Acting
Clara Bow
EN, XX cinema · 76 credits
Born
29 July 1905
Died
27 September 1965 (aged 60)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Clara Gordon Bow · The 'It' Girl
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.
Known for
Filmography
Hodgepodge
as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as archive footage
The Muppets Go to the Movies
as Mary Preston (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
Hoopla
as Lou
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
as Nasa Springer
No Limit
as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
Kick In
as Molly Hewes
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
True to the Navy
as Ruby Nolan
Love Among the Millionaires
as Pepper Whipple
Her Wedding Night
as Norma Martin
Paramount on Parade
as Herself
The Wild Party
as Stella Ames
Dangerous Curves
as Pat Delaney
The Saturday Night Kid
as Mayme Barry
Ladies of the Mob
as Yvonne
Red Hair
as Bubbles McCoy
Three Week Ends
as Gladys O'Brien
The Fleet's In
as Trixie Deane
Wings
as Mary Preston
It
as Betty Lou Spence
Rough House Rosie
as Rosie O'Reilly
Hula
as Hula Calhoun
Get Your Man
as Nancy Worthington
Children of Divorce
as Kitty Flanders
Mantrap
as Alverna
Dancing Mothers
as Kittens Westcourt
Kid Boots
as Clara McCoy
The Runaway
as Cynthia Meade
Shadow of the Law
as Mary Brophy
Fascinating Youth
as Clara Bow
Two Can Play
as Dorothy Hammis
Parisian Love
as Marie
Free to Love
as Marie Anthony
My Lady of Whims
as Prudence Severn
The Plastic Age
as Cynthia Day
Capital Punishment
as Delia Tate
The Primrose Path
as Marilyn Merrill
Kiss Me Again
as Grizette
The Best Bad Man
as Peggy Swain
My Lady's Lips
as Vola Lombard
The Keeper of the Bees
as Lolly Cameron
The Ancient Mariner
as Doris
Eve's Lover
as Rena D'Arcy
The Lawful Cheater
as Molly Burns
The Scarlet West
as Miriam
The Adventurous Sex
as The Girl
This Woman
as Aline Sturdevant
Poisoned Paradise
as Margot LeBlanc
Helen's Babies
as Alice Mayton
Daughters of Pleasure
as Lila Millas
Black Lightning
as Martha Larned
Empty Hearts
as Rosalie
Wine
as Angela Warriner
Grit
as Orchid McGonigle
Black Oxen
as Janet Ogelthorpe
Maytime
as Alice Tremaine
Enemies of Women
as Dancing Girl (uncredited), as Girl Dancing on Table
Down to the Sea in Ships
as 'Dot' Morgan
Beyond the Rainbow
as Virginia Gardener