ACTOR

Jean Harlow

1911 - 1937

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Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress. Spotted, so goes a believable story, by a casting director named Ryan in a parking lot at Fox Studios in February of 1928 - still a few days before she turned 17 - Harlean attracted attention with her spectacular natural beauty, petite frame, green eyes, and natural ash blonde hair. Repeatedly insisting she had no interest in acting in the movies, she finally accepted a letter of recommendation to Central Casting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Harlow has received more than 8,468,188 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Jean Harlow is the 426th most popular actor (up from 464th in 2019), the 771st most popular biography from United States (up from 878th in 2019) and the 214th most popular American Actor.

Jean Harlow was a Hollywood actress who was most famous for her platinum blonde hair and her on-screen persona as a "blonde bombshell."

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean Harlow ranks 426 out of 13,578. Before her are Tom Wilkinson, James Woods, Roy Scheider, Pamela Anderson, Bourvil, and Donald Pleasence. After her are Charlie Sheen, Nebahat Çehre, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Brandon Lee, Heath Ledger, and Cillian Murphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Jean Harlow ranks 28. Before her are Tennessee Williams, Klaus Fuchs, Maurice Allais, Wilhelm Mohnke, Polykarp Kusch, and Joseph Barbera. After her are Jules Dassin, Milovan Đilas, William Alfred Fowler, Bernard Katz, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, and William Howard Stein. Among people deceased in 1937, Jean Harlow ranks 23. Before her are Gerda Taro, J. M. Barrie, Austen Chamberlain, J. Bruce Ismay, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, and Gaston Doumergue. After her are Rudolf Otto, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Karol Szymanowski, Ramsay MacDonald, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and Emilio Mola.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean Harlow ranks 771 out of 20,380. Before her are Roy Scheider (1932), Jack Vance (1916), William T. G. Morton (1819), Michio Kaku (1947), Louise Hay (1926), and Albert Ellis (1913). After her are Charlie Sheen (1965), Greg Abbott (1957), Stan Kroenke (1947), James E. Webb (1906), Jules Dassin (1911), and Robert Burns Woodward (1917).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jean Harlow ranks 214. Before her are James Caan (1940), Ali MacGraw (1939), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Randy Quaid (1950), James Woods (1947), and Roy Scheider (1932). After her are Charlie Sheen (1965), Brandon Lee (1965), Mark Hamill (1951), John Goodman (1952), Frances McDormand (1957), and Pat Morita (1932).

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