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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Harlean Carpenter, who later became Jean Harlow, was born in Kansas City... more
Trivia:
Along with Hedy Lamarr, they were the primary inspirations for Batman... more
Awards:
1 win
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NewsDesk:
(35 articles)
On Career Switching, Following Your Passion, and the State Of Popular Media: Reflections From An Uncle To His Niece
(From Huffington Post. 6 December 2009, 10:46 AM, PST)
Irving Thalberg Biography: Mark Vieira’s Book Signing
(From Alt Film Guide. 22 November 2009, 3:21 PM, PST)
(From Huffington Post. 6 December 2009, 10:46 AM, PST)
Irving Thalberg Biography: Mark Vieira’s Book Signing
(From Alt Film Guide. 22 November 2009, 3:21 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Harlean Carpenter | Jean Harlowe
Filmography
Actress:
- Saratoga (1937) .... Carol Clayton
- Personal Property (1937) .... Crystal Wetherby
... aka The Man in Possession - Libeled Lady (1936) .... Gladys
- Suzy (1936) .... Suzy
- Wife vs. Secretary (1936) .... Whitey
- Riffraff (1936) .... Hattie
- China Seas (1935) .... China Doll
- Reckless (1935) .... Mona Leslie
- The Girl from Missouri (1934) .... Eadie
... aka 100 Per Cent Pure (UK)
... aka Born to Be Kissed (USA: alternative title) - Bombshell (1933) .... Lola Burns
... aka Blonde Bombshell (UK) - Dinner at Eight (1933) .... Kitty Packard
- Hold Your Man (1933) .... Ruby Adams
- Red Dust (1932) .... Vantine
- Red-Headed Woman (1932) .... Lillian 'Lil'/'Red' Andrews Legendre
- The Beast of the City (1932) .... Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont
- Three Wise Girls (1932) .... Cassie Barnes
- Beau Hunks (1931) (uncredited) .... Jeanie-Weenie (in photo)
... aka Beau Chumps (UK) - Platinum Blonde (1931) .... Anne Schuyler
- Goldie (1931) .... Goldie
- Iron Man (1931) .... Rose Mason
- The Public Enemy (1931) .... Gwen Allen
... aka Enemies of the Public (UK) - The Secret Six (1931) .... Anne Courtland
- City Lights (1931) (uncredited) .... Extra in restaurant scene
... aka City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (USA: copyright title) - Hell's Angels (1930) (as Jean Harlowe) .... Helen
- New York Nights (1929) (uncredited) .... Party Guest
- Weak But Willing (1929) (uncredited)
- This Thing Called Love (1929) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
- The Love Parade (1929) (uncredited) .... Lady-in-Waiting
- The Saturday Night Kid (1929) (uncredited) .... Hazel
... aka Love 'Em and Leave 'Em - Bacon Grabbers (1929) .... Mrs. Kennedy
- Masquerade (1929) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... Spectator
- Thundering Toupees (1929)
- Double Whoopee (1929) .... Swanky blonde
- The Unkissed Man (1929) (uncredited)
- Close Harmony (1929) (uncredited)
- Why Is a Plumber? (1929)
- Why Be Good? (1929) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
- Fugitives (1929) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
- Liberty (1929) (as Harlean Carpenter) .... Woman in cab
... aka Criminals at Large - Chasing Husbands (1928) (uncredited) .... Bathing Beauty
- Moran of the Marines (1928) (uncredited) .... Bit part
- Honor Bound (1928) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... Extra
Soundtrack:
- Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (1993) (TV) (performer: "Hear What My Heart Is Saying" (1935))
- That's Entertainment! (1974) (performer: "Reckless", "Did I Remember")
... aka That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (USA: alternative title) - Suzy (1936) (performer: "Did I Remember (To Tell You I Adore You)?", "Under the Bamboo Tree" (uncredited)) ("When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose" (uncredited), "The Wedding March" (uncredited), "Did I Remember (To Tell You I Adore You)?")
- Riffraff (1936) ("You Are My Lucky Star" (1935) (uncredited))
- Reckless (1935) (performer: "Reckless" (1935), "Trocadero", "Hear What My Heart Is Saying" (1935)) ("Reckless" (1935), "Trocadero", "Ev'rything's Been Done Before" (1935))
- Hold Your Man (1933) ("Hold Your Man")
- Red Dust (1932) ("There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)")
Self:
- The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (1934) .... Herself
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1933) .... Herself
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots (1932/II) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV) .... Various Roles
- Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) .... Herself
- Girl 27 (2007) .... Herself
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"History vs. Hollywood"
- The Aviator (2004) TV episode .... Herself -
"American Masters"
- Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) TV episode .... Herself - Complicated Women (2003) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
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"The American Experience"
- Public Enemy Number 1 (2002) TV episode .... The Public Enemy -
"History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders"
- Hollywood Murders (????) TV episode (uncredited) .... Herself - Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000) (TV) .... Herself
- Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929])
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"Intimate Portrait"
- Jean Harlow (1999) TV episode .... Herself -
"E! Mysteries & Scandals"
- Jean Harlow (1998) TV episode .... Herself - Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997) (V)
- Sports on the Silver Screen (1997) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell (1996) (TV) .... Herself
- The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996) (TV) .... Herself
- The Casting Couch (1995) (V)
- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995) .... Herself
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) (uncredited) .... Herself (clip from "Dinner at Eight")
- Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- A Tribute to the Boys: Laurel and Hardy (1992) (TV)
- "MGM: When the Lion Roars" (1992) .... Herself
- "Only in Hollywood" (1991) .... Herself
- Two Tragic Blondes (1989) (V) .... Herself
- Death Scenes (1989) (V) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987) .... Actress in Movie Clip
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) .... Herself
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"The Hollywood Greats"
- Jean Harlow (1978) TV episode - America at the Movies (1976) .... Kitty Packard
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) .... Clips from 'Dinner at Eight' & 'Reckless' etc.
- Hooray for Hollywood (1975) .... Herself
- That's Entertainment! (1974) .... Clips from 'Reckless' & 'Suzy'
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) (TV)
- Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself, film clips from 'Dinner at Eight'
- The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
- The Love Goddesses (1965) .... Herself
- Hollywood My Home Town (1965) .... Herself
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) .... Actress in 'Hold Your Man'
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"The DuPont Show of the Week"
- Hollywood - My Home Town (1962) TV episode .... Herself - The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
- Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (1941)
- Personality Parade (1938) (uncredited) .... Herself
Additional Details
Other Works:
(Novel) "Today is Tonight" Written sometime around 1934, it wasn't published until 1965 (paperback by Dell Publishing). She claimed that the story came to her almost complete in a dream, and that she felt compelled to write it. Yet, after completing the manuscript, she didn't publish it. (It's possible that MGM quashed her efforts to publish it to preserve her screen image as a dumb, sexy blonde.) After the death of Harlow's mother, the manuscript passed into the posession of Jean's friend, Ruth Hamp, who published it as a counterpoint to the two exploitive "Harlow" films released that year.
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3 Biographical Movies | 8 Portrayals | 8 Print Biographies | 3 Articles | 20 Pictorials | 48 Magazine Cover Photos
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