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Clara Bow

Clara Bow

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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

Born

Jul 29, 1905

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died

Sep 27, 1965

Known For

Acting

Movies

76 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.8

Known For

Wings
Wings
1927 as Mary Preston
★ 7.2
It
It
1927 as Betty Lou Spence
★ 6.9
The Wild Party
The Wild Party
1929 as Stella Ames
★ 6.7
Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage
1932 as Nasa Springer
★ 5.7
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
★ 4.3
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986 as archive footage
★ 7.5
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Get Your Man
Get Your Man
1927 as Nancy Worthington
★ 6.4
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 as (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade
1930 as Herself
★ 6.0
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Kid Boots
Kid Boots
1926 as Clara McCoy
★ 6.4
Kick In
Kick In
1931 as Molly Hewes
★ 6.0
Three Week Ends
Three Week Ends
1928 as Gladys O'Brien
The Plastic Age
The Plastic Age
1925 as Cynthia Day
★ 6.0
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today
1953 as (archive footage)
Mantrap
Mantrap
1926 as Alverna
★ 6.0
Hoopla
Hoopla
1933 as Lou
★ 6.0
Grit
Grit
1924 as Orchid McGonigle
Enemies of Women
Enemies of Women
1923 as Dancing Girl (uncredited)
★ 5.2
Enemies of Women
Enemies of Women
1923 as Girl Dancing on Table
★ 5.2
Wine
Wine
1924 as Angela Warriner
Fascinating Youth
Fascinating Youth
1926 as Clara Bow
Rough House Rosie
Rough House Rosie
1927 as Rosie O'Reilly
Red Hair
Red Hair
1928 as Bubbles McCoy
★ 7.0
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
★ 7.7
The Runaway
The Runaway
1926 as Cynthia Meade
Maytime
Maytime
1923 as Alice Tremaine
★ 6.3
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist
2010 as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Her Wedding Night
Her Wedding Night
1930 as Norma Martin
★ 6.0
The Daring Years
The Daring Years
1923 as Mary
Free to Love
Free to Love
1925 as Marie Anthony
★ 5.0
Parisian Love
Parisian Love
1925 as Marie
★ 4.6
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment
1925 as Delia Tate
★ 5.5
Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce
1927 as Kitty Flanders
★ 5.7
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 as Herself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Ladies of the Mob
Ladies of the Mob
1928 as Yvonne
Hula
Hula
1927 as Hula Calhoun
★ 6.0
The Lawful Cheater
The Lawful Cheater
1925 as Molly Burns
Dancing Mothers
Dancing Mothers
1926 as Kittens Westcourt
★ 6.7
Daughters of Pleasure
Daughters of Pleasure
1924 as Lila Millas
Down to the Sea in Ships
Down to the Sea in Ships
1922 as 'Dot' Morgan
★ 5.1
The Ancient Mariner
The Ancient Mariner
1925 as Doris
My Lady of Whims
My Lady of Whims
1925 as Prudence Severn
★ 4.9
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid
1929 as Mayme Barry
★ 4.4
True to the Navy
True to the Navy
1930 as Ruby Nolan
★ 7.0
No Limit
No Limit
1931 as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
★ 5.5
This Woman
This Woman
1924 as Aline Sturdevant
The Best Bad Man
The Best Bad Man
1925 as Peggy Swain
The Scarlet West
The Scarlet West
1925 as Miriam
Kiss Me Again
Kiss Me Again
1925 as Grizette
The Keeper of the Bees
The Keeper of the Bees
1925 as Lolly Cameron
Two Can Play
Two Can Play
1926 as Dorothy Hammis
The Film Parade
The Film Parade
1933 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge
2025 as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
My Lady's Lips
My Lady's Lips
1925 as Lola Lombard
Poisoned Paradise
Poisoned Paradise
1924 as Margot LeBlanc
Shadow of the Law
Shadow of the Law
1926 as Mary Brophy
The Primrose Path
The Primrose Path
1925 as Marilyn Merrill
★ 5.2
Empty Hearts
Empty Hearts
1924 as Rosalie
Black Lightning
Black Lightning
1924 as Martha Larned
Dangerous Curves
Dangerous Curves
1929 as Pat Delaney
★ 6.0
Love Among the Millionaires
Love Among the Millionaires
1930 as Pepper Whipple
★ 6.0
Black Oxen
Black Oxen
1923 as Janet Ogelthorpe
★ 5.2
The Adventurous Sex
The Adventurous Sex
1925 as The Girl
The Fleet's In
The Fleet's In
1928 as Trixie Deane
Beyond the Rainbow
Beyond the Rainbow
1922 as Virginia Gardener
Helen's Babies
Helen's Babies
1924 as Alice Mayton
★ 5.6
Eve's Lover
Eve's Lover
1925 as Rena D'Arcy
The Casting Couch
★ 9.0