Clara Bow

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

74

Gender

Female

Birthday

1905-07-29

Day of death

1965-09-27 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Clara Bow

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.

Known For

  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

  • It

    It

  • Black Lightning

    Black Lightning

  • Grit

    Grit

  • Wings

    Wings

  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

  • Red Hair

    Red Hair

  • Children of Divorce

    Children of Divorce

  • Parisian Love

    Parisian Love

  • Maytime

    Maytime

  • Hoopla

    Hoopla

  • Hula

    Hula

  • Kid Boots

    Kid Boots

  • Dangerous Curves

    Dangerous Curves

  • Mantrap

    Mantrap

  • Black Oxen

    Black Oxen

  • Dancing Mothers

    Dancing Mothers

  • Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

    Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

  • Empty Hearts

    Empty Hearts

  • Kick In

    Kick In

  • The Saturday Night Kid

    The Saturday Night Kid

  • Kiss Me Again

    Kiss Me Again

  • The Best Bad Man

    The Best Bad Man

  • True to the Navy

    True to the Navy

  • Love Among the Millionaires

    Love Among the Millionaires

  • Paramount on Parade

    Paramount on Parade

  • Wine

    Wine

  • The Plastic Age

    The Plastic Age

  • Three Week Ends

    Three Week Ends

  • Her Wedding Night

    Her Wedding Night

  • Free to Love

    Free to Love

  • The Wild Party

    The Wild Party

  • The Lawful Cheater

    The Lawful Cheater

  • The Fleet's In

    The Fleet's In

  • Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

  • Beyond the Rainbow

    Beyond the Rainbow

  • Rough House Rosie

    Rough House Rosie

  • 100 Years at the Movies

    100 Years at the Movies

  • The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

  • My Lady of Whims

    My Lady of Whims

  • The House That Shadows Built

    The House That Shadows Built

  • Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

    Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

  • Get Your Man

    Get Your Man

  • The Primrose Path

    The Primrose Path

  • Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

  • The Scarlet West

    The Scarlet West

  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

  • Ladies of the Mob

    Ladies of the Mob

  • Call Her Savage

    Call Her Savage

  • My Lady's Lips

    My Lady's Lips

  • Daughters of Pleasure

    Daughters of Pleasure

  • The Daring Years

    The Daring Years

  • Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

    Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

  • Hodgepodge

    Hodgepodge

  • Poisoned Paradise

    Poisoned Paradise

  • This Woman

    This Woman

  • Fascinating Youth

    Fascinating Youth

  • Helen's Babies

    Helen's Babies

  • Sigrid Holmquist

    Sigrid Holmquist

  • The Adventurous Sex

    The Adventurous Sex

  • Enemies of Women

    Enemies of Women

  • Enemies of Women

    Enemies of Women

  • Two Can Play

    Two Can Play

  • No Limit

    No Limit

  • Edith Head: The Paramount Years

    Edith Head: The Paramount Years

  • Eve's Lover

    Eve's Lover

  • Yesterday and Today

    Yesterday and Today

  • The Keeper of the Bees

    The Keeper of the Bees

  • The Pill Pounder

    The Pill Pounder

  • The Runaway

    The Runaway

  • Shadow of the Law

    Shadow of the Law

  • Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

    Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

  • Down to the Sea in Ships

    Down to the Sea in Ships

  • The Ancient Mariner

    The Ancient Mariner