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She was born at Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Mont Clair Carpenter, a dentist, and his wife, Jean Harlow Carpenter. Mother Jean, as she was called, divorced Harlean's father and moved to Hollywood with hopes of becoming an actress herself. Shortly afterward she remarried and moved to Chicago, where Jean attended high school. At the age of 16, Jean eloped with a wealthy young business man and the couple moved to Los Angeles, California.

Jean wanted only to be a wife and mother, but to please Mother Jean she looked for work as an extra in films. In the beginning Jean landed bit parts in silent films such as Why is a Plumber? ( 1927Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1927 in aviation 1927 in film 1927 in literature 1927 in mu), Moran of the Marines ( 1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu), and The Love ParadeThe Love Parade is a 1929 musical comedy film. The plot concerns the romantic difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania ( Jeanette MacDonald) and her new husband, Count Alfred ( Maurice Chevalier). The film was written by Guy Bolton and Ernest Vajda, from ( 1929Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 See also 1929 in aviation 1929 in film 1929 in literature 1929 in mu). She has a more substantial role in Laurel and HardyStan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were the members of the most famous comedy duo in film history. Stan Laurel Stan Laurel ( June 16, 1890 February 23, 1965) was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Lancashire (now Ulverston, Cumbria), England. Laurel be's short Double Whoopee (1929). By 19301930 is the common year starting on Wednesday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 6 The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 G, Jean and her husband had divorced, and she got her first major role when producer Howard HughesHoward Robard Hughes ( December 24, 1905 April 5, 1976) was at times a pilot, a movie producer, a playboy, an eccentric, a recluse, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. Hughes was born in Houston, Texas. As a teenager, he declared that his goals cast her in the World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of film Hell's Angels (1930).

In 1931, Harlow began to gain popularity when she appeared in The Public Enemy, Goldie , The Secret Six , with Clark Gable, and Platinum Blonde . In 1932 she had bigger roles in Red-Headed Woman and Red Dust , her second film with Clark Gable. Harlow and Gable worked well together, and starred in a total of six films together. It was during the making of Red Dust that Harlow's second husband, MGM producer Paul Bern committed suicide.

By 1933, Jean was becoming a superstar. She had a great comedic part in Dinner at Eight , and later that year she starred in Bombshell . She was also married in 1933 for a short time to cinematographer Harold Rosson . Jean then starred in two more films with Clark Gable, China Seas ( 1935), and Wife vs. Secretary ( 1936).

Following the end of her third marriage she met MGM star William Powell. They were engaged for two years, but before they could marry Jean became ill. While filming Saratoga ( 1937) with Clark Gable, she was hospitalized with uremic poisoning and kidney failure, a result from scarlet fever she suffered from during childhood. She died shortly afterward at the age of 26, and is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Los Angeles, California.