Jean harlow film star biography

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Early Life. She was born to relatively well-to-family. Her mother, Jean, came from wealthy family who arranged for her to marry dentist, Mont Clair Carpenter. Bitter in what little say she had in her own marriage, Jean formed an intensely strong bond with her only child. She dotted and coddled her daughter, whom she called "Baby" so much that Harlow didn't learn her legal first name until she was enrolled at the Miss Barstow's Finishing School for Girls at the age of five.

In Harlow contracted meningitis, the first her many health problem that would plague her for the rest of her short life. In , Harlow's mother filed for divorced, which went uncontested. She was then rewarded full custody of their daughter and because her mother forbade it, the young girl would rarely see her father thereafter.

The next year Mother Jean relocated to Hollywood in hopes of pursuing a film career but returned two years later after little success. In , at the age of 15, the young Harlow became sick with scarlet fever while attending summer camp. When Harlow turned 16 she married McGrew and left home, much to the chagrin of her mother. The two soon moved to Los Angeles, where Harlow initially enjoyed life as a wealthy debutant, with aspirations of becoming a wife and mother.