16 Facts About Harry Conover

Harry Conover was known for creating the term "Cover Girl".

Harry Conover was from Chicago, Illinois, and was of Irish descent.

Harry Conover's father, Harry S Conover, was a bigamist who left the family shortly after he was born.

Harry Conover said he was not only poor, but relatively uneducated.

Harry Conover went to school at Peekskill Military Academy, further north of New York City, in the lower Hudson River Valley of upstate New York, in Peekskill, New York.

Harry Conover worked a variety of jobs including being a dough mixer in a bakery, being a disc jockey and a necktie salesman.

Harry Conover later became an old time radio soap opera programs performer.

Harry Conover accompanied a female friend to an interview at the prominent John Robert Powers' modeling agency of New York City for a modeling job.

Harry Conover's friend got nervous and Conover did the talking for both of them, landing both of them jobs as models.

In 1939, Harry Conover went out on his own and invested $500 into a one-room office which served as the headquarters of his new "Harry Conover Model Agency".

Harry Conover was credited with inventing and copyrighting the term, "Cover Girl".

Harry Conover was credited with launching the careers of actresses Joan Caulfield, Shelley Winters, Nina Fech, Anita Colby, Jinx Falkenburg, Patricia Blair, and Constance Ford.

Harry Conover's models were said to have a knack for reaching stardom and Conover created names for models which helped attract attention.

Harry Conover was being sued for withholding money from models and his agency lost its license.

Harry Conover married again to Candy Jones in 1946 and the couple had then three children together, but they divorced 13 years later in 1959 At the time of his death, Conover had a total of five children and a grandson.

Harry Conover died on July 21,1965, at Elmhurst City Hospital due to a heart attack.