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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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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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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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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The Film Parade | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-01-01 |
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Hoopla | Lou | 1933-11-30 |
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Call Her Savage | Nasa Springer | 1932-11-24 |
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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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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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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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Red Hair | Bubbles McCoy | 1928-03-10 |
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Three Week Ends | Gladys O'Brien | 1928-12-08 |
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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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Rough House Rosie | Rosie O'Reilly | 1927-05-14 |
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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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It | Betty Lou Spence | 1927-02-05 |
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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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Mantrap | Alverna | 1926-07-24 |
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The Runaway | Cynthia Meade | 1926-04-04 |
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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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Two Can Play | Dorothy Hammis | 1926-02-21 |
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Fascinating Youth | Clara Bow | 1926-03-17 |
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The Keeper of the Bees | Lolly Cameron | 1925-09-06 |
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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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Parisian Love | Marie | 1925-08-01 |
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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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Capital Punishment | Delia Tate | 1925-01-01 |
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The Ancient Mariner | Doris | 1925-12-27 |
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My Lady's Lips | Lola Lombard | 1925-07-01 |
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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 Best Bad Man | Peggy Swain | 1925-11-29 |
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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 Plastic Age | Cynthia Day | 1925-12-15 |
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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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Poisoned Paradise | Margot LeBlanc | 1924-02-29 |
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Grit | Orchid McGonigle | 1924-01-07 |
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Wine | Angela Warriner | 1924-08-31 |
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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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This Woman | Aline Sturdevant | 1924-11-02 |
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Enemies of Women | Girl Dancing on Table | 1923-04-15 |
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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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Maytime | Alice Tremaine | 1923-11-17 |
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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 |
