Jean Harlow

Actor Mar 3 (died age 26) Kansas City, Missouri, USA 1928–2023 (95 year career)

6.7 avg rating

Biography

Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) 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. Though her screen persona changed dramatically during her career, one constant was her sense of humor. S…

Known For

Film

Scarface

Blonde at Paradise Club

Film

The Public Enemy

Gwen Allen

Film

Libeled Lady

Gladys Benton

Film

Dinner at Eight

Kitty Packard

Film

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

6.3 2022

Film

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

Film

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage)

Film

Hell's Angels

Helen

Filmography

Acting (87)

Movies (85)

The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe

2022

7.8

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Becoming Marilyn

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

2020

as Self(archive footage)

7.5

Discovering Jean Harlow

2015

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Paris Hilton, Inc.

2009

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

2008

as Various Roles (archive footage)

6.1

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

as Self (archive footage)

4.3

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public

2005

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

7.6

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999

as Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)

7.7

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell

1996

as Self (archive footage)

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

1995

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

The Casting Couch

1995

9.0

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

Death In Hollywood

Death Scenes

as Self (archive footage)

4.1

Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow

1989

9.0

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as archive footage

Marilyn Monroe

as archive footage

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1986

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage)

7.4

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1967

6.0

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Ruby in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)

6.3

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957

as archive footage

6.9

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

1945

as Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

as Self (archive footage)

Saratoga

as Carol Clayton

Personal Property

as Crystal Wetherby

Libeled Lady

as Gladys Benton

Riffraff

as Hattie

Wife vs. Secretary

as Helen 'Whitey' Wilson

Suzy

as Suzy

Reckless

as Mona Leslie

China Seas

as Dolly 'China Doll' Portland

6.2

The Girl from Missouri

as Eadie

Hold Your Man

as Ruby Adams

Bombshell

as Lola Burns

Dinner at Eight

as Kitty Packard

Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

1933

as Self

Scarface

1932

as Blonde at Paradise Club

Three Wise Girls

as Cassie Barnes

Red-Headed Woman

as Lillian 'Lil' / 'Red' Andrews Legendre

6.5

The Beast of the City

1932

as Daisy Stevens aka Mildred Beaumont

5.9

Red Dust

1932

as Vantine Jefferson

6.9

Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

1931

as Self

Goldie

as Goldie

The Public Enemy

as Gwen Allen

Platinum Blonde

as Ann Schuyler

Iron Man

as Rose Mason

Beau Hunks

as Jeanie Weenie - in Photo

The Secret Six

as Anne Courtland

Hell's Angels

as Helen

The Love Parade

as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)

6.6

Masquerade

1929

as Spectator

The Unkissed Man

1929

as Patient

Liberty

1929

as Woman in cab (as Harlean Carpenter)

Bacon Grabbers

as Mrs. Kennedy

Double Whoopee

as Swanky blonde

Close Harmony

as Chorus Girl

Why Be Good?

as Blonde on Rooftop Bench at Junior's Second Party

6.5

The Saturday Night Kid

as Hazel

New York Nights

as Party Guest

Weak But Willing

as Blonde Night Club Patron

This Thing Called Love

1929

as Extra

Thundering Toupees

1929

Fugitives

1929

as Extra (uncredited)

Why Is a Plumber?

1929

Moran of the Marines

1928

as Extra (uncredited)

Chasing Husbands

1928

as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

Honor Bound

1928

as Extra

Television (2)

Intimate Portrait

as Self

The Hollywood Greats