Jean Harlow
Acting
Born 1911-03-03
Died 1937-06-07
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
87 credits
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
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Won 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
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Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde", Harlow was popular for her "Laughing Vamp" screen persona. Though her screen persona changed dramatically during her career, one constant was her sense of humor. She was given superior movie roles to show off her looks and nascent comedic talent. Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of the biggest stars in the US, whose image in the public eye has endured. Harlow was consistently voted one of the strongest box office draws in the United States from 1933 onward, often surpassing that of MGM's top leading ladies, such as Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. Her movies also continued to make huge profits at the box office even during the middle of the Depression. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow No. 22 on its greatest female screen legends of classical Hollywood cinema list.
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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
Intimate Portrait
MGM Parade
Scarface
The Public Enemy
Hell's Angels
Libeled Lady
That's Entertainment!
Dinner at Eight
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment! III
Beau Hunks
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Wife vs. Secretary
Red Dust
Bacon Grabbers
China Seas
Red-Headed Woman
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Reckless
Complicated Women
Judy Garland: By Myself
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
The Big Parade of Comedy
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Becoming Marilyn
The Beast of the City
Sports on the Silver Screen
Double Whoopee
Goldie
Honor Bound
Chasing Husbands
Bombshell
Why Be Good?
Platinum Blonde
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Going Hollywood: The '30s
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
The Love Parade
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Saratoga
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Hold Your Man
The Saturday Night Kid
The Secret Six
Marilyn Monroe
The Golden Age of Comedy
Riffraff
Personal Property
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Suzy
This Thing Called Love
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
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