Biography
Distinctive Features
Her platinum blonde hair
Measurements
Bust: 5 "
f
Waist: et"
Hips: es"
Friends and Family
Jean Poe Carpenter
[Mother]
::
Dr. Mont Clair Carpenter
[Father]
(dentist)
::
Marino Bello
[Step Father]
::
Clark Gable
[Friend]
(always referred to her as sis)
Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
 From Dinner At Eight: “HARLOW: "I was reading a book the other day . . . the guy said machinery is going to take the place of every profession."/ DRESSLER: "Oh, my dear, that`s something you`ll never have to worry about."” “One day when he was eating a cookie he offered me a bite. Don`t underestimate that. The poor guy`s so frightened of germs, it could darn near have been a proposal.” regarding howard hughes
“When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.”
No one ever expects a great lay to pay all the bills.”
This place certainly reeks of hospitality and good cheer, or maybe it`s this cheese.”
“I like to wake up each morning feeling a new man.”
“Underwear makes me uncomfortable and besides my parts have to breathe.”
Trivia
A portrait of Jean Harlow taking by Clarence Sinclair Bull recently sold at auction for $8,000.00.
Everyone on the MGM lot called her `The Baby` with the exception of Clark Gable. A very close friend, he always called her "Sis".
Favorite brand of cigarette - Fatima.
For many years, it was a widely-held belief that she died because her mother, a Christian Scientist, refused to let doctors operate on her after she became ill (Christian Scientists prefer prayer to be their primary physician). This story was even reprinted in David Shipman`s famous book "The Great Movie Stars", but it has recently been proven to be completely untrue.
Had two famous superstitions: She always wore a "lucky" ankle chain on her left leg (visible in some films if you look closely), and had a "lucky" mirror in her dressing room. She wouldn`t leave the room without first looking at it.
Measurements: 34B-25-36
She had to stick to a strict diet to keep thin, eating mostly vegetables and salads.
She was at a dinner party and kept on addressing Margot Asquith (wife of prime minister Herbert Asquith) as MargoT (pronouncing the `T`). Margot finally had enough and said to her No Jean, the T is silent, as in Harlow
Her final film, Saratoga (1937), became the highest grossing film of 1937 and set all-time house records, due almost entirely to her untimely death.
Refused the lead in King Kong (1933), as well as the lead in the Tod Browning classic Freaks (1932).
She was the very first film actress to grace the cover of LIFE magazine in May 1937.
Was the godmother of Millicent Siegel, daughter of the notorious mobster Bugsy Siegel.
Went on a salary strike from MGM in 1934, during which she wrote a novel, "Today is Tonight." The book was not published until 1965
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