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Jean Harlow Biography (1911-1937)

Original name, Harlean Carpenter; born March 3, 1911, in Kansas City, MO; died of cerebral edema (uremic poisoning), June 7, 1937; daughter of a dentist and Jean Harlow Carpenter (a manager); married Charles Fremont McGrew (in business), 1927 (divorced, 1929); married Paul Bern (a film executive), 1932 (died, 1932); married Harold Rosson (a camera operator), 1933 (divorced, 1935). Career: Actress.

Two 1965 films named Harlow depicted Harlow's life and starred Carol Lynley and Carroll Baker as Harlow.*

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

March 3, 1911

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Why Is a Plumber? (silent film), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1927
• Moran of the Marines, Paramount, 1928
• Weak but Willing, 1929
• The Unkissed Man, 1929
• This Thing Called Love, Pathe, 1929
• Woman in cab, Liberty (also known as Criminals at Large), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1929
• Fugitives (also known as Wise Baby), Fox Film Corporation,1929
• Close Harmony, Paramount, 1929
• Swanky blonde woman, Double Whoopee, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1929
• Target's wife, Bacon Grabbers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1929
• Hazel, The Saturday Night Kid (also known as Love 'Em and Leave'Em), Famous Players, 1929
• Winged ballerina, The Love Parade, Paramount, 1929
• New York Nights, United Artists, 1929
• Helen, Hell's Angels, United Artists, 1930
• City Lights, United Artists, 1931
• Rose, The Iron Man, Universal, 1931
• Gwen Allen, The Public Enemy (also known as Enemies of the Public), Warner Bros., 1931
• Title role, Goldie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1931
• Ann Schuyler, Platinum Blonde, Columbia, 1931
• Anne Courtland, The Secret Six, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931
• Cassie Barnes, Three Wise Girls, Columbia, 1932
• Daisy Stevens, The Beast of the City, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Cosmopolitan, 1932
• Lil Andrews, Red-Headed Woman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
• Vantine, Red Dust, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
• Kitty Packard, Dinner at Eight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933
• Ruby Adams, Hold Your Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933
• Lola Burns, Bombshell (also known as Blonde Bombshell), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933
• What the Scotch Started, 1933
• Eadie Chapman, The Girl from Missouri (also known as 100 Pure), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
• Mona Leslie, Reckless, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
• Dolly Portland, China Seas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
• Hattie, Riffraff, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936
• Helen "Whitey" Wilson, Wife vs. Secretary, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936
• Title role, Suzy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936
• Gladys, Libeled Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936
• Carol Clayton, Saratoga, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1937
• Crystal Wetherby, Personal Property (also known as The Man in Possession), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1937