Jean Harlow Biography

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NAME: Jean Harlow
OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Pin-up
BIRTH DATE: March 03, 1911
DEATH DATE: June 07, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kansas City, Missouri
PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California
Originally: Harlean Carpenter

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Jean Harlow was an American actress who proved herself a platinum-blonde sex-symbol and able comedian in 1930s Hollywood.

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Jean Harlow was an American actress who proved herself a platinum-blonde sex-symbol and able-comedian in 1930s Hollywood. She starred in The Public Enemy and Platinum Blonde, as well as Dinner at Eight, China Seas, and Libeled Lady. Her "laughing vamp" image was in complete contrast to her personal life, which was plagued by deep disappointment and her tragic death at the young age of 26.

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