Clara Bow
Acting
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.
Filmography 75
Movies (75)
Hodgepodge2025Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess2012
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films2011Herself (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist2010Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture2010
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years2002(archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl1999Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons1995Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies1988(archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend1986archive footage
Yesterday and Today1953(archive footage)
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner1949Clara Bow
Hoopla1933Lou
The Film Parade1933(archive footage) (uncredited)
Call Her Savage1932Nasa Springer
The House That Shadows Built1931(archive footage)
Kick In1931Molly Hewes
No Limit1931Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
Her Wedding Night1930Norma Martin
Love Among the Millionaires1930Pepper Whipple
True to the Navy1930Ruby Nolan
Paramount on Parade1930Herself
The Saturday Night Kid1929Mayme Barry
Dangerous Curves1929Pat Delaney
The Wild Party1929Stella Ames
Three Week Ends1928Gladys O'Brien
The Fleet's In1928Trixie Deane