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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Movie | Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) | 1999-06-14 |
Movie | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | The Casting Couch | (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | 100 Years at the Movies | 1994-04-14 | |
Movie | Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell | Self (archive footage) | 1993-02-06 |
Movie | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (archive footage) | 1986-04-19 |
Movie | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963-07-01 | |
Movie | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 1953-12-02 |
Movie | The Film Parade | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-01-01 |
Movie | Hoopla | Lou | 1933-11-30 |
Movie | Call Her Savage | Nasa Springer | 1932-11-24 |
Movie | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
Movie | No Limit | Helen 'Bunny' O'Day | 1931-01-15 |
Movie | Kick In | Molly Hewes | 1931-05-22 |
Movie | Paramount on Parade | Herself | 1930-04-22 |
Movie | True to the Navy | Ruby Nolan | 1930-05-25 |
Movie | Her Wedding Night | Norma Martin | 1930-09-28 |
Movie | Love Among the Millionaires | Pepper Whipple | 1930-07-05 |
Movie | The Wild Party | Stella Ames | 1929-04-06 |
Movie | The Saturday Night Kid | Mayme Barry | 1929-10-25 |
Movie | Dangerous Curves | Pat Delaney | 1929-07-12 |
Movie | Red Hair | Bubbles McCoy | 1928-03-10 |
Movie | Ladies of the Mob | Yvonne | 1928-06-30 |
Movie | The Fleet's In | Trixie Deane | 1928-09-15 |
Movie | Three Week Ends | Gladys O'Brien | 1928-12-08 |
Movie | Children of Divorce | Kitty Flanders | 1927-04-25 |
Movie | Rough House Rosie | Rosie O'Reilly | 1927-05-14 |
Movie | It | Betty Lou Spence | 1927-02-05 |
Movie | Wings | Mary Preston | 1927-08-12 |
Movie | Get Your Man | Nancy Worthington | 1927-12-06 |
Movie | Hula | Hula Calhoun | 1927-08-28 |
Movie | Two Can Play | Dorothy Hammis | 1926-02-21 |
Movie | Shadow of the Law | Mary Brophy | 1926-01-24 |
Movie | Fascinating Youth | Clara Bow | 1926-03-17 |
Movie | Dancing Mothers | Kittens Westcourt | 1926-03-01 |
Movie | Kid Boots | Clara McCoy | 1926-10-03 |
Movie | Mantrap | Alverna | 1926-07-24 |
Movie | The Runaway | Cynthia Meade | 1926-04-04 |
Movie | The Lawful Cheater | Molly Burns | 1925-07-17 |
Movie | Eve's Lover | Rena D'Arcy | 1925-07-06 |
Movie | The Adventurous Sex | The Girl | 1925-06-12 |
Movie | Capital Punishment | Delia Tate | 1925-01-01 |
Movie | Kiss Me Again | Grizette | 1925-08-01 |
Movie | My Lady's Lips | Lola Lombard | 1925-07-01 |
Movie | Parisian Love | Marie | 1925-08-01 |
Movie | The Ancient Mariner | Doris | 1925-12-27 |
Movie | The Keeper of the Bees | Lolly Cameron | 1925-09-06 |
Movie | My Lady of Whims | Prudence Severn | 1925-12-09 |
Movie | The Plastic Age | Cynthia Day | 1925-12-15 |
Movie | The Best Bad Man | Peggy Swain | 1925-11-29 |
Movie | Free to Love | Marie Anthony | 1925-11-19 |
Movie | The Primrose Path | Marilyn Merrill | 1925-09-14 |
Movie | Daughters of Pleasure | Lila Millas | 1924-06-15 |
Movie | Grit | Orchid McGonigle | 1924-01-07 |
Movie | Wine | Angela Warriner | 1924-08-31 |
Movie | Poisoned Paradise | Margot LeBlanc | 1924-02-29 |
Movie | Empty Hearts | Rosalie | 1924-09-15 |
Movie | Helen's Babies | Alice Mayton | 1924-10-11 |
Movie | Black Lightning | Martha Larned | 1924-12-08 |
Movie | This Woman | Aline Sturdevant | 1924-11-02 |
Movie | Enemies of Women | Dancing Girl (uncredited) | 1923-04-15 |
Movie | The Daring Years | Mary | 1923-09-15 |
Movie | Maytime | Alice Tremaine | 1923-11-17 |
Movie | Black Oxen | Janet Ogelthorpe | 1923-12-29 |
Movie | Beyond the Rainbow | Virginia Gardener | 1922-02-19 |
Movie | Down to the Sea in Ships | 'Dot' Morgan | 1922-11-21 |