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Clara Bow

Clara Bow

Department: Acting

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.

Known For

Wings

Wings

1927

Yesterday and Today

Yesterday and Today

1953

This Woman

This Woman

1924

The Wild Party

The Wild Party

1929

It

It

1927

Mantrap

Mantrap

1926

Hoopla

Hoopla

1933

Poisoned Paradise

Poisoned Paradise

1924

Call Her Savage

Call Her Savage

1932

100 Years at the Movies

100 Years at the Movies

1994

Parisian Love

Parisian Love

1925

No Limit

No Limit

1931

Dangerous Curves

Dangerous Curves

1929

The Saturday Night Kid

The Saturday Night Kid

1929

True to the Navy

True to the Navy

1930

Rough House Rosie

Rough House Rosie

1927

Love Among the Millionaires

Love Among the Millionaires

1930

Free to Love

Free to Love

1925

My Lady of Whims

My Lady of Whims

1925

The Plastic Age

The Plastic Age

1925

Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment

1925

Her Wedding Night

Her Wedding Night

1930

Dancing Mothers

Dancing Mothers

1926

Kid Boots

Kid Boots

1926

Hula

Hula

1927

Get Your Man

Get Your Man

1927

Black Oxen

Black Oxen

1923

Helen's Babies

Helen's Babies

1924

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

1995

Ladies of the Mob

Ladies of the Mob

1928

The Primrose Path

The Primrose Path

1925

The Runaway

The Runaway

1926

Maytime

Maytime

1923

Daughters of Pleasure

Daughters of Pleasure

1924

Kiss Me Again

Kiss Me Again

1925

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

2002

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

Black Lightning

Black Lightning

1924

The Best Bad Man

The Best Bad Man

1925

Paramount on Parade

Paramount on Parade

1930

Shadow of the Law

Shadow of the Law

1926

Red Hair

Red Hair

1928

Three Week Ends

Three Week Ends

1928

Children of Divorce

Children of Divorce

1927

Kick In

Kick In

1931

My Lady's Lips

My Lady's Lips

1925

Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships

1922

Fascinating Youth

Fascinating Youth

1926

The Fleet's In

The Fleet's In

1928

Two Can Play

Two Can Play

1926

Beyond the Rainbow

Beyond the Rainbow

1922

The Keeper of the Bees

The Keeper of the Bees

1925

The Film Parade

The Film Parade

1933

Sigrid Holmquist

Sigrid Holmquist

2010

The Ancient Mariner

The Ancient Mariner

1925

Empty Hearts

Empty Hearts

1924

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

The House That Shadows Built

The House That Shadows Built

1931

Wine

Wine

1924

The Pill Pounder

The Pill Pounder

1923

The Scarlet West

The Scarlet West

1925

The Adventurous Sex

The Adventurous Sex

1925

The Daring Years

The Daring Years

1923

Grit

Grit

1924

The Lawful Cheater

The Lawful Cheater

1925

Eve's Lover

Eve's Lover

1925

Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

1949

Enemies of Women

Enemies of Women

1923

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

1999

Enemies of Women

Enemies of Women

1923

Hodgepodge

Hodgepodge

2025

Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

2010

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

2012

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986

The Casting Couch

The Casting Couch

1995