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Jean Harlow

1911 - 1937

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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. Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars, whose image in the public eye has endured. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Harlow is the 470th most popular actor (down from 426th in 2019), the 1,008th most popular biography from United States (down from 771st in 2019) and the 245th most popular American Actor.

Jean Harlow was a Hollywood actress who was most famous for her platinum blonde hair and her on-screen persona as a "blonde bombshell."

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Among actors, Jean Harlow ranks 470 out of 13,578. Before her are Frances Farmer, Helena Bonham Carter, Mel Ferrer, Jane Seymour, Vincent Cassel, and Pat Morita. After her are Jane Russell, Richard Barthelmess, Joan Collins, Bill Bixby, Magda Schneider, and Lillian Gish.

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Among people born in 1911, Jean Harlow ranks 44. Before her are Trygve Haavelmo, Odysseas Elytis, Lê Đức Thọ, Richard Baer, Jules Dassin, and Lee Yoo-hyung. After her are Joseph Barbera, John Archibald Wheeler, L. Ron Hubbard, Ginger Rogers, Samuel Reshevsky, and Akira Yoshizawa. Among people deceased in 1937, Jean Harlow ranks 24. Before her are J. M. Barrie, Gerda Taro, Austen Chamberlain, Gaston Doumergue, Andrew Mellon, and Karol Szymanowski. After her are Charles-Marie Widor, Wallace Carothers, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Rudolf Otto, Keke Geladze, and Frank B. Kellogg.

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Among people born in United States, Jean Harlow ranks 1,008 out of 20,380. Before her are Frances Farmer (1913), Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), Frank Miller (1957), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Mel Ferrer (1917), and Pat Morita (1932). After her are Gary Gygax (1938), Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Joseph Barbera (1911), Jane Russell (1921), Richard Barthelmess (1895), and George Eastman (1854).

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Among actors born in United States, Jean Harlow ranks 245. Before her are Frances McDormand (1957), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), William H. Macy (1950), Frances Farmer (1913), Mel Ferrer (1917), and Pat Morita (1932). After her are Jane Russell (1921), Richard Barthelmess (1895), Bill Bixby (1934), Lillian Gish (1893), Karl Malden (1912), and Harold Ramis (1944).

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