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Clara Bow

Acting 60 (deceased) years old Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA ★ 0.9
Born: July 29, 1905
Died: September 27, 1965

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent films during the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" after 1927. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the film It brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl". Bow came to personify the Roaring Twenties and is described as its leading sex symbol.

Bow appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies, including hits such as Mantrap (1926), It (1927), and Wings (1927). She was named first box-office draw in 1928 and 1929 and second box-office draw in 1927 and 1930. Her presence in a motion picture was said to have ensured investors, by odds of almost two-to-one, a "safe return". At the apex of her stardom, she received more than 45,000 fan letters in a single month (January 1929).

Two years after marrying actor Rex Bell in 1931, Bow retired from acting and became a rancher in Nevada. Her final film, Hoop-La, was released in 1933. In September 1965, Bow died of a heart attack at the age of 60.

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Known For

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Self (archive footage) 2007
Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce Kitty Flanders 1927
The Best Bad Man
The Best Bad Man Peggy Swain 1925
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid Mayme Barry 1929
Dancing Mothers
Dancing Mothers Kittens Westcourt 1926

Filmography

Acting Credits (74)

Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston) 2025
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess 2012
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films Herself (archive footage) 2011
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) 2010
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture 2010
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Self (archive footage) 2007
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (archive footage) 2002
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl Self / Various Roles (archive footage) 1999
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons Self (archive footage) 1995
100 Years at the Movies
100 Years at the Movies 1994
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies 1988
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today (archive footage) 1953
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner Clara Bow 1949
Hoopla
Hoopla Lou 1933
The Film Parade
The Film Parade (archive footage) (uncredited) 1933
Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage Nasa Springer 1932
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built (archive footage) 1931
Kick In
Kick In Molly Hewes 1931
No Limit
No Limit Helen 'Bunny' O'Day 1931
Her Wedding Night
Her Wedding Night Norma Martin 1930
Love Among the Millionaires
Love Among the Millionaires Pepper Whipple 1930
True to the Navy
True to the Navy Ruby Nolan 1930
Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade Herself 1930
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid Mayme Barry 1929
Dangerous Curves
Dangerous Curves Pat Delaney 1929
The Wild Party
The Wild Party Stella Ames 1929
Three Week Ends
Three Week Ends Gladys O'Brien 1928
The Fleet's In
The Fleet's In Trixie Deane 1928
Ladies of the Mob
Ladies of the Mob Yvonne 1928
Red Hair
Red Hair Bubbles McCoy 1928
Get Your Man
Get Your Man Nancy Worthington 1927
Hula
Hula Hula Calhoun 1927
Wings
Wings Mary Preston 1927
Rough House Rosie
Rough House Rosie Rosie O'Reilly 1927
Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce Kitty Flanders 1927
It
It Betty Lou Spence 1927
Kid Boots
Kid Boots Clara McCoy 1926
Mantrap
Mantrap Alverna 1926
The Runaway
The Runaway Cynthia Meade 1926
Fascinating Youth
Fascinating Youth Clara Bow 1926
Dancing Mothers
Dancing Mothers Kittens Westcourt 1926
Two Can Play
Two Can Play Dorothy Hammis 1926
Shadow of the Law
Shadow of the Law Mary Brophy 1926
The Ancient Mariner
The Ancient Mariner Doris 1925
The Plastic Age
The Plastic Age Cynthia Day 1925
My Lady of Whims
My Lady of Whims Prudence Severn 1925
The Best Bad Man
The Best Bad Man Peggy Swain 1925
Free to Love
Free to Love Marie Anthony 1925
The Primrose Path
The Primrose Path Marilyn Merrill 1925
The Keeper of the Bees
The Keeper of the Bees Lolly Cameron 1925
Parisian Love
Parisian Love Marie 1925
Kiss Me Again
Kiss Me Again Grizette 1925
The Scarlet West
The Scarlet West Miriam 1925
The Lawful Cheater
The Lawful Cheater Molly Burns 1925
Eve's Lover
Eve's Lover Rena D'Arcy 1925
My Lady's Lips
My Lady's Lips Lola Lombard 1925
The Adventurous Sex
The Adventurous Sex The Girl 1925
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment Delia Tate 1925
Black Lightning
Black Lightning Martha Larned 1924
This Woman
This Woman Aline Sturdevant 1924
Helen's Babies
Helen's Babies Alice Mayton 1924
Empty Hearts
Empty Hearts Rosalie 1924
Wine
Wine Angela Warriner 1924
Daughters of Pleasure
Daughters of Pleasure Lila Millas 1924
Poisoned Paradise
Poisoned Paradise Margot LeBlanc 1924
Grit
Grit Orchid McGonigle 1924
Black Oxen
Black Oxen Janet Ogelthorpe 1923
Maytime
Maytime Alice Tremaine 1923
The Daring Years
The Daring Years Mary 1923
The Pill Pounder
The Pill Pounder 1923
Enemies of Women
Enemies of Women Dancing Girl (uncredited) 1923
Enemies of Women
Enemies of Women Girl Dancing on Table 1923
Down to the Sea in Ships
Down to the Sea in Ships 'Dot' Morgan 1922
Beyond the Rainbow
Beyond the Rainbow Virginia Gardener 1922

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