Carole Lombard In this house on October 6, 1908, was born Jane Alice Peters, daughter of Fredrick C. and Elizabeth Knight Peters. She took the professional name of Carole Lombard and became one of the most important figures in the motion picture industry. Erected by the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, under the direction of Mayor Harry W. Baals, January 1, 1938, on the occasion of her appearance in David O. Selznick's technicolor production "Nothing Sacred."