
Jean Harlow Filmography
Hollywood Sex Symbol of the 1930s
Jean Harlow was an American film actress who, in her short career of about a decade, appeared in a couple dozen successful motion pictures in the 1930s, starting with her first major appearance in 'Hell's Angels' in 1930. While she had already become a star with the success of the film, she subsequently struggled to find good opportunities as films like 'The Secret Six' (1931) and 'The Public Enemy' (1931) were critical failures.
She was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932, and as a leading lady, delivered successful movies like 'Red-Headed Woman' (1932), 'Red Dust' (1932), 'Dinner at Eight' (1933), 'Reckless' (1935), and 'Suzy' (1936). With the success of these films, she became one of the biggest movie stars in the world by the late 1930s, surpassing her MGM colleagues Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer in popularity. Her filmography also included movies like 'China Seas' (1935), 'Libeled Lady' (1936) and 'Personal Property' (1937).
At the time of her death in 1937, aged 26, she was working on the romantic comedy film 'Saratoga', which was completed using body doubles and was released about a month after her death. It went on to become the highest grossing MGM film of the year.

BIRTHDAY
03 March 1911BIRTHPLACE
Kansas CityBIRTH SIGN
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Chasing Husbands (1928)BEST MOVIE
City Lights (1931)WORST MOVIE
Moran of the Marines (1928)BIO
Jean HarlowJean Harlow Movies List: Best To Worst

As:
Cast
Director:
Charles Chaplin
Genres:
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Star Cast:
Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Garcia Al Ernest

TV-G
Libeled Lady
(1936)As:
Cast
Role:
Gladys Benton
Director:
Jack Conway
Genres:
Comedy, Romance
Star Cast:
Hattie McDaniel, William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly

PG
Scarface
(1932)As:
Cast
Director:
Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Genres:
Action, Film-Noir, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Star Cast:
Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins

Dinner at Eight
(1933)As:
Cast
Role:
Kitty Packard
Director:
George Cukor
Genres:
Drama, Comedy
Star Cast:
Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Marie Dressler

Hell's Angels
(1930)As:
Cast
Role:
Helen
Director:
Edmund Goulding, James Whale, Howard Hughes
Genres:
Drama, War
Star Cast:
Ben Lyon, James Hall, John Darrow, Lucien Prival

The Public Enemy
(1931)As:
Cast
Role:
Gwen Allen
Director:
William A. Wellman
Genres:
Crime, Drama
Star Cast:
James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Edward Woods

Liberty
(1929)As:
Cast
Director:
Leo McCarey
Genres:
Family, Short, Comedy
Star Cast:
Jack Hill, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tom Kennedy

Chasing Husbands
(1928)As:
Cast
Director:
James Parrott
Genres:
Comedy, Short
Star Cast:
Iris Adrian, Charley Chase, Edgar Kennedy, Kalla Pasha

Red Dust
(1932)As:
Cast
Role:
Vantine
Director:
Victor Fleming
Genres:
Drama, Romance
Star Cast:
Clark Gable, Gene Raymond, Mary Astor, Donald Crisp

Close Harmony
(1929)As:
Cast
Director:
John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland
Genres:
Romance, Music
Star Cast:
Jack Oakie, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll

Beau Hunks
(1931)As:
Cast
Director:
James W. Horne
Genres:
Short, Comedy
Star Cast:
Broderick O'Farrell, James W. Horne, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

Bombshell
(1933)As:
Cast
Role:
Lola Burns
Director:
Victor Fleming
Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Star Cast:
Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien, Frank Morgan, Lee Tracy

Why Be Good?
(1929)As:
Cast
Director:
William A. Seiter
Genres:
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Star Cast:
Neil Hamilton, Colleen Moore, Bodil Rosing, John St. Polis

Red Headed Woman
(1932)As:
Cast
Role:
Lillian 'Lil' / 'Red' Andrews Legendre
Director:
Jack Conway
Genres:
Romance, Comedy
Star Cast:
Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, Una Merkel, Chester Morris

Wife vs. Secretary
(1936)As:
Cast
Role:
Whitey
Director:
Clarence Brown
Genres:
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Star Cast:
Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, May Robson, George Barbier

Bacon Grabbers
(1929)As:
Cast
Role:
Mrs. Kennedy
Director:
Lewis R. Foster
Genres:
Comedy, Short
Star Cast:
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Harry Bernard

China Seas
(1935)As:
Cast
Role:
China Doll
Director:
Tay Garnett
Genres:
Drama, Adventure, Action, Romance
Star Cast:
Clark Gable, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell

The Love Parade
(1929)As:
Cast
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Genres:
Musical, Comedy, Romance
Star Cast:
Eugene Pallette, Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, E.H. Calvert

Double Whoopee
(1929)As:
Cast
Role:
Swanky Blonde
Director:
Lewis R. Foster
Genres:
Short, Comedy
Star Cast:
Chet Brandenburg, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Ed Brandenburg

Hold Your Man
(1933)As:
Cast
Role:
Ruby Adams
Director:
Sam Wood
Genres:
Romance, Drama
Star Cast:
Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Burgess, Muriel Kirkland

TV-14
The Beast of the City
(1932)As:
Cast
Role:
Daisy
Director:
Charles Brabin
Genres:
Crime, Film-Noir, Drama
Star Cast:
Mickey Rooney, Jean Hersholt, Wallace Ford, Walter Huston

Platinum Blonde
(1931)As:
Cast
Role:
Ann Schuyler
Director:
Frank Capra
Genres:
Romance, Comedy
Star Cast:
Reginald Owen, Loretta Young, Halliwell Hobbes, Robert Williams

The Girl from Missouri
(1934)As:
Cast
Role:
Edith
Director:
Jack Conway, Sam Wood
Genres:
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Star Cast:
Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Patsy Kelly

Reckless
(1935)As:
Cast
Role:
Mona Leslie
Director:
Victor Fleming
Genres:
Musical, Comedy, Drama
Star Cast:
Mickey Rooney, Franchot Tone, William Powell, May Robson

Three Wise Girls
(1932)As:
Cast
Role:
Cassie Barnes
Director:
William Beaudine
Genres:
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Star Cast:
Walter Byron, Mae Clarke, Andy Devine, Marie Prevost

Saratoga
(1937)As:
Cast
Role:
Carol Clayton
Director:
Jack Conway
Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Star Cast:
Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Walter Pidgeon

Suzy
(1936)As:
Cast
Role:
Suzy Trent
Director:
George Fitzmaurice
Genres:
Drama
Star Cast:
Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone, Cary Grant, Benita Hume

Personal Property
(1937)As:
Cast
Role:
Crystal Wetherby
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Genres:
Romance, Comedy
Star Cast:
Reginald Owen, Robert Taylor, Una O'Connor, Henrietta Crosman

Riffraff
(1936)As:
Cast
Role:
Hattie Muller
Director:
J. Walter Ruben
Genres:
Drama, Crime
Star Cast:
Mickey Rooney, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, Joseph Calleia

The Saturday Night Kid
(1929)As:
Cast
Director:
A. Edward Sutherland
Genres:
Romance, Comedy
Star Cast:
Edna May Oliver, Clara Bow, James Hall, Jean Arthur

New York Nights
(1929)As:
Cast
Director:
Lewis Milestone
Genres:
Drama, Crime
Star Cast:
Roscoe Karns, Gilbert Roland, Norma Talmadge, Lilyan Tashman

The Secret 6
(1931)As:
Cast
Role:
Anne Courtland
Director:
George W. Hill
Genres:
Crime, Drama
Star Cast:
Clark Gable, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow

Iron Man
(1931)As:
Cast
Role:
Rose Mason
Director:
Tod Browning
Genres:
Drama
Star Cast:
John Miljan, Lew Ayres, Robert Armstrong, Edward Dillon

Goldie
(1931)As:
Cast
Role:
Goldie
Director:
Benjamin Stoloff
Genres:
Comedy
Star Cast:
Spencer Tracy, Warren Hymer, Jesse De Vorska, Leila Karnelly

Moran of the Marines
(1928)As:
Cast
Director:
Frank R. Strayer
Genres:
Comedy, Romance
Star Cast:
Roscoe Karns, E.H. Calvert, Richard Dix, Ruth Elder