LEADING LADIES

Clark Gable appeared in 67 films, and with many of the great ladies of Hollywood, from Greta Garbo to Marilyn Monroe. Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy and Lana Turner were some of his personal favorite ladies. Others like Jeanette MacDonald, Greer Garson and Susan Hayward were not ladies to his liking, but he was always a professional actor with all his female costars.

Gretta Garbo

Greta Garbo
Susan Lenox (1931)

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Marion Davies
Polly of the Circus (1932)

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard
No Man of Her Own (1932)

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes
The White Sister (1933)

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford
Dancing Lady (1933)

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert
It Happened One Night (1934)

Constance Bennett

Constance Bennett
After Office Hours (1935)

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow
China Seas (1935)

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy
Test Pilot (1938)

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer
Idiot's Delight (1939)

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr
Comrade X (1940)

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell
They Met in Bombay (1941)

Lana Turner

Lana Turner
Honky Tonk (1941)

Greer Garson

Greer Garson
Adventure (1945)

Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr
The Hucksters (1947)

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck
To Please a Lady (1950)

Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney
Never Let Me Go (1953)

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner
Mogambo (1953)

Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward
Soldier of Fortune (1955)

Doris Day

Doris Day
Teacher's Pet (1958)

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe
The Misfits (1961)

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