Person Details
Birthday: 1905-07-29 21:22:18
Death: 1965-09-27 21:22:18
Aliases: Clara Gordon Bow , The 'It' Girl
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 50
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Wings
(1927) Mary PrestonThe Love Goddesses
(1965) (archive footage)Call Her Savage
(1932) Nasa SpringerHula
(1927) Hula CalhounDancing Mothers
(1926) Kittens WestcourtHollywood Without Make-Up
(1963) SelfMy Lady of Whims
(1925) Prudence SevernKick In
(1931) Molly HewesActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2011 | Herself (archive footage) | |
2010 | Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) | |
2007 | Self (archive footage) | |
2002 | (archive footage) | |
1999 | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) | |
1995 | Self (archive footage) | |
(archive footage) | ||
1994 | N/A | |
1993 | Herself (archive footage) | |
1965 | (archive footage) | |
1963 | Self | |
1953 | (archive footage) | |
1949 | Clara Bow | |
1933 | Lou | |
(archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
1932 | Nasa Springer | |
1931 | (archive footage) | |
Molly Hewes | ||
Helen 'Bunny' O'Day | ||
1930 | Norma Martin | |
Self (from original version) | ||
Pepper Whipple | ||
Ruby Nolan | ||
Herself | ||
1929 | Mayme Barry | |
Pat Delaney | ||
Stella Ames | ||
1928 | Gladys O'Brien | |
Trixie Deane | ||
Yvonne | ||
Bubbles McCoy | ||
1927 | Nancy Worthington | |
Hula Calhoun | ||
Mary Preston | ||
Rosie O'Reilly | ||
Kitty Flanders | ||
Betty Lou Spence | ||
1926 | Clara McCoy | |
Alverna | ||
Cynthia Meade | ||
Clara Bow | ||
Kittens Westcourt | ||
Dorothy Hammis | ||
Mary Brophy | ||
1925 | Doris | |
Cynthia Day | ||
Prudence Severn | ||
Peggy Swain | ||
Marie Anthony | ||
Marilyn Merrill | ||
Lolly Cameron | ||
Marie | ||
Grizette | ||
Miriam | ||
Molly Burns | ||
Rena D'Arcy | ||
Lola Lombard | ||
The Girl | ||
Delia Tate | ||
1924 | Martha Larned | |
Aline Sturdevant | ||
Alice Mayton | ||
Rosalie | ||
Angela Warriner | ||
Lila Millas | ||
Margot LeBlanc | ||
Orchid McGonigle | ||
1923 | Janet Ogelthorpe | |
Alice Tremaine | ||
Mary | ||
N/A | ||
Dancing Girl (uncredited) | ||
1922 | 'Dot' Morgan | |
Virginia Gardener | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |