Jean Harlow

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AKA: Harlean Carpenter
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 03/03/1911
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Death Date: 06/07/1937

biography

Before Turner…Before Monroe… Before Mansfield – Jean Harlow was the original “Blonde Bombshell,” with luminous skin swathed in white satin gowns, kewpie doll red lips, and that trendsetting platinum blonde hair. This golden girl tantalized moviegoers early on in her career with revealing costumes and sensational movie lines such as, “Would you be shocked if I changed into something more comfortable?” in her breakout film, “Hell’s Angels” (1930). But unlike other Hollywood sirens, Harlow displayed real comedic chops, most notably in the films “Dinner at Eight” (1933), “Libeled Lady” (1936) and Continued

Credits

Actor
1936
Actor
1935
Vantine
1932
Actor
1931
Actor
1931
Actor

milestones

Year
Milestone
1921 
Briefly moved to California from the Midwest with her mother
1928 
Began playing bit parts in Laurel and Hardy shorts and such features as "The Saturday Night Kid"
1930 
Attracted attention with a role in Howard Hughes' "Hell's Angels" as a vamp who comes between two brothers during WWI
1932 
Signed MGM contract; assured star status with films "Red-Headed Woman" and "Red Dust"
1933 
Made exhibitors poll of top ten boxoffice stars
Continued

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