“We called her The Profane Angel because she looked like an angel but she swore like a sailor."

By: Owen Sound

“When I want to do something I don’t pause to contemplate whether I’m exquisitely gowned. I want to live, not pose!”

“With her, it was like music, it was completely natural." – CLARK GABLE

“When Dietrich, Lombard, and I were all working for Paramount… I was the girl next door- but a chic girl next door. Marlene was sexy; and Carole Lombard was the girl next door but crazy.” – CLAUDETTE COLBERT

“Marvelous girl. Crazy as a bedbug.” – HOWARD HAWKS

“She was the greatest star in the world.. the greatest actress.. she could do anything.” – WILLIAM A. WELLMAN

“She was so alive, modern, frank, and natural that she stands out like a beacon on a lightship in this odd place called Hollywood." – BARBARA STANWYCK