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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

77 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.7

Known For

Wings
Wings
1927 • as Mary Preston
★ 7.2
Kid Boots
Kid Boots
1926 • as Clara McCoy
★ 6.9
Wine
Wine
1924 • as Angela Warriner
★ 10.0
Hoopla
Hoopla
1933 • as Lou
★ 6.3
Hula
Hula
1927 • as Hula Calhoun
★ 6.1
Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage
1932 • as Nasa Springer
★ 5.7
Down to the Sea in Ships
Down to the Sea in Ships
1922 • as 'Dot' Morgan
★ 5.7
The Casting Couch
★ 8.3
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Rough House Rosie
Rough House Rosie
1927 • as Rosie O'Reilly
★ 8.0
Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge
2025 • as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
The Scarlet West
The Scarlet West
1925 • as Miriam
★ 9.0
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 • as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
★ 8.2
Helen's Babies
Helen's Babies
1924 • as Alice Mayton
★ 5.9
Free to Love
Free to Love
1925 • as Marie Anthony
★ 6.0
This Woman
This Woman
1924 • as Aline Sturdevant
★ 9.0
Ladies of the Mob
Ladies of the Mob
1928 • as Yvonne
★ 10.0
Three Week Ends
Three Week Ends
1928 • as Gladys O'Brien
★ 7.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
★ 8.0
My Lady's Lips
My Lady's Lips
1925 • as Vola Lombard
★ 10.0
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.7
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
The Plastic Age
1925 • as Cynthia Day
★ 6.2
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
★ 4.3
The Primrose Path
The Primrose Path
1925 • as Marilyn Merrill
★ 5.8
Her Wedding Night
Her Wedding Night
1930 • as Norma Martin
★ 7.5
My Lady of Whims
My Lady of Whims
1925 • as Prudence Severn
★ 5.4
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid
1929 • as Mayme Barry
★ 4.8
It
It
1927 • as Betty Lou Spence
★ 6.9
The Best Bad Man
The Best Bad Man
1925 • as Peggy Swain
★ 9.0
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986 • as archive footage
★ 7.4
Two Can Play
Two Can Play
1926 • as Dorothy Hammis
★ 9.0
The Muppets Go to the Movies
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981 • as Mary Preston (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Red Hair
Red Hair
1928 • as Bubbles McCoy
★ 8.5
The Fleet's In
The Fleet's In
1928 • as Trixie Deane
★ 7.0
Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade
1930 • as Herself
★ 5.9
Mantrap
Mantrap
1926 • as Alverna
★ 6.2
Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce
1927 • as Kitty Flanders
★ 6.0
Shadow of the Law
Shadow of the Law
1926 • as Mary Brophy
★ 10.0
True to the Navy
True to the Navy
1930 • as Ruby Nolan
★ 7.5
Eve's Lover
Eve's Lover
1925 • as Rena D'Arcy
★ 7.0
Kick In
Kick In
1931 • as Molly Hewes
★ 7.5
Fascinating Youth
Fascinating Youth
1926 • as Clara Bow
★ 9.0
Get Your Man
Get Your Man
1927 • as Nancy Worthington
★ 6.4
Love Among the Millionaires
Love Among the Millionaires
1930 • as Pepper Whipple
★ 5.8
The Wild Party
The Wild Party
1929 • as Stella Ames
★ 6.8
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • as Herself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Runaway
The Runaway
1926 • as Cynthia Meade
★ 10.0
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today
1953 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
No Limit
No Limit
1931 • as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
★ 6.0
Black Oxen
Black Oxen
1923 • as Janet Ogelthorpe
★ 5.8
The Keeper of the Bees
The Keeper of the Bees
1925 • as Lolly Cameron
★ 10.0
Parisian Love
Parisian Love
1925 • as Marie
★ 5.0
The Pill Pounder
★ 8.0
Dangerous Curves
Dangerous Curves
1929 • as Pat Delaney
★ 6.6
Beyond the Rainbow
Beyond the Rainbow
1922 • as Virginia Gardener
★ 9.0
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
Kiss Me Again
Kiss Me Again
1925 • as Grizette
★ 7.0
Empty Hearts
Empty Hearts
1924 • as Rosalie
★ 7.0
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist
2010 • as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment
1925 • as Delia Tate
★ 7.0
Dancing Mothers
Dancing Mothers
1926 • as Kittens Westcourt
★ 7.5
Grit
Grit
1924 • as Orchid McGonigle
★ 10.0
The Film Parade
The Film Parade
1933 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Maytime
Maytime
1923 • as Alice Tremaine
★ 7.0
Poisoned Paradise
Poisoned Paradise
1924 • as Margot LeBlanc
★ 8.0
Black Lightning
Black Lightning
1924 • as Martha Larned
★ 9.5
The Lawful Cheater
The Lawful Cheater
1925 • as Molly Burns
The Adventurous Sex
The Adventurous Sex
1925 • as The Girl
★ 10.0
The Daring Years
The Daring Years
1923 • as Mary
★ 10.0
Daughters of Pleasure
Daughters of Pleasure
1924 • as Lila Millas
★ 8.0
The Ancient Mariner
The Ancient Mariner
1925 • as Doris
★ 10.0