Jean Harlow

1911-1937

Biography: life and films

Jean Harlow was an American actress. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA on 3rd March 1911 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 7th June 1937, aged 26.

Her best films as an actor include Tod Browning's Iron Man (1931), Frank Capra's comedy Platinum Blonde (1931), William A. Wellman's The Public Enemy (1931), Victor Fleming's Red Dust (1932) and William Beaudine's Three Wise Girls (1932).

Jean Harlow appeared in 40 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jack Conway (4 films), Victor Fleming (3), Robert Youngson (3) and William Beaudine (2).

Her most frequent genres include: comedy (16 films), drama (14), comedy-romance (14), romance (10), comedy-drama (7) and Documentary (5).

Our average rating for Jean Harlow over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

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Honor Bound (1928) [a]

Moran of the Marines (1928) [a]

Close Harmony (1929) [a]

Fugitives (1929) [a]

Masquerade (1929) [a]

New York Nights (1929) [a]

The Love Parade (1929) [a]

The Saturday Night Kid (1929) [a]

This Thing Called Love (1929) [a]

Why Be Good? (1929) [a]

Hell's Angels (1930) [a]

Goldie (1931) [a]

Iron Man (1931) [a]

Platinum Blonde (1931) [a]

The Public Enemy (1931) [a]

The Secret Six (1931) [a]

Red Dust (1932) [a]

Red-Headed Woman (1932) [a]

The Beast of the City (1932) [a]

Three Wise Girls (1932) [a]

Bombshell (1933) [a]

Dinner at Eight (1933) [a]

Hold Your Man (1933) [a]

The Girl from Missouri (1934) [a]

China Seas (1935) [a]

Reckless (1935) [a]

Libeled Lady (1936) [a]

Riffraff (1936) [a]

Suzy (1936) [a]

Wife vs. Secretary (1936) [a]

Personal Property (1937) [a]

Saratoga (1937) [a]

The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) [a]

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) [a]

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967) [a]

Hooray for Hollywood (1975) [a]

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) [a]



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