Stats and Trivia

Born

Harlean Harlow Carpenter
March 3, 1911, 7:40 p.m.
3344 Olive St., Kansas City, Missouri (more here)
*While Harlean’s middle name was given as “Harlow” on her birth announcement, a middle name was not actually registered on her birth certificate.

Died

June 7, 1937, 11:37 a.m. (aged 26 years, 3 months, 4 days)
Good Samaritan Hospital (Room 826), Los Angeles, California
View Harlow’s death certificate here.

Appearance

Natural hair color: ash blonde
Other hair colors: platinum blonde (1929-1935), “brownette” (1935- late 1936), honey blonde (late 1936 – 1937)
Eye color: Dark blue
Height: 5’1”½ – 5’3”, depending on your source (Harlow herself stated 5’1”½)
Weight: 108 lbs. (according to Harlow herself, 1933)
Measurements: 35-23½-35½ (according to Harlow herself, 1933)
Dress size: 12 (according to Harlow herself, 1933)
Shoe size: 3½B (according to Harlow herself, 1933); 3AAA has also been given

Parents and Family

Father: Mont Clair Carpenter (1877-1974)
Mother: Jean Harlow (married names Carpenter, Bello, Brand) (1891-1958)
Siblings: None (parents divorced 9/29/1922, when Harlean was eleven)

Marriages

Husband 1: Charles McGrew II (1906-1971)
(married 9/21/1927, separated 6/11/1929, divorce filed 1929, divorce finalized 1931)

Husband 2: Paul Bern (1889-1932)
(married 7/2/1932, ended 9/5/1932 with his death)

Husband 3: Harold Rosson (1895-1988)
(married 9/18/1933, separated 5/5/1934, divorce filed 12/5/1934, divorce granted 3/11/1935)
View marriage license here.

Relationships

Ernest Torgler (1931)
Abner “Longie” Zwillman (1931)
John Arledge (1933)
Howard Hawks (for one night in 1933)
Max Baer (briefly in 1933)
Thomas Wolfe (purportedly for one night in 1935)
William Powell (1934-1937)
Donald Friede (1937)
*Harlow never dated or slept with Clark Gable.

Favorites

Favorite sports: golf, tennis
Favorite perfumes: L’Heure Blue, Guerlain Mitsouko
Favorite of her own films: Bombshell (1933)
Favorite songs: “Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life”, “Indian Love Call”
Favorite musical artists: Benny Goodman, Johnny Hamp, Abe Lyman, Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy