The son of an ordinary oil driller, American actor Clark Gable was one of the first sex symbols of America, women adored him for his charm, and men respected him for what he “made himself”. He was nicknamed the “King of Hollywood”, he won three Oscars and twice a Golden Globe. His homeland was Cadiz (Ohio, USA), where he was born on February 1, 1901. Clarke lost his mother, who suffered from epilepsy, she died when the boy was only 7 months old and was raised by his father and stepmother Jenny Dunlap.
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The son of an ordinary oil driller, American actor Clark Gable was one of the first sex symbols of America, women adored him for his charm, and men respected him for what he “made himself”. He was nicknamed the “King of Hollywood”, he won three Oscars and twice a Golden Globe.
His homeland was Cadiz (Ohio, USA), where he was born on February 1, 1901. Clarke lost his mother, who suffered from epilepsy, she died when the boy was only 7 months old and was raised by his father and stepmother Jenny Dunlap.
The young man early began to earn his own living, dreaming of the stage, he initially performed in mobile theaters and could well remain an unknown actor. But a beautiful young man was lucky - thanks to the patronage of influential people, he was on Broadway, played in the play "The Last Mile" and in an instant was on top of fame.
Hollywood opened his arms to Clark in 1931, where he began as American cowboys and charming gangsters. A little later, Gable’s characters began to be identified with the image of a “real American guy” – courageous and sexual. Debuting in the Western "Painted Desert", he later starred in the films "Susan Lenox",
"Obsessed" Strange Interlude, Hold Your Man, It Happened One Night
Manhattan Melodrama , "San Francisco", "Test Pilot" and many others. The most special and most famous on the whole planet is Gable’s work in
Gone with the Wind He played the role of Ratt Butler.
The last time he took part in
film "The Restless" Where his hero was again a cowboy, but no longer a reckless vagabond, but an old man wandering through life in search of his home. Later in the press there were allegations that the cause of death of 59-year-old Clark Gable was the difficult conditions in which the filming took place. Subsequently
Carol Lombard He lived from 1939 to 1942 and became distraught when she died in a plane crash. Clark enlisted in the active army and flew 25 combat missions. His next wife was Sylvia Ashley, the last, Kay Williams, Clark married in 1955 and lived with her until his death.
Clark died at the age of 59 in 1960 on set. The cause of death was a heart attack. A month after his death, his only son was born. The actor is buried next to his beloved wife Carol Lombard. /