Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress and sex symbol. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde", she was popular for her "Laughing Vamp" screen persona. Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood, whose image in the public eye has endured. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow No. 22 on their greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema list.
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| Full name at birth | Harlean Harlow Carpenter
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| Claim to fame | Red Dust (1932)
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| Date of birth | 3 March 1911
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| Place of birth | Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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| Date of death | 7 June 1937
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| Age | 26 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Uremic Poisoning (brought on by acute nephritis)
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| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actress
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| Height | 5' 1¾" (157 cm)
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| Weight | 108 lbs (49 kg)
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| Dress size | 2
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| Shoe size | 3.5B
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| Net worth | $100,000 USD
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- Jean's Spouses: Harold Rosson (1933-1935) Paul Bern (1932-1932) Charles Fremont McGrew (1927-1929)
- Jean's rise to fame was in Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels (1930). He sold her contract to MGM for $60,000.
- Jean's father was a dentist.
- Jean wrote a book titled Today is Tonight.
- In 1965, two films titled Harlow came out about Jean's life and death.
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