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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

0.4

Known For

Wings
Wings
1927 as Mary Preston
★ 7.2
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 as Herself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
It
It
1927 as Betty Lou Spence
★ 6.9
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986 as archive footage
★ 7.4
Red Hair
Red Hair
1928 as Bubbles McCoy
★ 8.5
Hula
Hula
1927 as Hula Calhoun
★ 6.1
Kick In
Kick In
1931 as Molly Hewes
★ 7.5
Dangerous Curves
Dangerous Curves
1929 as Pat Delaney
★ 6.6
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
★ 4.3
The Adventurous Sex
The Adventurous Sex
1925 as The Girl
★ 10.0
The Wild Party
The Wild Party
1929 as Stella Ames
★ 6.9
Mantrap
Mantrap
1926 as Alverna
★ 6.2
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist
2010 as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade
1930 as Herself
★ 6.1
The Plastic Age
The Plastic Age
1925 as Cynthia Day
★ 6.2
Rough House Rosie
Rough House Rosie
1927 as Rosie O'Reilly
★ 8.0
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 as (archive footage)
★ 7.7
The Casting Couch
★ 8.3
Three Week Ends
Three Week Ends
1928 as Gladys O'Brien
★ 7.0
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid
1929 as Mayme Barry
★ 4.7
Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce
1927 as Kitty Flanders
★ 5.9
Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge
2025 as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931 as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage
1932 as Nasa Springer
★ 5.8
The Primrose Path
The Primrose Path
1925 as Marilyn Merrill
★ 5.8
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Enemies of Women
Enemies of Women
1923 as Dancing Girl (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Enemies of Women
Enemies of Women
1923 as Girl Dancing on Table
★ 6.5
Hoopla
Hoopla
1933 as Lou
★ 6.3
The Fleet's In
The Fleet's In
1928 as Trixie Deane
★ 7.0
Free to Love
Free to Love
1925 as Marie Anthony
★ 6.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Runaway
The Runaway
1926 as Cynthia Meade
★ 10.0
Helen's Babies
Helen's Babies
1924 as Alice Mayton
★ 5.9
Eve's Lover
Eve's Lover
1925 as Rena D'Arcy
★ 7.0
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
★ 8.3
Dancing Mothers
Dancing Mothers
1926 as Kittens Westcourt
★ 7.5
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today
1953 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Get Your Man
Get Your Man
1927 as Nancy Worthington
★ 6.4
My Lady of Whims
My Lady of Whims
1925 as Prudence Severn
★ 5.4
True to the Navy
True to the Navy
1930 as Ruby Nolan
★ 7.5
Ladies of the Mob
Ladies of the Mob
1928 as Yvonne
★ 10.0
Beyond the Rainbow
Beyond the Rainbow
1922 as Virginia Gardener
★ 9.0
Parisian Love
Parisian Love
1925 as Marie
★ 5.0
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment
1925 as Delia Tate
★ 7.0
Love Among the Millionaires
Love Among the Millionaires
1930 as Pepper Whipple
★ 6.3
Black Oxen
Black Oxen
1923 as Janet Ogelthorpe
★ 5.8
Fascinating Youth
Fascinating Youth
1926 as Clara Bow
★ 9.0
Poisoned Paradise
Poisoned Paradise
1924 as Margot LeBlanc
★ 8.0
The Scarlet West
The Scarlet West
1925 as Miriam
★ 9.0
Her Wedding Night
Her Wedding Night
1930 as Norma Martin
★ 7.5
Kiss Me Again
Kiss Me Again
1925 as Grizette
★ 7.0
The Daring Years
The Daring Years
1923 as Mary
★ 10.0
Daughters of Pleasure
Daughters of Pleasure
1924 as Lila Millas
★ 8.0
No Limit
No Limit
1931 as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
★ 6.0
Kid Boots
Kid Boots
1926 as Clara McCoy
★ 6.8
Maytime
Maytime
1923 as Alice Tremaine
★ 7.0
Grit
Grit
1924 as Orchid McGonigle
★ 10.0
Wine
Wine
1924 as Angela Warriner
★ 10.0
The Lawful Cheater
The Lawful Cheater
1925 as Molly Burns
This Woman
This Woman
1924 as Aline Sturdevant
★ 9.0
Empty Hearts
Empty Hearts
1924 as Rosalie
★ 7.0
Black Lightning
Black Lightning
1924 as Martha Larned
★ 9.5
The Film Parade
The Film Parade
1933 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 8.0
The Ancient Mariner
The Ancient Mariner
1925 as Doris
★ 10.0
Shadow of the Law
Shadow of the Law
1926 as Mary Brophy
★ 10.0
My Lady's Lips
My Lady's Lips
1925 as Lola Lombard
★ 10.0
The Best Bad Man
The Best Bad Man
1925 as Peggy Swain
★ 9.0
Two Can Play
Two Can Play
1926 as Dorothy Hammis
★ 9.0
Down to the Sea in Ships
Down to the Sea in Ships
1922 as 'Dot' Morgan
★ 5.7
The Pill Pounder
★ 8.0
The Keeper of the Bees
The Keeper of the Bees
1925 as Lolly Cameron
★ 10.0