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Jean Harlow was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. Harlow was only on the screen from 1928 to 1937, before her death at the age of 26, but she became one of the biggest movie stars in the world, whose image in the public eye has endured. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde", she was popular for her "Laughing Vamp" movie persona.
Birth Name
Harlean Harlow Carpenter
Born
Friday, 03 March 1911
Died
Monday, 07 June 1937
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe | Self | 2022 |
| The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes | Self (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth | Self | 2020 |
| Disclosure | (archive footage) | 2020 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Mysteries at the Museum | Self | 2010 |
| Vegas: The City the Mob Made | Self - Actress | 2009 |
| Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) / Various Roles | 2008 |
| Girl 27 | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe | Self | 2022 |
| The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes | Self (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth | Self | 2020 |
| Disclosure | (archive footage) | 2020 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Mysteries at the Museum | Self | 2010 |
| Vegas: The City the Mob Made | Self - Actress | 2009 |
| Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) / Various Roles | 2008 |
| Girl 27 | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Hollywood Couples | Self | 2006 |
| Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self - At the premiere / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy | 2003 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders | Self | 2001 |
| Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) | 1999 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Sports on the Silver Screen | Self | 1997 |
| Great Romances of the 20th Century | Self | 1997 |
| The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful | Self | 1996 |
| Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self | 1995 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Dinner at Eight' | 1994 |
| Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell | Herself / Self | 1993 |
| Death in Hollywood | Self | 1990 |
| Death Scenes | Self | 1989 |
| American Experience | The Public Enemy | 1988 |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self / Lil Andrews / (archive footage) | 1986 |
| The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Herself (archive footage) / Self | 1986 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| America at the Movies | Kitty Packard | 1976 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | Clips from 'Dinner at Eight' & 'Reckless' etc. / (archive footage) | 1976 |
| Arena | (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| That's Entertainment! | Clips from 'Reckless' & 'Suzy' / (archive footage) | 1974 |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
| The Secretaries | Self | 1968 |
| The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | (archive footage) | 1967 |
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Ruby in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage) / Ruby in 'Hold Your Man' | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| The Judy Garland Show | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actress 'Dinner at Eight' | 1961 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Self | 1961 |
| The Golden Age of Comedy | (archive footage) | 1957 |
| MGM Parade | Kitty Packard | 1955 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Kitty Packard in 'Dinner at Eight' | 1948 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary | Self | 1945 |
| Some of the Best | Kitty Packard in Dinner at Eight | 1944 |
| Saratoga | Carol Clayton | 1937 |
| Personal Property | Crystal Wetherby | 1937 |
| Libeled Lady | Gladys Benton | 1936 |
| Suzy | Suzy Trent / Suzy | 1936 |
| Wife vs. Secretary | Helen (Whitey) Wilson / Helen 'Whitey' Wilson | 1936 |
| Riffraff | Hattie Muller / Hattie | 1936 |
| China Seas | China Doll | 1935 |
| Reckless | Mona Leslie | 1935 |
| The Girl from Missouri | Edith (Eadie) Chapman / Eadie | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | Self | 1934 |
| Bombshell | Lola Burns | 1933 |
| Dinner at Eight | Kitty Packard | 1933 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 | Self | 1933 |
| Hold Your Man | Ruby Adams / Ruby | 1933 |
| Red Dust | Vantine | 1932 |
| Red-Headed Woman | Lil Andrews / Lillian 'Lil' / 'Red' Andrews Legendre | 1932 |
| Scarface | Blonde at Paradise Club | 1932 |
| The Beast of the City | Daisy Stevens / Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont | 1932 |
| Three Wise Girls | Cassie Barnes | 1932 |
| Beau Hunks | Jeanie Weenie - in Photo | 1931 |
| Platinum Blonde | Ann Schuyler / Anne Schuyler | 1931 |
| Goldie | Goldie | 1931 |
| The Public Enemy | Gwen Allen | 1931 |
| Iron Man | Rose Mason | 1931 |
| The Secret 6 | Anne Courtland | 1931 |
| City Lights | Diner in Restaurant | 1931 |
| Hell's Angels | Helen | 1930 |
| The Love Parade | Woman in Opera Box | 1930 |
| New York Nights | Party Guest | 1929 |
| The Saturday Night Kid | Hazel | 1929 |
| Bacon Grabbers | Mrs. Kennedy | 1929 |
| Masquerade | Spectator | 1929 |
| Double Whoopee | Swanky Blonde | 1929 |
| Close Harmony | Chorus Girl | 1929 |
| Why Be Good? | Blonde on Rooftop Bench at Junior's Second Party | 1929 |
| Liberty | Woman in Cab / Woman in cab (as Harlean Carpenter) | 1929 |
| Moran of the Marines | Bit Part | 1928 |
