AKA Frances Lillian Mary Ridste

Born: 1-Jan-1919
Birthplace: Fairchild, WI
Died: 5-Jul-1948
Location of death: Pacific Palisades, CA
Cause of death: Suicide
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Glendale, Glendale, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: A Scandal in Paris

Committed suicide with a Seconal overdose, her body discovered by Rex Harrison.

Father: Alfred Ridste (railroad mechanic, Norwegian ancestry)
Mother: Clara Stentek Ridste (Polish ancestry)
Husband: Irving Wheeler (m. 14-Jan-1934, annulled Feb-1934 -- Landis was underage)
Husband: Irving Wheeler (m. 25-Aug-1934, div. 1939)
Husband: Willis Hunt, Jr. (m. 4-Jul-1940, div. 13-Nov-1940)
Husband: Thomas C. Wallace (m. 5-Jan-1943, div. 19-Jul-1945)
Husband: W. Horace Schmidlapp (m. 8-Dec-1945)
Sister: Dorothy Ridste Ross (b. 1917)
Brother: Lawrence Ridste
Slept with: Darryl F. Zanuck (according to his biography)

    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1765 Vine St.
    Rhinoplasty (1940)
    Drug Overdose Seconal (5-Jul-1948)
    Endorsement of Liggett Group Chesterfield cigarettes
    Norwegian Ancestry Paternal
    Polish Ancestry Maternal
    Risk Factors: Malaria, Smoking

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Noose (28-Sep-1948)
    A Scandal in Paris (19-Jul-1946)
    Secret Command (30-Jul-1944)
    Wintertime (17-Sep-1943)
    Manila Calling (18-Sep-1942)
    Orchestra Wives (4-Sep-1942)
    It Happened in Flatbush (28-May-1942)
    My Gal Sal (30-Apr-1942)
    I Wake Up Screaming (14-Nov-1941)
    Moon Over Miami (18-Jun-1941)
    Topper Returns (21-Mar-1941)
    Road Show (18-Feb-1941)
    Turnabout (17-May-1940)
    One Million B.C. (26-Apr-1940)
    Four's a Crowd (13-Nov-1938)

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