1905-07-29 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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Hodgepodge | Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston) | 2025-04-30 |
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Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess | 2012-12-30 | |
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Herself (archive footage) | 2011-04-03 |
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Sigrid Holmquist | Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) | 2010-10-08 |
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Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture | 2010-06-15 | |
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
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Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) | 1999-06-14 |
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Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
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The Casting Couch | 1995-01-01 | |
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100 Years at the Movies | 1994-04-14 | |
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1988-09-19 |
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | archive footage | 1986-04-19 |
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Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 1953-12-02 |
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Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner | Clara Bow | 1949-07-20 |
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Hoopla | Lou | 1933-11-30 |
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The Film Parade | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-01-01 |
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Call Her Savage | Nasa Springer | 1932-11-24 |
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No Limit | Helen 'Bunny' O'Day | 1931-01-15 |
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The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
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Kick In | Molly Hewes | 1931-05-22 |
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Paramount on Parade | Herself | 1930-04-22 |
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Love Among the Millionaires | Pepper Whipple | 1930-07-05 |
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Her Wedding Night | Norma Martin | 1930-09-28 |
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True to the Navy | Ruby Nolan | 1930-05-25 |
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Dangerous Curves | Pat Delaney | 1929-07-12 |
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The Wild Party | Stella Ames | 1929-04-06 |
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The Saturday Night Kid | Mayme Barry | 1929-10-25 |
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Three Week Ends | Gladys O'Brien | 1928-12-08 |
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Red Hair | Bubbles McCoy | 1928-03-10 |
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Ladies of the Mob | Yvonne | 1928-06-30 |
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The Fleet's In | Trixie Deane | 1928-09-15 |
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Wings | Mary Preston | 1927-08-12 |
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Children of Divorce | Kitty Flanders | 1927-04-25 |
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Get Your Man | Nancy Worthington | 1927-12-06 |
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Rough House Rosie | Rosie O'Reilly | 1927-05-14 |
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Hula | Hula Calhoun | 1927-08-28 |
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It | Betty Lou Spence | 1927-02-05 |
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Mantrap | Alverna | 1926-07-24 |
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Fascinating Youth | Clara Bow | 1926-03-17 |
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Two Can Play | Dorothy Hammis | 1926-02-21 |
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Dancing Mothers | Kittens Westcourt | 1926-03-01 |
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Kid Boots | Clara McCoy | 1926-10-03 |
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Shadow of the Law | Mary Brophy | 1926-01-24 |
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The Runaway | Cynthia Meade | 1926-04-04 |
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The Keeper of the Bees | Lolly Cameron | 1925-09-06 |
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The Scarlet West | Miriam | 1925-07-26 |
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The Adventurous Sex | The Girl | 1925-06-12 |
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The Lawful Cheater | Molly Burns | 1925-07-17 |
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Eve's Lover | Rena D'Arcy | 1925-07-06 |
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The Ancient Mariner | Doris | 1925-12-27 |
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The Primrose Path | Marilyn Merrill | 1925-09-14 |
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My Lady of Whims | Prudence Severn | 1925-12-09 |
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Free to Love | Marie Anthony | 1925-11-19 |
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Parisian Love | Marie | 1925-08-01 |
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Capital Punishment | Delia Tate | 1925-01-01 |
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The Plastic Age | Cynthia Day | 1925-12-15 |
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Kiss Me Again | Grizette | 1925-08-01 |
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My Lady's Lips | Lola Lombard | 1925-07-01 |
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The Best Bad Man | Peggy Swain | 1925-11-29 |
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Wine | Angela Warriner | 1924-08-31 |
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Black Lightning | Martha Larned | 1924-12-08 |
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Poisoned Paradise | Margot LeBlanc | 1924-02-29 |
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Grit | Orchid McGonigle | 1924-01-07 |
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This Woman | Aline Sturdevant | 1924-11-02 |
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Empty Hearts | Rosalie | 1924-09-15 |
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Daughters of Pleasure | Lila Millas | 1924-06-15 |
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Helen's Babies | Alice Mayton | 1924-10-11 |
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Maytime | Alice Tremaine | 1923-11-17 |
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Black Oxen | Janet Ogelthorpe | 1923-12-29 |
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Enemies of Women | Dancing Girl (uncredited) | 1923-04-15 |
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The Daring Years | Mary | 1923-09-15 |
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The Pill Pounder | 1923-04-23 | |
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Enemies of Women | Girl Dancing on Table | 1923-04-15 |
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Down to the Sea in Ships | 'Dot' Morgan | 1922-11-21 |
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Beyond the Rainbow | Virginia Gardener | 1922-02-19 |
