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

  • The Runaway

    The Runaway

  • Beyond the Rainbow

    Beyond the Rainbow

  • The Saturday Night Kid

    The Saturday Night Kid

  • Daughters of Pleasure

    Daughters of Pleasure

  • The Best Bad Man

    The Best Bad Man

  • Poisoned Paradise

    Poisoned Paradise

  • Get Your Man

    Get Your Man

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

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

  • Sigrid Holmquist

    Sigrid Holmquist

  • Black Oxen

    Black Oxen

  • Paramount on Parade

    Paramount on Parade

  • Hoopla

    Hoopla

  • Her Wedding Night

    Her Wedding Night

  • True to the Navy

    True to the Navy

  • Wings

    Wings

  • Grit

    Grit

  • Dangerous Curves

    Dangerous Curves

  • The Plastic Age

    The Plastic Age

  • The House That Shadows Built

    The House That Shadows Built

  • The Daring Years

    The Daring Years

  • Dancing Mothers

    Dancing Mothers

  • Three Week Ends

    Three Week Ends

  • Parisian Love

    Parisian Love

  • Wine

    Wine

  • The Wild Party

    The Wild Party

  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

  • Children of Divorce

    Children of Divorce

  • Love Among the Millionaires

    Love Among the Millionaires

  • Enemies of Women

    Enemies of Women

  • Enemies of Women

    Enemies of Women

  • Mantrap

    Mantrap

  • Shadow of the Law

    Shadow of the Law

  • The Lawful Cheater

    The Lawful Cheater

  • Black Lightning

    Black Lightning

  • It

    It

  • Red Hair

    Red Hair

  • The Primrose Path

    The Primrose Path

  • Hula

    Hula

  • Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

  • Kiss Me Again

    Kiss Me Again

  • Empty Hearts

    Empty Hearts

  • Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

    Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

  • Maytime

    Maytime

  • Helen's Babies

    Helen's Babies

  • Free to Love

    Free to Love

  • Rough House Rosie

    Rough House Rosie

  • Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

  • Edith Head: The Paramount Years

    Edith Head: The Paramount Years

  • Call Her Savage

    Call Her Savage

  • The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

  • Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

    Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

  • The Keeper of the Bees

    The Keeper of the Bees

  • My Lady of Whims

    My Lady of Whims

  • My Lady's Lips

    My Lady's Lips

  • The Fleet's In

    The Fleet's In

  • Hodgepodge

    Hodgepodge

  • Kid Boots

    Kid Boots

  • The Adventurous Sex

    The Adventurous Sex

  • Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

    Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

  • 100 Years at the Movies

    100 Years at the Movies

  • Eve's Lover

    Eve's Lover

  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

  • Kick In

    Kick In

  • The Scarlet West

    The Scarlet West

  • Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

    Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

  • The Pill Pounder

    The Pill Pounder

  • This Woman

    This Woman

  • Fascinating Youth

    Fascinating Youth

  • No Limit

    No Limit

  • Two Can Play

    Two Can Play

  • Ladies of the Mob

    Ladies of the Mob

  • Down to the Sea in Ships

    Down to the Sea in Ships

  • Yesterday and Today

    Yesterday and Today

  • The Ancient Mariner

    The Ancient Mariner