- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 29, 1905
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- September 27, 1965
Clara Bow
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 Bel…
Filmography
movieHodgepodge
2025 · Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
movieClara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
movieFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 · Herself (archive footage)
movieSigrid Holmquist
2010 · Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
movieFlappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
movieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 · (archive footage)
movieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 · Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieBetty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Casting Couch
1995
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMarilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986 · archive footage
movieYesterday and Today
1953 · (archive footage)
movieScreen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949 · Clara Bow
movieHoopla
1933 · Lou
movieThe Film Parade
1933 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieCall Her Savage
1932 · Nasa Springer
movieThe House That Shadows Built
1931 · (archive footage)
movieKick In
1931 · Molly Hewes
movieNo Limit
1931 · Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
movieHer Wedding Night
1930 · Norma Martin
movieLove Among the Millionaires
1930 · Pepper Whipple
movieTrue to the Navy
1930 · Ruby Nolan
movieParamount on Parade
1930 · Herself
movieThe Saturday Night Kid
1929 · Mayme Barry
movieDangerous Curves
1929 · Pat Delaney
movieThe Wild Party
1929 · Stella Ames
movieThree Week Ends
1928 · Gladys O'Brien
movieThe Fleet's In
1928 · Trixie Deane
movieLadies of the Mob
1928 · Yvonne
movieRed Hair
1928 · Bubbles McCoy
movieGet Your Man
1927 · Nancy Worthington
movieHula
1927 · Hula Calhoun
movieWings
1927 · Mary Preston
movieRough House Rosie
1927 · Rosie O'Reilly
movieChildren of Divorce
1927 · Kitty Flanders
movieIt
1927 · Betty Lou Spence
movieKid Boots
1926 · Clara McCoy
movieMantrap
1926 · Alverna
movieThe Runaway
1926 · Cynthia Meade
movieFascinating Youth
1926 · Clara Bow
movieDancing Mothers
1926 · Kittens Westcourt
movieTwo Can Play
1926 · Dorothy Hammis
movieShadow of the Law
1926 · Mary Brophy
movieThe Ancient Mariner
1925 · Doris
movieThe Plastic Age
1925 · Cynthia Day
movieMy Lady of Whims
1925 · Prudence Severn
movieThe Best Bad Man
1925 · Peggy Swain
movieFree to Love
1925 · Marie Anthony
movieThe Primrose Path
1925 · Marilyn Merrill
movieThe Keeper of the Bees
1925 · Lolly Cameron
movieParisian Love
1925 · Marie
movieKiss Me Again
1925 · Grizette
movieThe Scarlet West
1925 · Miriam
movieThe Lawful Cheater
1925 · Molly Burns
movieEve's Lover
1925 · Rena D'Arcy
movieMy Lady's Lips
1925 · Lola Lombard
movieThe Adventurous Sex
1925 · The Girl
movieCapital Punishment
1925 · Delia Tate
movieBlack Lightning
1924 · Martha Larned
movieThis Woman
1924 · Aline Sturdevant
movieHelen's Babies
1924 · Alice Mayton
movieEmpty Hearts
1924 · Rosalie
movieWine
1924 · Angela Warriner
movieDaughters of Pleasure
1924 · Lila Millas
moviePoisoned Paradise
1924 · Margot LeBlanc
movieGrit
1924 · Orchid McGonigle
movieBlack Oxen
1923 · Janet Ogelthorpe
movieMaytime
1923 · Alice Tremaine
movieThe Daring Years
1923 · Mary
movieThe Pill Pounder
1923
movieEnemies of Women
1923 · Dancing Girl (uncredited), Girl Dancing on Table
movieDown to the Sea in Ships
1922 · 'Dot' Morgan
movieBeyond the Rainbow
1922 · Virginia Gardener