Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

American film actress (1911–1937)

Jean Harlow 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. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde,” Harlow was popular for her "Laughing Vamp" screen persona. Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars, whose image has endured in the public eye. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow number 22 on its greatest female screen legends list.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 36 films (1928–1967) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 18 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1928 MORAN OF THE MARINES. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 70 min B&W
1929 Double Whoopee Hal Roach Productions 19 min 16mm B&W sound
1929 Double Whoopee Lewis R. Foster 19 min 16mm B&W
1930 Hell's Angels Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale 127 min 16mm B&W
1930 HELL'S ANGELS ▶ #VALUE! 127 min 16mm B&W
1930 Hell's angels Caddo Co. ; Producer, Howard Hughes ; scenarists, Harry Behn, Howard Estabrook ; story, Marshall Neilan, Joseph Moncure March ; director, Howard Hughes. 127 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1930 Hell's angels. The Caddo Co. Inc. 16 reels 16mm B&W sound
1931 City lights Charlie Chaplin 87 B&W
1931 GOLDIE. Fox Film Corp 68 min B&W
1931 Platinum Blonde Columbia Picture Corp 89 min 16mm B&W sound
1931 PLATINUM BLONDE. Columbia Pictures Corp. 9 reels B&W
1931 Public Enemy Contemporary Films 84 min 16mm sound
1931 THE IRON MAN. Universal Pictures Corp. 8 reels
1931 The public enemy William A. Wellman 83 B&W
1931 THE PUBLIC ENEMY. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 9 reels B&W
1931 THREE WISE GIRLS. Columbia Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1932 Red Dust Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:16:00 16mm B&W sound
1932 RED DUST. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1932 RED-HEADED WOMAN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1932 THE BEAST OF THE CITY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1933 Bombshell ▶ Victor Fleming 96 min B&W
1933 BOMBSHELL. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1933 Dinner at eight. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 11 reels. 16mm B&W sound
1933 HOLD YOUR MAN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels B&W
1934 THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1935 China seas. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels 16mm B&W sound
1935 RECKLESS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1936 LIBELED LADY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1936 RIFFRAFF. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1936 SUZY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels Color & B&W
1936 Wife vs. Secretary Clarence Brown 88 min B&W
1937 PERSONAL PROPERTY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1937 SARATOGA. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1957 The Golden Age Of Comedy. Ro-Co Corp. 78 min. 35mm B&W sound
1958 The Golden Age Of Comedy Youngson Robert 80 min 16mm Color sound
1967 The Further Perils Of Laurel And Hardy. Robert Youngson Productions Inc. 80 min 35mm B&W sound