Kammala wannan magana: Lombard ta farko fim na 1936 ya "Love Kafin Breakfast", wanda Gehring ya bayyana a matsayin ""The Taming na Shrew", screwball style". A cikin William K. Howard's "The Princess Comes Across", wasan kwaikwayo na biyu tare da MacMurray, ta taka rawar rawar da ta taka rawa wanda ya lashe kwangilar fim ta hanyar yin kama da 'yar sarautar Sweden. An dauki wasan kwaikwayon a matsayin satire na Greta Garbo, kuma masu sukar sun yaba da shi sosai. Nasarar Lombard ta ci gaba yayin da Universal Studios ta ɗauke ta aiki don tauraruwa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na "My Man Godfrey" (1936). William Powell, wanda ke wasa da Godfrey mai suna, ya dage kan an jefa ta a matsayin mace mai jagora; duk da sakin su, ma'auratan sun kasance abokantaka kuma Powell ta ji cewa za ta zama cikakke a matsayin Irene, magajiyar mahaukaciya wacce ke amfani da "mutumin da aka manta da shi" a matsayin mai hidimar iyali. Gregory LaCava ne ya shirya fim din, wanda ya san Lombard da kansa kuma ya shawarce ta da ta yi amfani da "halayyar da ba ta dace ba" don rawar. Ta yi aiki sosai a kan wasan kwaikwayon, musamman tare da gano maganganun da suka dace don Irene. "My Man Godfrey" an sake shi zuwa babban yabo kuma ya kasance mai nasara a ofishin akwatin. Ya samu gabatarwa shida a gasar
9th Academy Awards, ciki har da Lombard don Mafi kyawun 'yar wasan kwaikwayo. Masu ba da labarin rayuwa sun ambace shi a matsayin mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayonta, kuma Frederick Ott ya ce "a fili ya kafa [ta] a matsayin mai wasan kwaikwayo na farko".