were married
William Powell husband born on June 29, 1892; met in October 1930; married on June 26, 1931; co-starred in "Man of the World" and "Ladies' Man" (both 1931); divorced on August 18, 1933; died on March 5, 1984
Elizabeth Peters mother killed in plane crash with Lombard on January 16, 1942
Frederic C Peters father injured leg in an elevator accident; separated from Elizabeth Knight in October 1914
Stuart Peters brother born in 1907
Frederic Peters Jr brother born in 1902
J C Peters grandfather
Charles Knight grandfather was a director of the company that laid the first transatlantic cable

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Also known as

AKA : Carol Lombard
Birth Name : Jane Alice Peters

Born

October, 06 1908 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Education

  • Cahuenga Grammar School, Los Angeles, California: made first public appearance as Queen of the May in a school pageant
  • Marian Nolks Dramatic School, Los Angeles, California:
  • Virgil Intermediate School, Los Angeles, California: dropped out at age 15; won medals for sprinting and high jumping

Professions

actor, comedian