Jean Harlow
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican film actress (1911-1937)
Jean Harlow 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.
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Harlow with her mother in 1934
Jean Arthur, Clara Bow, Harlow, and Leone Lane in The Saturday Night Kid, in which Harlow had her first speaking part
Harlow and Ben Lyon in Hell's Angels (1930), her first major film appearance
Harlow and Clark Gable in The Secret Six (1931)
Harlow received recognition as an actress in Red-Headed Woman (1932), her first MGM film; she wore a red wig for the role.
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
Harlow with Clark Gable in 1933's Hold Your Man, another successful film pairing of the two and box office success for MGMFilmography 40
Scarface
The Public Enemy
Libeled Lady
Dinner at Eight
Hell's Angels
Red Dust
That's Entertainment!
Bombshell
Wife vs. Secretary
Beau Hunks
Red-Headed Woman
Platinum Blonde
China Seas
Liberty
The Love Parade
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment, Part II
Double Whoopee
The Beast of the City
Bacon Grabbers
Suzy
Saratoga
Hold Your Man
Iron Man
Becoming Marilyn
Reckless
The Secret Six
Riffraff
The Girl from Missouri
Three Wise Girls
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Complicated Women
The Golden Age of Comedy
Why Be Good?
Personal Property
The Saturday Night Kid
Death Scenes
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn84 credits on file
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Intimate Portrait
MGM ParadeAwards 1
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Connected to Jean 6
About this person
Jean Harlow 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. Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars, whose image has endured in the public eye. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow number 22 on its greatest female screen legends list.
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