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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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | 1988-09-19 | |
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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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Kick In | Molly Hewes | 1931-05-22 |
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The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
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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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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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Ladies of the Mob | Yvonne | 1928-06-30 |
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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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The Fleet's In | Trixie Deane | 1928-09-15 |
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Children of Divorce | Kitty Flanders | 1927-04-25 |
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Wings | Mary Preston | 1927-08-12 |
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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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It | Betty Lou Spence | 1927-02-05 |
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Rough House Rosie | Rosie O'Reilly | 1927-05-14 |
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Dancing Mothers | Kittens Westcourt | 1926-03-01 |
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Mantrap | Alverna | 1926-07-24 |
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Fascinating Youth | Clara Bow | 1926-03-17 |
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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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Two Can Play | Dorothy Hammis | 1926-02-21 |
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The Scarlet West | Miriam | 1925-07-26 |
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The Ancient Mariner | Doris | 1925-12-27 |
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The Keeper of the Bees | Lolly Cameron | 1925-09-06 |
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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 Adventurous Sex | The Girl | 1925-06-12 |
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The Best Bad Man | Peggy Swain | 1925-11-29 |
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The Plastic Age | Cynthia Day | 1925-12-15 |
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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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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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My Lady's Lips | Lola Lombard | 1925-07-01 |
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Parisian Love | Marie | 1925-08-01 |
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Kiss Me Again | Grizette | 1925-08-01 |
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Poisoned Paradise | Margot LeBlanc | 1924-02-29 |
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This Woman | Aline Sturdevant | 1924-11-02 |
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Grit | Orchid McGonigle | 1924-01-07 |
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Helen's Babies | Alice Mayton | 1924-10-11 |
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Wine | Angela Warriner | 1924-08-31 |
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Daughters of Pleasure | Lila Millas | 1924-06-15 |
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Empty Hearts | Rosalie | 1924-09-15 |
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Black Lightning | Martha Larned | 1924-12-08 |
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Enemies of Women | Girl Dancing on Table | 1923-04-15 |
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Maytime | Alice Tremaine | 1923-11-17 |
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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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Black Oxen | Janet Ogelthorpe | 1923-12-29 |
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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 |
