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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100 Years at the Movies | 1994-04-14 | |
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Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell | Self (archive footage) | 1993-02-06 |
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | 1988-09-19 | |
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (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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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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No Limit | Helen 'Bunny' O'Day | 1931-01-15 |
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Her Wedding Night | Norma Martin | 1930-09-28 |
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Paramount on Parade | Herself | 1930-04-22 |
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True to the Navy | Ruby Nolan | 1930-05-25 |
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Love Among the Millionaires | Pepper Whipple | 1930-07-05 |
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The Wild Party | Stella Ames | 1929-04-06 |
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Dangerous Curves | Pat Delaney | 1929-07-12 |
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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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The Fleet's In | Trixie Deane | 1928-09-15 |
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Ladies of the Mob | Yvonne | 1928-06-30 |
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Red Hair | Bubbles McCoy | 1928-03-10 |
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Wings | Mary Preston | 1927-08-12 |
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It | Betty Lou Spence | 1927-02-05 |
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Children of Divorce | Kitty Flanders | 1927-04-25 |
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Rough House Rosie | Rosie O'Reilly | 1927-05-14 |
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Get Your Man | Nancy Worthington | 1927-12-06 |
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Hula | Hula Calhoun | 1927-08-28 |
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Shadow of the Law | Mary Brophy | 1926-01-24 |
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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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The Runaway | Cynthia Meade | 1926-04-04 |
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Mantrap | Alverna | 1926-07-24 |
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Kid Boots | Clara McCoy | 1926-10-03 |
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Dancing Mothers | Kittens Westcourt | 1926-03-01 |
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The Ancient Mariner | Doris | 1925-12-27 |
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Free to Love | Marie Anthony | 1925-11-19 |
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My Lady of Whims | Prudence Severn | 1925-12-09 |
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The Scarlet West | Miriam | 1925-07-26 |
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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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Parisian Love | Marie | 1925-08-01 |
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The Keeper of the Bees | Lolly Cameron | 1925-09-06 |
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Capital Punishment | Delia Tate | 1925-01-01 |
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The Primrose Path | Marilyn Merrill | 1925-09-14 |
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Kiss Me Again | Grizette | 1925-08-01 |
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The Plastic Age | Cynthia Day | 1925-12-15 |
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My Lady's Lips | Lola Lombard | 1925-07-01 |
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The Adventurous Sex | The Girl | 1925-06-12 |
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The Best Bad Man | Peggy Swain | 1925-11-29 |
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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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Black Lightning | Martha Larned | 1924-12-08 |
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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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Empty Hearts | Rosalie | 1924-09-15 |
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Poisoned Paradise | Margot LeBlanc | 1924-02-29 |
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Wine | Angela Warriner | 1924-08-31 |
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Black Oxen | Janet Ogelthorpe | 1923-12-29 |
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Maytime | Alice Tremaine | 1923-11-17 |
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Enemies of Women | Girl Dancing on Table | 1923-04-15 |
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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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Down to the Sea in Ships | 'Dot' Morgan | 1922-11-21 |
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Beyond the Rainbow | Virginia Gardener | 1922-02-19 |
