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  1. Jun 22, 2022 · Harlow's website explains that she legally changed her name from Harlean Carpenter to Jean Harlow in 1935 in order to elevate her career. From then on, her mother was referred to as "Mother Jean," while Harlow's family and friends called her "The Baby" (per Country Living). Per " Hollywood V. Beauty and the Synchronicity of the Six ," "Mother ...

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    Jean Harlow. 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. [1] Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum ...

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  4. Also in 1933, Jean married cinematographer Harold Rosson in a union that would only last eight months. To accompany her escalating career, in 1935 she legally changed her name to Jean Harlow, her mother’s maiden name. Following the end of her marriage, Jean found the love of her life in actor William Powell.

  5. Nov 13, 2009 · Harlean was an amalgam of her mother’s maiden name, Jean Harlow, which the actress later took as her stage name. At the age of 16, she eloped with Charles McGrew, a young bond broker.

  6. Jean Harlow. Actress: China Seas. Harlean Carpenter, who later became Jean Harlow, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3, 1911. She was the daughter of a successful dentist and his wife. In 1927, at the age of 16, she ran away from home to marry a young businessman named Charles McGrew, who was 23. The couple pulled up stakes and moved to Los Angeles, not long after they...

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