Carole Landis

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Carole Landis (January 1, 1919 &ndash; July 5, 1948), born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste, was an American film actress. <p>Carole Landis was born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste in Fairchild, Wisconsin to a Norwegian father, Alfred Ridste, and Polish mother, Clara Stentek Ridste. Her father abandoned the family before Carole was born. It would later be revealed by author E. J. Fleming that Alfred Ridste may not have been Carole's biological father. Her real father was most likely Charles Fenner, Clara Ridste's second husband. Carole was the youngest of five children, though two of her brothers died in childhood (Jerome was burned by scalding water and Lewis was accidentally shot). She had an unhappy childhood filled with poverty and sexual abuse. A feminist at an early age she tried to form an all-female football team in high school. She blossomed into a stunning teenager and began winning local beauty contests. Landis married a neighbor named Irving Wheeler in January 1934 but this marriage...