Jean Harlow Connections to Marilyn…
“I kept thinking of her, rolling over the facts of her life in my mind. It was kind of spooky, and sometimes I thought, am I making this happen? But I don’t think so. We just seemed to have the same spirit or something, I don’t know. I kept wondering if I would die young like her, too.” – Marilyn Monroe to Milton Greene, about Jean Harlow.

Here are some connections and similarities between Marilyn and her idol Jean Harlow, whom she once said she wanted to be. Don’t they give you chills?

• Brought up by Christian Scientists.
• Were married at 16, and left school to do so.
• Were married three times.
• Both died tragic deaths, and some what suspicious.
• Their last films were done with Clark Gable.
• Loved animals, and took in strays.
• Both posed nude, and flaunted their bodies – which tested the times in which they were living.
• Acted under their mother’s maiden names.
• Each lived at North Palm Drive at least once in their short lives.
• Both went on strike to change their contract terms and get a pay raise when they were at the height of their popularity.
• Were regularly prescribed sedatives by their doctors.
• Both went to presidential birthday bashes before they died, and were in turn punished by their studios.
• Both had flowers sent to their graves weekly by their true loves – Harlow had William Powell, and Marilyn had Joe DiMaggio.