Clara Bow
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 29, 1905
- Died
- September 27, 1965 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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Filmography
Hodgepodge
Movie · as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Movie
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Movie · as Herself (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
Movie · as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie · as (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Movie · as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Movie · as archive footage
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Movie · as Mary Preston (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood
TV · as Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 ep
Yesterday and Today
Movie · as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Movie · as Clara Bow
Hoopla
Movie · as Lou
The Film Parade
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
Movie · as Nasa Springer
No Limit
Movie · as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
Kick In
Movie · as Molly Hewes
The House That Shadows Built
Movie · as (archive footage)
True to the Navy
Movie · as Ruby Nolan
Love Among the Millionaires
Movie · as Pepper Whipple
Her Wedding Night
Movie · as Norma Martin
Paramount on Parade
Movie · as Herself
The Wild Party
Movie · as Stella Ames
Dangerous Curves
Movie · as Pat Delaney
The Saturday Night Kid
Movie · as Mayme Barry
Ladies of the Mob
Movie · as Yvonne
Red Hair
Movie · as Bubbles McCoy
Three Week Ends
Movie · as Gladys O'Brien
The Fleet's In
Movie · as Trixie Deane
Wings
Movie · as Mary Preston
It
Movie · as Betty Lou Spence
Rough House Rosie
Movie · as Rosie O'Reilly
Hula
Movie · as Hula Calhoun
Get Your Man
Movie · as Nancy Worthington
Children of Divorce
Movie · as Kitty Flanders
Mantrap
Movie · as Alverna
Dancing Mothers
Movie · as Kittens Westcourt
Kid Boots
Movie · as Clara McCoy
The Runaway
Movie · as Cynthia Meade
Shadow of the Law
Movie · as Mary Brophy
Fascinating Youth
Movie · as Clara Bow
Two Can Play
Movie · as Dorothy Hammis
Parisian Love
Movie · as Marie
Free to Love
Movie · as Marie Anthony
My Lady of Whims
Movie · as Prudence Severn
The Plastic Age
Movie · as Cynthia Day
Capital Punishment
Movie · as Delia Tate
The Primrose Path
Movie · as Marilyn Merrill
Kiss Me Again
Movie · as Grizette
The Best Bad Man
Movie · as Peggy Swain
My Lady's Lips
Movie · as Vola Lombard
The Keeper of the Bees
Movie · as Lolly Cameron
The Ancient Mariner
Movie · as Doris
The Scarlet West
Movie · as Miriam
The Adventurous Sex
Movie · as The Girl
The Lawful Cheater
Movie · as Molly Burns
Eve's Lover
Movie · as Rena D'Arcy
This Woman
Movie · as Aline Sturdevant
Poisoned Paradise
Movie · as Margot LeBlanc
Helen's Babies
Movie · as Alice Mayton
Daughters of Pleasure
Movie · as Lila Millas
Black Lightning
Movie · as Martha Larned
Empty Hearts
Movie · as Rosalie
Wine
Movie · as Angela Warriner
Grit
Movie · as Orchid McGonigle
Black Oxen
Movie · as Janet Ogelthorpe
Maytime
Movie · as Alice Tremaine
The Pill Pounder
Movie
The Daring Years
Movie · as Mary
Enemies of Women
Movie · as Dancing Girl (uncredited), Girl Dancing on Table
Down to the Sea in Ships
Movie · as 'Dot' Morgan
Beyond the Rainbow
Movie · as Virginia Gardener