Birth Name: Jane Alice Peters

Birth Date: October 6, 1908

Birth Place: Fort Wayne, Indiana

Nationality: American

Nicknames: The Profane Angel, The Hoosier Tornado, The Screwball Girl, and Ma (by Clark Gable).

Parents: Frederic Christian Peters (Died 02/1935 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Elizabeth “Bessie” Knight Peters (June 20, 1876 – 1/16/1942)

Siblings: Frederic Peters Jr. (September 14,1902- November 27, 1979); John Stuart Peters (April 12,1905 – May 19, 1956)

Height: 5’5 and 1/2 as stated on her drivers license.

Weight: 112 lbs

Gloves: 6 and 1/4

Stockings: 9

Lingerie: 32

Husbands: William Powell (June 26,1931- August 18,1933) divorced; Clark Gable (March 29, 1939- January 16, 1942) her death

Children: none

Pets: “Pancho” black and tan dog. “Fritz” dachshund. “Pushface” Pekingese. “Beau Brummell” (or “Beau Geste) sheepdog. “Dudey” and “Smoke(y)” Cocker spaniels. A rooster named “Edmund” and a couple of hens. An alley cat named “Josephine.”

Addresses: 704 Rockhill Street, Ft. Wayne, IN (1908); Alvarado Terrace, 1435 S. Hoover St., Los Angeles, CA (1914); 605 North Harvard Boulevard (1920) ; 138 North Wilton Place (1930);N. Havenhurst Dr., 619 N. Rexford Dr., Beverly Hills, CA; West Hollywood, CA (1931 with William Powell); 609 St. Cloud Rd., Bel Air, CA (1936); 4525 Pettit St., Encino, CA (ranch house with Clark Gable)

Education: Fairfax High School, Hollywood High School, Virgil Junior High School, Cahuenga Elementary School, Hoover Elementary School, Miriam Nolkes Dramatic School for Girls, Washington School (Indiana), Trier’s Dancing Academy (Indiana)

First Film: A Perfect Crime (1921)

Last Film: To Be or Not To Be (1942)

Awards: Academy Award Nomination for Best Actress for her performance in My Man Godfrey; #23 of 50 Greatest American Female Screen Legends (American Film Institute, 1999); she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6930 Hollywood Boulevard.

Died On: Friday, January 16, 1942

Died In: Mount Potosi near Las Vegas, Nevada

Cause of Death: Plane Crash while on tour to sell war bonds.

She is interred next to Clark Gable at Forest Lawn Cemetary in Hollywood, California. The name on her headstone reads: Carole Lombard Gable.