Clara Bow
Acting
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
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movieHodgepodge
2025
Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
movieFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
Herself (archive footage)
movieSigrid Holmquist
2010
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
movieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
(archive footage)
movieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Self (archive footage)
movieBetty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMarilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
archive footage
movieYesterday and Today
1953
(archive footage)
movieThe Film Parade
1933
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieCall Her Savage
1932
Nasa Springer
movieThe House That Shadows Built
1931
(archive footage)
movieKick In
1931
Molly Hewes
movieNo Limit
1931
Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
movieHer Wedding Night
1930
Norma Martin
movieLove Among the Millionaires
1930
Pepper Whipple
movieTrue to the Navy
1930
Ruby Nolan
movieParamount on Parade
1930
Herself
movieThe Saturday Night Kid
1929
Mayme Barry
movieDangerous Curves
1929
Pat Delaney
movieThe Wild Party
1929
Stella Ames
movieThree Week Ends
1928
Gladys O'Brien
movieThe Fleet's In
1928
Trixie Deane
movieRed Hair
1928
Bubbles McCoy
movieGet Your Man
1927
Nancy Worthington
movieHula
1927
Hula Calhoun
movieWings
1927
Mary Preston
movieRough House Rosie
1927
Rosie O'Reilly
movieChildren of Divorce
1927
Kitty Flanders
movieIt
1927
Betty Lou Spence
movieKid Boots
1926
Clara McCoy
movieMantrap
1926
Alverna
movieThe Runaway
1926
Cynthia Meade
movieFascinating Youth
1926
Clara Bow
movieDancing Mothers
1926
Kittens Westcourt
movieTwo Can Play
1926
Dorothy Hammis
movieShadow of the Law
1926
Mary Brophy
movieThe Plastic Age
1925
Cynthia Day
movieMy Lady of Whims
1925
Prudence Severn
movieThe Best Bad Man
1925
Peggy Swain
movieFree to Love
1925
Marie Anthony
movieThe Primrose Path
1925
Marilyn Merrill
movieThe Keeper of the Bees
1925
Lolly Cameron
movieKiss Me Again
1925
Grizette
movieThe Lawful Cheater
1925
Molly Burns
movieEve's Lover
1925
Rena D'Arcy
movieMy Lady's Lips
1925
Lola Lombard
movieThe Adventurous Sex
1925
The Girl
movieCapital Punishment
1925
Delia Tate
movieBlack Lightning
1924
Martha Larned
movieThis Woman
1924
Aline Sturdevant
movieHelen's Babies
1924
Alice Mayton
movieEmpty Hearts
1924
Rosalie
movieWine
1924
Angela Warriner
movieDaughters of Pleasure
1924
Lila Millas
moviePoisoned Paradise
1924
Margot LeBlanc
movieGrit
1924
Orchid McGonigle
movieBlack Oxen
1923
Janet Ogelthorpe
movieMaytime
1923
Alice Tremaine
movieEnemies of Women
1923
Dancing Girl (uncredited) / Girl Dancing on Table
movieDown to the Sea in Ships
1922
'Dot' Morgan
movieBeyond the Rainbow
1922
Virginia Gardener