biography
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Harlow, Jean
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originally Harlean Carpentier, nickname the Blonde Bombshell
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1911–37)
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| biography:
| Actress, born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Married at age 16 to a wealthy young businessman, she moved to Beverly Hills with him and began appearing in minor film roles in 1928. Millionaire playboy and film producer Howard Hughes discovered her and propelled her into overnight stardom in Hell's Angels (1930). With her platinum-blonde hair, her slim but sexy body, and her casual, slightly vulgar manner, she quickly dominated the box-office and the headlines. She showed a flair for comedy in such films as Dinner at Eight (1934) and was able to spoof her own sex-driven image in Bombshell (1933). Her private life, however, was not as lighthearted: she divorced her first husband in 1932, and her second husband committed suicide only months after their marriage; a third marriage was unhappy; and while engaged to William Powell and filming Saratoga she died of a cerebral edema. Her life would provide a number of eerie parallels to that of Marilyn Monroe. |
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