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Apr 28, 2022 · Officially, Jean Harlow (born Harlean Carpenter) is said to have died from cerebral edema, or swelling on the brain, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The swelling was caused by the uremic poisoning that happened when her kidneys were no longer functioning, sending the waste that's normally filtered through the kidneys and eliminated in ...
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Jun 8, 2016 · Hollywood, June 7. Miss Jean Harlow, the platinum blonde film actress, died here to-day at the age of 26. She was taken ill only ten days ago with internal inflammation, and later she was...
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- Guardian Staff
- Before Jean
- The Making of A Movie Star
- More Tragedy Than Comedy
- A Falling Star
Just as Marilyn Monroe used to be Norma Jean, Jean Harlow was born Harlean Carpenteron March 3, 1911, in Kansas City, Missouri. Harlean's mother's name was actually Jean Harlow, but after her daughter took on the screen name, she began going by "Mother Jean". (Similarly, Norma Jean would borrow her mother's maiden name of Monroe.) Meanwhile Harlean...
Harlean was discovered by Fox executives while she was visiting a movie lot with a friend. Apparently, she wasn't all that interested in becoming a star, even giving them a fake name: her mom's. But certainly, they were interested in her—or at least, in her look: a glamorous blonde with killer curves. At the insistence of Mother Jean, the newly dub...
Jean's personal life was less stable than her work life. In 1932 Jean married MGM executive Paul Bern. Only two months after their wedding, Paul was found dead from a gun shot wound to the head in their home; Jean had been staying with her mother at the time. Despite rumors that he was murdered at the hands of a former lover (it turned out Paul was...
However happy she may have been personally with William, Jean continued to drink heavily, which as Longworth notes, "may have obscured other health problems," including headaches mistaken for hangovers and a puffy face and swollen belly that Jean likely believed to be alcohol-related weight gain (her mother's solution was apparently to put her on a...
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Nov 13, 2009 · On June 7, 1937, Hollywood is shocked to learn of the sudden and tragic death of the actress Jean Harlow, who succumbs to uremic poisoning (now better known as acute renal failure, or acute...
Mar 3, 2011 · Home > News & Advice > Jean Harlow: The Platinum Blonde. News & Advice. Jean Harlow: The Platinum Blonde. By Legacy Staff March 3, 2011. 0. Screen legend Jean Harlow, born Mar. 3,...
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 ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Jean Harlow, American actress who was the original Blonde Bombshell. Known initially for her striking beauty and forthright sexuality, Harlow developed considerably as an actress, but she died prematurely at the height of her career.
