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  jean harlow biography (1911 - 1937) | filmography | gallery
Jean's mother, known as Mother Jean, had dreams of becoming an actress, which led her to divorce her husband and move to Hollywood with her young daughter.Jean's mother never allowed her to see her father; however, Jean would sneak visits to him throughout her life.
Jean's true aspiration in life was to be a wife and mother, however she sought work as an extra in films to please Mother Jean.
Jean was labeled a "screen siren" for her sensational dialogue and revealing costumes, but audiences, directors, and producers appreciated her flair for comedy and drama.
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 Jean Harlow
Harlow was the daughter of a successful dentist in Kansas City, MO. At the age of 16, she eloped with a businessman and moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as an extra, making her film debut in "Why is a Plumber?" (1927).
Harlow was also in the headlines in 1932, when she married Paul Bern, a screenwriter, producer, director and assistant to Irving Thalberg at MGM studios.
Harlow may have reached her on-screen sexual pinnacle in "The Red-Headed Woman" (1932), as a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who uses her physical charms to get what she wants from her married boss, a millionaire businessman and just about any other man she encounters.
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 Jean Harlow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter, March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and top sex symbol of the 1930s.
Harlow is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Glendale, California.
Harlow's house was bought by Hollywood hairstylist and Manson Family victim Jay Sebring in mid-60's.
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 Jean Harlow
Harlow was nicknamed "the baby" by her family and the name stuck with her.
Harlow was born Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri, 1911, to dentist Mont Clair Carpenter and Jean Harlow, whose name she would later take as a stage name.
Jean was always cheerful, full of fun, but she also happened to be a sensitive woman with a great deal of self-respect.
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 Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow, born as "Harlean Carpenter", (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), US film actress, became known as the "original blonde bombshell", predating Marilyn Monroe as a blonde sex symbol.
Mother Jean, as she was called, divorced Harlean's father and moved to Hollywood with hopes of becoming an actress herself.
Jean wanted only to be a wife and mother, but to please Mother Jean she looked for work as an extra in films.
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 Old Movie Section: Jean Harlow In the 30's
Jean Harlow, the screen's new blonde beauty, wears her pajamas for sport, for marketing and for lounging around her house.
Here is beautiful Jean Harlow, the beautiful film player who has the principal feminine role in Hell's Angels, and who will be heard on KMTR tonight when the picture premiere will be described over radio.
Jean Harlow is destined to cause something of a sensation as Helen, the amorous, predatory heroine of Hell's Angels.
gdhamann.blogspot.com /2006/07/jean-harlow-in-30s.html   (4006 words)

  
 Divas - The Site / Acting Divas / Trivia Jean Harlow
Jean had a perfect body, but her aversion to wear underwear caused certain problems with the Hays Office.
Mayer withdrew Harlow from The Hollywood Revue of 1933 because she couldn't sing a lick, not even a tune covering a range of only six notes, composed especially for her in view of her total lack of musical talent.
Jean was at a dinner party and kept on addressing Margot Asquith (wife of prime minister Herbert Asquith) as 'Margott' stressing the final 't'.
www.divasthesite.com /Acting_Divas/Trivia/Trivia_Jean_Harlow.htm   (968 words)

  
 Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow is the star of the month on Turner Classic Movies, and with good reason.
Following in the footsteps of her predecessor Clara Bow, it was chance that invited Jean into America's lap as its favorite 1930s sex kitten and ultimately, a fallen sweetheart.
Life imitates art, as her character tries desperately to forget where's she's from and become a rich and admirable sophisticate in a comic-tragic way, laying out all her vulnerabilities and coaxing the audience to feel for her angst through a cheeky, seemingly superficial act for attention.
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 The Official Jean Harlow Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Modern and wonderfully funny, Harlow brought a healthy sex appeal to the movies that was both shocking and liberating in its time.
Harlow was proud of her evident sex appeal.
Her virtue as an actress lay in her innate sense of comedy, seeing through the artificial glamour by means of which she had originally gained her stardom, while at the same time fully appreciating its value.
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 Jean Harlow's grave   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter) was an American film actress and top sex symbol of the 1930s.
A side note of this is that many of Harlow's female fans were dying their hair platinum to match hers.
Harlow fell ill with influenza during the early part of 1937; although she recovered, the attack weakened her body against the onslaught of a more serious illness that was just beginning to take hold: kidney failure.
www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GlendaleObituaries/jeanharlow.htm   (2165 words)

  
 Jean Harlow @ Filmbug
Jean Harlow, born as Harlean Carpenter, US actress, became known as the original blonde bombshell, predating Marilyn Monroe as a blonde sex symbol.
By 1930, Jean and her husband had divorced, and she got her first major role when producer Howard Hughes cast her in the World War I film Hell's Angels (1930).
In 1931 Harlow began to gain popularity when she appeared in The public Enemy, Goldie, The Secret Six, with Clark Gable, and Platinum Blonde.
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 Jean Harlow: The Platinum Blonde
Jean Harlow was born Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri on March 3, 1911.
Her father, Mont Clair, was a dentist and her mother, was the first woman in the family with the name Jean Harlow.
Harlean was delighted when Mother Jean and Bello moved to California to be with her.
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 Harlowville
Jean Harlow was born as Harlean Carpenter on March 3, 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri and tragically died at the age of 26 on June 7, 1937.
Harlean Carpenter, who later who later would take her mother's maiden name Jean Harlow, was the daughter of a successful dentist and his wife.
Jean's big break came in 1930, when Howard Hughes hired her for Hell's Angels in which she spoke the now famous line, "Would you be shocked if I changed into something more comfortable?".
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 Jean Harlow by Chantel Theunissen
Jean soon caught the acting bug and over the next couple of years she was able to make a living on bit parts.
In 1965 2 screen biographies of her life were made, neither of which did justice to the brief but stellar existence that was Jean Harlow.
A Tribute to Jean Harlow The original Blonde Bombshell would have been in her 90s today.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Intimate Portrait - Jean Harlow at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Harlow was young movie actress who soared to fame when she appeared as the female lead in Howard Hughes's aerial epic Hell's Angels in 1929.
Despite having died at the early age of 26, Harlow's life left so many questions that even the cause of her death was a point of controversy amongst movie fans.
Harlow's annoyance at visible pantylines goes to show that this complaint is an old one.
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 Jean Harlow - MovieActors.com
Jean Harlow was born on March 3, 1911 Kansas City, Missouri.
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.
Jean Harlow has worked in several films with Clark Gable including the rugged adventure, in 1935 CHINA SEAS and in 1936 WIFE VS. SECRETARY and SARATOGA which was her final film.
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 Harlow Jean - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Harlow, Jean, professional name of Harlean Carpenter (1911-1937), American film actress known as the “Blonde Bombshell”.
This obituary for Jean Harlow appeared in The Times on June 8, 1937.
In Hollywood from the advent of sound films, or talkies, Cukor quickly achieved a reputation for his sophisticated, literate films, often adapted...
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 Jean Harlow
Harlean Harlow Carpenter was born on March 3, 1911, the only child of a Kansas City dentist and his young wife, Jean Poe Harlow Carpenter.
Her parents divorced when she was 10 years old, and Jean tried to prevent (with some success) any further contact between Harlean and her father, Mont Clair Carpenter.
It is intended to provide a glimpse into the little-known Carpenter side of Harlean Carpenter / Jean Harlow's life and background, as well as some information on her career.
www.jeanharlow.info   (279 words)

  
 Harlow (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harlow is the title of two competing biographical films released through Paramount Pictures and the foreign film distributor Magna Pictures, both released in 1965 and portraying the life of actress Jean Harlow.
While Carol Lynley was arguably the better Harlow, being closer to Jean Harlow's actual age than Baker, the film's contrived plot and poor budget prevented it from gaining as much attention as Paramount's big budget version.
His death, combined with the stress of her career leads Harlow on an odyssey of failed relationships and alcoholism, culminating in her death of pneumonia at the age of twenty-six.
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 SearchCeleb.com - Harlow, Jean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Jean Harlow - A Tribute - Includes biography, filmography, images, information on Paul Bern and William Powell, as well as several articles from the 1930's.
Jean Harlow - Kansas City Missouri History - Biography of the actress together with a selected bibliography.
Jean Harlow In Color - Tribute site containing publicity stills, magazine covers, movie posters and a section on the actress's relationship with William Powell.
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 Jean Harlow Facts - Bombshells.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Jean was at a dinner party and kept on addressing Margot Asquith (wife of prime minister Herbert Asquith) as MargoT (pronouncing the 'T').
Margot finally had enough and said to her "No Jean, the T is silent, as in Harlow".
Harlow used to put ice on her nipples right before shooting a scene in order to appear sexier.
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 jeanharlowtribute's Xanga Site
Jean in the 8th grade in 1925 at the school called "Hollywood School for Girls" 1749 La Brea, north of Hollywood blvd. I'm sure you can tell which one Jean is but if you can't she's on the bottom left.
Harlean Harlow Carpenter was born on March 3rd 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jean finished Red Dust and then was put in a role in Dinner at Eight.
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 Amazon.com: Biography - Jean Harlow: Video: Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Jean Harlow had 3 husbands, at least 2 prominent hair colors, and 1 incredibly sad ending to her life, all by age 26.
Peter Graves's smooth narration and the production's attention to detail bring to life the long-ago era of Harlow and do much to explain the lingering mysteries surrounding the suicide of her second husband and her early death.
Jean Harlow was the unchallenged sex symbol of 1930's Hollywood.
www.amazon.com /Biography-Jean-Harlow/dp/B000006QGA   (457 words)

  
 Jean Harlow photos
Hughes signed Harlow to a contract and after the film's completion began loaning her out to other studios at a profit.
At the time of her death, no details as to why she died were released, but several years later it was revealed that Jean had suffered from kidney disease most of her life, and that she died of acute uremic poisoning (cerebral edema).
Due to Jean's illness and tragic death, Mary Dees was her body double and Paula Winslowe dubbed her voice in unfinished scenes in SARATOGA.
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 Jean Harlow Forum @ Filmbug
Jean's make-up was provided by Max Factor; the corporate office may still have a Harlow file with a notation about Jean's favorite perfume.
People who knew Jean always said that the character she played in W v S was the mirror image of the real life Jean in terms of personality, temperment, kindness and selflessness.
Jean Harlow illuminated the screen with her beauty, style, charm, wit, sass and sly sexuality.
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 Amazon.com: Jean Harlow: Blond Bombshell: Video: Jean Harlow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Although it's clear Stone feels an affinity with the "brazen gutsy" Harlow, Stone's appearance cannot altogether disguise her reading of the teleprompter and the odd physical poses she stands in.
And the sad irony of her final role in Saratoga where she plays someone ill and the apparent "bloating" appearance an indication of the kidney failure that would kill her one would think would be concealed by MGM's expert cameraman.
Boorstin also says that Harlow did receive medical attention at home, contrary to the legend of her mother being a Christian Scientist and forbiding it.
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 The Official Site of Jean Harlow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Jean Harlow film to be included on the ''TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Collection Volume One'' DVD
Read Jean's biography and find out why she was Hollywood's "Original Blond Bombshell." Browse through photos of Jean, check out her list of over 30 films, and more.
CMG Worldwide is the exclusive business representative for the Estate of Jean Harlow.
www.jeanharlow.com   (155 words)

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