1911 - 1937 (25 years)
Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.
1904 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
1904 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Jean Harlow, b. 3 Mar 1911, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA |
Married |
1927 |
Divorced |
1929 |
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- 1931
Died |
1931 |
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Family |
Jean Harlow, b. 3 Mar 1911, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA |
Married |
Abt 1930 |
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Family |
Jean Harlow, b. 3 Mar 1911, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA |
Married |
1933 |
Divorced |
Abt 1934 |
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1892 - 1984 (91 years)
Birth |
29 Jul 1892 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Died |
5 Mar 1984 |
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Father |
Horatio Powell |
Mother |
Nettie |
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Family 1 |
Eileen Wilson |
Married |
1914 |
Divorced |
1930 |
Children |
| 1. William David Powell, b. 1925 |
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Family 2 |
Carole Lombard, b. 6 Oct 1908, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA |
Married |
1931 |
Divorced |
1933 |
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Family 3 |
Jean Harlow, b. 3 Mar 1911, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA |
Married |
1935 |
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Family 4 |
Diana Lewis, b. 18 Sep 1919, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA |
Married |
6 Jan 1940 |
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Name |
Jean Harlow |
Birth |
3 Mar 1911 |
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA |
Gender |
Female |
Prominent People |
USA |
actor |
Death |
1937 |
Person ID |
I372881 |
Geneagraphie |
Last Modified |
2 Apr 2002 |
Family 4 |
William Powell, b. 29 Jul 1892, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Mar 1984 (Age 91 years) |
Marriage |
1935 |
Family ID |
F147797 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
2 Apr 2002 |
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Notes |
- daughter of a successful dentist and his wife. In 1927, at the age of 16, Jean ran away from home and married a young business man named Charles McGrew who was 23. The couple pulled up stakes and moved to Los Angeles, California not long after they were wedded and it was there Jean found work as an extra in films. In 1928, Jean had a bit part in the film MORAN OF THE MARINES. From that point on she would try to find casting calls whenever she could. In 1929, Jean had bit parts in no less than eleven movies. She played everything from a passing woman on the street to a winged ballerina. The marriage she had with McGrew turned out to be a disaster, so she divorced him. The union lasted barely two years. The divorce enabled Jean to put more of her efforts into finding roles in the film world. While Jean was having trouble finding roles in feature movies, she had more luck in film shorts. She had a fairly prominent role in Hal Roach's film short, DOUBLE WHOOPEE in 1928, with the famed Laurel and Hardy comedy team. Jean's big break came in 1930, when Howard Hughes was involved in a remake of his World War I epic, HELL'S ANGELS. It was the appearance of Jean that helped the movie to become a big smash. Not long after the film's debut, Hughes sold her contract to MGM, for $60, 000, where her career took off to unprecedented heights. In 1931, Jean's appearance in PLATINUM BLONDE solidified her role as America's new sex symbol. 1932 saw Jean paired with Clark Gable for the filming of RED DUST. It would be the second of six films with the dashing Mr. Gable the first being THE SECRET SIX in 1931. During the filming which took 44 days to complete at a cost of $408, 000, word came that Jean's new husband, Paul Bern, had committed suicide. The death of Bern threatened production. Louis B. Mayer had even contacted Tallulah Bankhead to replace Jean if she were unable to continue. However, it proved to be unnecessary. The film was released late in 1932 and immediately became a hit. She was becoming a superstar. In DINNER AT EIGHT (1933) Jean was at her comedic best as the wife of a business tycoon (Wallace Beery) trying to take over another man's failing business played by Lionel Barrymore. Later that year Jean portrayed Lola Burns in Victor Fleming's hit BOMBSHELL. It was a Hollywood parody loosely based on Jean's real life experience, right down to her greedy stepfather. Later in '33 Jean married Hal Rossen in a union that would only last eight months. In 1935, Jean was again teamed with Clark Gable for the
production of CHINA SEAS. The other two were WIFE
VS SECRETARY (1936) and SARATOGA (1937). It
was her films with Gable that created her lasting legacy in
the film world. Unfortunately, during the filming of
SARATOGA, Jean was hospitalized for uremic
poisoning. On June 7, 1937, Jean died from the disease.
She was only 26. The film had to be finished by long
angle shots using a double. Gable said he felt like he was
in the arms of a ghost during the final touches of the film.
Because of the death of Jean, the film was a hit. Record
numbers of fans poured into America's movie theater's to
see the film. Other sex symbols/blonde bombshells have
followed, but it is Jean Harlow who all are measured up
to and that includes, yes, even Marilyn Monroe.
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