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Intro

Jean Harlow was the original "Blonde Bombshell"—the woman who set the template for every platinum-blonde starlet who followed, including Marilyn Monroe. Beneath the hyper-glamorous MGM marketing machine, she was "The Baby": a warm, down-to-earth Midwesterner who hated the pretentiousness of Hollywood and just wanted to be ordinary.

Here is the comprehensive profile of classic cinema's tragic, luminous comedic genius.

Backstory

Born Harlean Harlow Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1911, she was the daughter of a dentist and an intensely ambitious mother ("Mama Jean"). After eloping at age 16 to escape her restrictive home life, she moved to Los Angeles. She never actually wanted to be an actress; she took extra work on a bet and to appease her domineering mother, who lived out her own failed Hollywood dreams through her daughter. Howard Hughes discovered her, cast her in Hell’s Angels (1930), and changed her name to Jean Harlow.

Vitals

Jean Harlow’s look was defined by her revolutionary hair color, translucent skin, and fluid, uncorseted movement.

Attribute Profile & Data

Height 5' 1."

Weight 110 to 115 lbs.

Measurements 34B - 23 - 35 (Famously uncorseted; her smooth silhouette defined 1930s style)

Body Type Petite, slender but naturally curved, soft and fluid

Looks striking "Platinum Blonde" hair (a shade invented for her), thin arched eyebrows, porcelain skin, and a bright, dimpled smile

Age Tragically passed away at just 26 years old (March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) due to sudden kidney failure stemming from childhood illness.