Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress and sex symbol of the 1930s.
Jean Harlow | |
|---|---|
| File:Harlow-publicity.jpg | |
| Born | Harlean Harlow Carpenter March 3, 1911 |
| Died | June 7, 1937 (aged 26) |
| Cause of death | Kidney failure |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1928–1937 |
| Spouse(s) | Charles McGrew (m. 1927–1929; divorced) Paul Bern (m. 1932; his death) Harold Rosson (m. 1933–1934; divorced) |
| Partner(s) | William Powell (1935–1937; her death) |
| Website | www |
Life
Harlow was born on March 3, 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri. She studied at Miss Barstow's Finishing School for Girls in Kansas City. Harlow was married to Charles McGrew in 1927. They divorced in 1930. On July 2, 1932, she married film producer Paul Bern, who committed suicide on September 5, 1932.
Personal life
On September 13, 1933 she married Harold Rosson. They divorced on March 11, 1934. She had no children.
Death
She died at the age 26 from renal failure on June 7, 1937 in Los Angeles, California.[1]
Jean Harlow Media
- Jean Harlow and mother 1934.jpg
Harlow with her mother in 1934
- The Saturday Night Kid Promo.jpg
Jean Arthur, Clara Bow, Harlow, and Leone Lane in The Saturday Night Kid, in which Harlow had her first speaking part
- The secret six.jpg
Harlow and Clark Gable in The Secret Six (1931)
- Harlow Red-Headed Woman Promotional.jpg
Harlow received recognition as an actress in Red-Headed Woman (1932), her first MGM film; she wore a red wig for the role.
- Harlow Rosson and Jean Harlow (1934).jpg
Harlow and Harold Rosson in 1934, whom she married in 1933 to avoid another scandal like the one caused after Harlow had an affair with boxer Max Baer
- Gable-Harlow.JPG
Harlow with Clark Gable in 1933's Hold Your Man, another successful film pairing of the two and box office success for MGM
- Birthday-Ball-Group-1937.jpg
Harlow, third from right, stands beside Eleanor Roosevelt with other invited celebrities after the President's Birthday Ball luncheon at the White House, 30 January 1937.
- Jack Conway Jean Harlow Clark Gable Saratoga 1937.jpg
This photo with director Jack Conway and Clark Gable on the set of Saratoga was taken only minutes before Harlow's collapse and was issued at the time her death was announced.
- Jean Harlow Grave.JPG
The Jean Harlow grave in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Glendale – her middle crypt reads "Our Baby"
Other websites
16x16px Media related to Jean Harlow at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ Obituary Variety Obituaries, June 9, 1937, page 54.