Jean Harlow

3 March 1911 Kansas City, Missouri, USA
7 June 1937 Los Angeles, California, USA. (uremic poisoning brought on by acute nephritis)
Birth name Harlean Harlow Carpenter
Nickname Baby, The Platinum Blonde
Height 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Spouse Harold Rosson (13 September 1933 - 11 March 1934) (divorced)
Paul Bern (2 July 1932 - 5 September 1932) (his death)
Charles Fremont McGrew (1927 - 1929) (divorced)
Ranked #22 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years, 100 Legends" list in June 1999.
Had two famous superstitions: She always wore a "lucky" ankle chain on her left leg (visible in some films if you look closely), and had a "lucky" mirror in her dressing room. She wouldn't leave the room without first looking at it.
Favorite brand of cigarette - Fatima.
Never wore any underwear and always slept in the nude.
She had to stick to a strict diet to keep thin, eating mostly vegetables and salads.
She used to put ice on her nipples right before shooting a scene in order to appear sexier.
She was voted the 49th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
For many years, it was a widely-held belief that she died because her mother, a Christian Scientist, refused to let doctors operate on her after she became ill (Christian Scientists prefer prayer to be their primary physician). This story was even reprinted in David Shipman's famous book "The Great Movie Stars", but it has recently been proven to be completely untrue.