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 in the public eye has endured. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow number 22 on its greatest female screen legends list.
Harlow with her mother in 1934
Jean Arthur, Clara Bow, Harlow, and Leone Lane in The Saturday Night Kid, in which Harlow had her first speaking part
Harlow and Ben Lyon in Hell's Angels (1930), her first major film appearance
Harlow and Clark Gable in The Secret Six (1931)
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars is the American Film Institute's list ranking the top 25 male and 25 female greatest screen legends of American film history and is the second list of the AFI 100 Years... series.
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