Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), was an US film actress who became known as the "original blonde bombshell", predating Marilyn Monroe as a blonde sex symbol. Jean was the first blonde to be cast in 'bad girl roles'. Before her, bad girls in movies were always dark-haired and exotic looking. She made over thirty films during a career that lasted only ten years, and had a talent for comedy as well as drama that is still recognized today by record numbers of fans and film critics alike. Her given name (Harlean) was invented from parts of her mother's maiden name, Jean Harlow, which she adopted as a stage name and then, in 1935, legally.

Filmography

• Honor Bound (1928)
• Moran of the Marines (1928)
• Chasing Husbands (1928) (short subject)
• Liberty (1929) (short subject)
• Fugitives (1929)
• Why Be Good? (1929)
• Why Is a Plumber? (1929) (short subject)
• Close Harmony (1929)
• The Unkissed Man (1929) (short subject)
• Double Whoopee (1929) (short subject)
• Thundering Toupees (1929) (short subject)
• Bacon Grabbers (1929) (short subject)
• The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
• The Love Parade (1929)
• This Thing Called Love (1929)
• Weak But Willing (1929) (short subject)
• New York Nights (1929)
• Hell's Angels (1930)
• City Lights (1931)
• The Secret Six (1931)
• The Public Enemy (1931)
• Iron Man (1931)
• Goldie (1931)
• Platinum Blonde (1931)
• Beau Hunks (1931) (short subject) (appears in photo)
• Talking Screen Snapshots (1932) (short subject)
• Hollywood on Parade (1932) (short subject)
• Three Wise Girls (1932)
• The Beast of the City (1932)
• Red Dust (1932)
• Hold Your Man (1933)
• Dinner at Eight (1933)
• Bombshell (1933)
• The Girl from Missouri (1934)
• Reckless (1935)
• China Seas (1935)
• Riffraff (1936)
• Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
• Suzy (1936)
• Libeled Lady (1936)
• The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937) (short subject)
• Personal Property (1937)
• Saratoga (1937)