Although remembered primarily for her comedic skills, Lombard was also a highly capable dramatic actress, as evidenced by her performances as a noble and selfless nurse in Vigil in the Night (1940) and as a waitress mired in a deceitful mail-order romance in They Knew What They Wanted (1940).
She was looked up to by the men of her unit for her selfless nursing of the wounded after battles.
On Saturday, those workers were suddenly selfless civil servants: nurses and doctors saving lives, emergency workers braving natural disasters and NASA scientists exploring the frontiers of space.
While Mr Blair regarded Mr Brown's decision not to stand for the succession following John Smith's death as a recognition that he could not win, he said the chancellor saw it as a "noble, selfless act" and nursed a grievance over it.
Lydia, the product of this idealized milieu, is its selfless personification, volunteering to nurse flu victims as a way of dealing with grief for her own beloved dead.
Nurses are some of the most respected professionals because of their selfless care before becoming a nurse.
Setting the tone of selfless volunteerism, Johnson thanked the Hoag doctors and nurses, in particular Dr. Richard Applegate for delivering her precious grandchildren and for all the volunteers who give so freely in aiding their fellow human beings.
Christina is a beautiful young widow, a devoted mother and a fierce, selfless champion of the patients and her overworked, underappreciated nursing staff.
"Anastacia became known among nurses, who saw in her an exemplar of selfless healing," Mr. Burdick wrote.
Selfless Isobel sits at her bedside day and night, diligently nursing.
