Jean Harlow

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Bombshell Lola Burns

(1933)

Libeled Lady Gladys Benton

(1936)

Red Dust Vantine

(1932)

Dinner at Eight Kitty Packard

(1933)

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Actress (43 credits)

1937 Saratoga
Carol Clayton

1937 Personal Property
Crystal Wetherby

1936 Libeled Lady
Gladys Benton

1936 Suzy
Suzy Trent

1936 Wife vs. Secretary
Helen (Whitey) Wilson

1936 Riffraff
Hattie Muller

1935 China Seas
China Doll

1935 Reckless
Mona Leslie

1934 The Girl from Missouri
Edith (Eadie) Chapman

1933 Bombshell
Lola Burns

1933 Dinner at Eight
Kitty Packard

1933 Hold Your Man
Ruby

1932 Red Dust
Vantine

1932 Red-Headed Woman
Lil Andrews

1932 Scarface
Blonde at Paradise Club (uncredited)

1932 The Beast of the City
Daisy Stevens

1932 Three Wise Girls
Cassie Barnes

1931 Beau Hunks (Short)
Jeanie Weenie - in Photo (uncredited)

1931 Platinum Blonde
Ann Schuyler

1931 Goldie
Goldie

1931 Iron Man
Rose Mason

1931 The Public Enemy
Gwen Allen

1931 The Secret 6
Anne Courtland

1931 City Lights
Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)

1930 Hell's Angels
Helen

1929 New York Nights
Party Guest (uncredited)

1929 Weak But Willing (Short)
Blonde Night Club Patron (uncredited)

1929 This Thing Called Love
Bit Part (uncredited)

1929 The Love Parade
Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)

1929 The Saturday Night Kid
Hazel (uncredited)

1929 Bacon Grabbers (Short)
Mrs. Kennedy

1929 Masquerade
Spectator (unconfirmed, uncredited)

1929 Thundering Toupees (Short)

1929 Double Whoopee (Short)
Swanky Blonde

1929 The Unkissed Man (Short) (uncredited)

1929 Close Harmony
Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1929 Why Is a Plumber? (Short)

1929 Why Be Good?
Blonde on Rooftop Bench at Junior's Second Party (uncredited)

1929 Fugitives
Bit Part (uncredited)

1929 Liberty (Short)
Woman in Cab (as Harlean Carpenter)

1928 Chasing Husbands (Short)
Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

1928 Moran of the Marines
Bit Part (uncredited)

1928 Honor Bound
Extra (unconfirmed, uncredited)

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Soundtrack (7 credits)

1993 Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Hear What My Heart Is Saying" (1935))

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary) (performer: "Reckless" (1935), "Did I Remember" (1936) - uncredited)

1936 Suzy ("Did I Remember (To Tell You I Adore You)?" (1936)) / (performer: "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose" (1914) (uncredited), "The Wedding March" (1842) (uncredited), "Did I Remember (To Tell You I Adore You)?" (1936), "Under the Bamboo Tree" (1902) (uncredited))

1936 Riffraff (performer: "You Are My Lucky Star" (1935) - uncredited)

1935 Reckless ("Reckless" (1935)) / (performer: "Reckless" (1935), "Trocadero" (1934) (uncredited), "Ev'rything's Been Done Before" (1935), "Hear What My Heart Is Saying" (1935))

1933 Hold Your Man ("Hold Your Man" (1933), uncredited)

1932 Red Dust ("There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)" (1823), uncredited)

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Self (4 credits)

1937 The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (Short)
Self (uncredited)

1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (Short)
Self

1932/II Screen Snapshots (Documentary short)
Self

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Archive footage (73 credits)

2004-2020 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Lil Andrews / Self

- Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020) ... Lil Andrews

- Hollywood Chinese (2009)

- Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) ... Self

2020 Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth
Self

2020 Disclosure (Documentary)

2019 The Movies (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Golden Age (2019) ... Self

2018 Mysteries at the Museum (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Nuclear Nightmare, Teddy Roosevelt's Badlands Bandits and the Movie Star and Dead Man (2018) ... Self

2017 Les couples mythiques du cinéma (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self

- Jean Harlow & William Powell (2017) ... Self

2012 Arena (TV Series documentary)

- Screen Goddesses (2012)

2008 Spisok korabley (Documentary)
China Doll

2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Various Roles

2007 Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (Documentary)
Self

2007 Girl 27 (Documentary)
Self

2006 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (Video short)

2004 History vs. Hollywood (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Aviator (2004) ... Self

2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (Video documentary short)
Self - At the premiere

2003 Los Angeles Plays Itself (Documentary)
Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (uncredited)

2003 Complicated Women (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

2002 American Experience (TV Series documentary)
The Public Enemy

- Public Enemy Number 1 (2002) ... The Public Enemy

2001 History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Hollywood Murders ... Self (uncredited)

1993-2001 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Carole Lombard: Hollywood's Profane Angel (2001) ... Self

- Jane Russell: Body and Soul (1997) ... Self

- Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell (1996) ... Self

- Cary Grant: Hollywood's Leading Man (1993) ... Self

2000 Hollywood Couples (TV Series documentary)
Self

- William Powell and Jean Harlow ... Self

2000 Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1999 Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Jean Harlow (1999) ... Self

1999 Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (TV Movie documentary)
Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (uncredited)

1999 Great Romances of the 20th Century (TV Series documentary short)
Self

- Jean Harlow and William Powell (1999) ... Self

1998 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Jean Harlow (1998) ... Self

1997 Judy Garland's Hollywood (Video documentary)

1997 Sports on the Silver Screen (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1996 The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (TV Special documentary)
Self

1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (Documentary)
Self

1995 The Casting Couch (Video documentary)

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'Dinner at Eight' (uncredited)

1993 Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self

1990 Death in Hollywood (Video documentary)
Self

1989 Death Scenes (Video documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1989 Only in Hollywood (TV Series documentary)
Self

1989 Two Tragic Blondes (Video documentary)
Self

1988 Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (Video documentary)

1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (Documentary)
Self

1987 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (TV Movie)
Whitey (clip from Wife vs. Secretary (1936))

1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (Documentary)

1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1982 Showbiz Ballyhoo (Documentary)
Self

1982 Hooray for Hollywood (Documentary)
Self

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Actress - 'Dinner at Eight' (uncredited)

1978 Hollywood on Parade (Video documentary)
Self

1978 Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary)
Self / Various Characters

- Jean Harlow (1978) ... Self / Various Characters

1976 America at the Movies (Documentary)
Kitty Packard

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary)
Clips from 'Dinner at Eight' & 'Reckless' etc.

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)
Self

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary)
Clips from 'Reckless' & 'Suzy'

1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV Movie documentary)
Self - film clips (uncredited)

1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV Movie documentary)
Actress 'Dinner at Eight' (uncredited)

1969 The Secretaries
Self

1967 The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (Documentary)

1965 Hollywood My Home Town (Documentary)
Self

1965 The Love Goddesses (Documentary)
Self

1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (Documentary)
Ruby in 'Hold Your Man'

1964 Today (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 30 June 1964 (1964) ... Self

1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Wild and Wonderful Thirties (1964) ... Self (uncredited)

1964 The Judy Garland Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.16 (1964) ... Self

1963 Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)
Self

- Hollywood - My Home Town (1962) ... Self

1957 The Golden Age of Comedy (Documentary)

1955 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary)
Kitty Packard

- Episode #1.25 (1955) ... Kitty Packard

1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Kitty Packard in 'Dinner at Eight'

- MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute (1954) ... Kitty Packard in 'Dinner at Eight'

1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (Documentary short)
Self

1944 Some of the Best (Documentary)
Kitty Packard in Dinner at Eight (uncredited)

1941 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (Short)

1938 Personality Parade (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (Short)
Self (uncredited)

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Harlean Carpenter

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5' 1" (1.55 m)

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Was the godmother of Millicent Siegel, daughter of the notorious mobster Benjamin Bugsy Siegel. See more »

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Skinny eyebrows arched to the extreme and sometimes painted high upon her forehead See more »

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The Blonde Bombshell See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces

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