Jean Harlow was born on March 3, 1911 Kansas City, Missouri.
On June 7, 1937 Jean Harlow passed away in Los Angeles, California
from uremic poisoning brought on by acute nephritis.
Harlean Harlow Carpenter is Jean Harlow's birth name. Harlow
also went by the nickname Baby or The Platinum Blonde.
Sometimes Jean Harlow is credited as Jean Harlowe.
It was a role in 1930 that would be Jean Harlow's big break
in Howard Hughes' World War I epic HELL'S ANGELS this turned
out to be a huge hit for Howard Hughes and Jean Harlow.
After the success from HELL'S ANGELS Jean Harlow became
a new sex symbol and made it possible for her to pair up with
Clark Gable in John Ford's RED DUST in 1932.
In May of 1937 Jean Harlow became the first film actress
on the cover of LIFE magazine.
Jean Harlow has been portrayed in at least three different
films most recently Jean Harlow was portrayed by Gwen Stefani
in THE AVIATOR, in 1977 by Susan Buckner in THE AMAZING HOWARD
HUGHES a TV Movie, and by Lindsay Bloom in HUGHES AND HARLOW:
ANGELS IN HELL in 1978.
Known as the original blonde bombshell, some people thought
it was always Marilyn Monroe but Jean Harlow was the first
sex symbol with her role in PLATINUM BLONDE and HELL'S ANGELS.
In Madonna's song Vogue, Jean Harlow is one of the many movie
stars that are mentioned during the song.
While Jean Harlow was on strike against MGM, she wrote a novel,
'Today is Tonight'. Although the book was not published until
1965, several years after the strike was resolved and Jean Harlow
was back to work.
In 1999 Jean Harlow was ranked #22 on the American Film Institute's
100 Years, 100 Legends list.
Millicent Siegel, is the daughter of the notorious mobster
Bugsy Siegel, Jean Harlow was her Godmother.
The year Jean Harlow passed away she filmed two movies both
released in 1937 they were SARATOGA and PERSONAL PROPERTY.
It was during the filming of SARATOGA that Jean Harlow was
hospitalized with uremic poisoning. Harlow was only 26 when she passed
away and was unable to finish shooting this film. They wanted
to complete the movie so they used long angle shots using
doubles to finish the remaining scenes.
Jean Harlow has worked in several films with Clark Gable
including the rugged adventure,CHINA SEAS in 1935, and in
1936 WIFE VS. SECRETARY and SARATOGA which was Harlow's final film.
Playing the wife of a business tycoon Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow
was in the hit movie DINNER AT EIGHT.
Jean Harlow's other notable credits include....
