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  • Born: March 3, 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri
  • Birth Name: Harlean Carpenter
  • Died: June 7, 1937 in Los Angeles, California
  • Cause of Death: kidney disease

  • Spouses:'Charles Fremont McGrew' (1927 - 1929), Paul Bern (1932 - 1932), Harold Rosson (1933 - 1935)

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

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