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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Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture | 2010-06-15 | |
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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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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 | 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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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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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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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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Three Week Ends | Gladys O'Brien | 1928-12-08 |
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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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Children of Divorce | Kitty Flanders | 1927-04-25 |
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Hula | Hula Calhoun | 1927-08-28 |
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Rough House Rosie | Rosie O'Reilly | 1927-05-14 |
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It | Betty Lou Spence | 1927-02-05 |
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Get Your Man | Nancy Worthington | 1927-12-06 |
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The Runaway | Cynthia Meade | 1926-04-04 |
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Fascinating Youth | Clara Bow | 1926-03-17 |
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Dancing Mothers | Kittens Westcourt | 1926-03-01 |
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Two Can Play | Dorothy Hammis | 1926-02-21 |
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Kid Boots | Clara McCoy | 1926-10-03 |
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Mantrap | Alverna | 1926-07-24 |
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Shadow of the Law | Mary Brophy | 1926-01-24 |
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The Lawful Cheater | Molly Burns | 1925-07-17 |
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The Ancient Mariner | Doris | 1925-12-27 |
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Eve's Lover | Rena D'Arcy | 1925-07-06 |
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The Scarlet West | Miriam | 1925-07-26 |
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The Keeper of the Bees | Lolly Cameron | 1925-09-06 |
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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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The Plastic Age | Cynthia Day | 1925-12-15 |
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Capital Punishment | Delia Tate | 1925-01-01 |
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The Best Bad Man | Peggy Swain | 1925-11-29 |
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My Lady's Lips | Lola Lombard | 1925-07-01 |
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Kiss Me Again | Grizette | 1925-08-01 |
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The Adventurous Sex | The Girl | 1925-06-12 |
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Grit | Orchid McGonigle | 1924-01-07 |
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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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Helen's Babies | Alice Mayton | 1924-10-11 |
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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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Wine | Angela Warriner | 1924-08-31 |
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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 Pill Pounder | 1923-04-23 | |
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The Daring Years | Mary | 1923-09-15 |
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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 |
