Some facts about Jean Harlow

Here are some interesting facts about Jean:

Height is often listed as 5'2"-5'3 1/2"

 Was photographed nude at age 17 by Hollywood photographer Edward Bower Hesser in Griffith Park in 1928.

 Went on a salary strike from MGM in 1934, during which she wrote a novel, "Today is Tonight." The book was not published until 1965.

 She was the very first film actress to grace the cover of Life magazine in May 1937.

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.

Her birth name was Harlean Carpenter - the first name an amalgam of her mother's maiden name, Jean Harlow, which she later took as her stage name. At the height of her career, it came out that this wasn't her real name, and the insatiable public wanted to know what her real name was. The studio released her "real" name as Harlean Carpentier. Harlow had added the extra "i" herself before her career began to make it sound more exotic.

She was voted the 49th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

Along with Hedy Lamarr, they were the primary inspirations for Batman creator Bob Kane's Catwoman character.

Was known as "The Original Platinum Blonde".

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Things to know about Lauren Bacall

Just some facts and trivia about Miss Bacall, my classic movie goddess for the month.

Beautiful Lauren

Date of birth: September 16, 1924 (New York City, USA...same as Bogie)

Nickname: The Look

2nd husband was actor Jason Robards. They were married from 1961-1969 and their union
produced one child. Her first husband, Humphrey Bogart, and they were married from 1945-1957 until his death. They had two children.

 Ranked #20 in the AFI's top 25 Actress Legends.


Was crowned "Miss Greenwich Village" in 1942.

Lauren doing "The Look"

Used her mother's maiden name of Bacal, but added an extra "L" when she entered the cinema.


Still undiscovered, Bacall volunteered as a hostess at the New York chapter of the Stage Door Canteen, working Monday nights when theaters were closed.



Having lost her job as a showroom model and quit acting school for lack of funds, the teenage Bacall found work as a Broadway theater usher. George Jean Nathan voted her the prettiest usher of the 1942 season in the pages of "Esquire".

An only child.


Is half Romanian


She was 17 when she met and became a close friend of Gregory Peck. She was an usherette at the time. They remained close until his death.

Looking stunning with close friend Gregory Peck

Son Stephen Bogart was born on January 6, 1949. He was named after father Humphrey Bogart's character from To Have and Have Not (1944).



Daughter Leslie Bogart was born on August 23, 1952. She was named after actor Leslie Howard, who helped Humphrey Bogart get his breakthrough role in the play, The Petrified Forest (1936).




Has won two Tony Awards as Best Actress (Musical): in 1970, for her role as Margo Channing in "Applause", a musical based on the movie, All About Eve (1950); and in 1981, for "Woman of the Year," also based on a movie of the same name, Woman of the Year (1942). Her Tony for "Applause" was presented by Walter Matthau.

Lauren striking a pose

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Some facts and trivia about AUDREY HEPBURN

Was fluent in English, Spanish, French, Dutch/Flemish and Italian.

Was trained as a dental assistant before making it big.

In Arnhem, Holland, during the Second World War, she worked with the Dutch Underground, giving ballet performances to collect donations for the anti-Nazi effort.



Presented the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards four times (in 1955, 1960, 1966, and 1975) more than any other actress.


Told People Magazine that she was very self-conscious about her size-10 feet.

Is one of the only 12 people who are an EGOT, which means that she won at least one of all of the four major entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The other ones in chronological order are Richard Rodgers, Barbra Streisand, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols and Whoopi Goldberg. Barbra Streisand, however, won a Special Tony Award, not a competitive one, and Liza Minnelli won a Special Grammy.


She was voted the 21st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

Voted #1 in TheAge.com's Top 100: Natural Beauties of all time.

She owned a Yorkshire Terrier called "Mr. Famous".


She was voted the 18th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.


Was named #3 on The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Screen Legends

Once admitted that she would not have accepted the role of Eliza Dolittle in My Fair Lady (1964) if she had known that producer Jack L. Warner planned to have all of her singing dubbed.

It's DORIS DAY all month long as the classic movie goddess

Let's all welcome Doris Day as she is the classic movie goddess of the month. Here are some notable facts about Ms. Day.

Was married four times.

It was during the location filming of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), when she saw how camels, goats and other "animal extras" in a marketplace scene were being treated, that Day began her lifelong commitment to preventing animal abuse.


Reportedly did not like "swear words." As a recording artist, she would require anyone who said a swear word to put a quarter in a "swear jar." In addition, she does not allow her songs to be used in movies that contain swear words.

Childhood idol was Ginger Rogers, with whom she starred in Storm Warning (1951).



Went to the same Cincinnati ballroom dance studio as a child as Vera-Ellen. Their parents used to carpool together to the dance studio.
Her dreams of a dancing career were dashed when a car accident on 13 October 1937 badly damaged her legs. She spent most of her teenage years wheelchair-bound and during this time began singing on the radio.

The film The Children's Hour (1961) was constructed with both Day and Katharine Hepburn as the two leading ladies. However both actresses backed out due to scheduling conflicts and as a result Shirley MacLaine was cast in Hepburn's role and Audrey Hepburn was cast in Day's role.



Has often cited Calamity Jane (1953) as her personal favorite of the 39 films she appeared in.
Her mother named her after her favorite silent film star, Doris Kenyon. By coincidence, in the mid 1970's when Day wrote her autobiography, Kenyon was her neighbor on Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills.