Clara Bow
Acting
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.
Born: July 29, 1905
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
as Herself (archive footage)
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Lou
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Nasa Springer
as (archive footage)
as Molly Hewes
as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
as Norma Martin
as Pepper Whipple
as Ruby Nolan
as Herself
as Mayme Barry
as Pat Delaney
as Stella Ames
as Gladys O'Brien
as Trixie Deane
as Yvonne
as Bubbles McCoy
as Nancy Worthington
as Hula Calhoun
as Mary Preston
as Rosie O'Reilly
as Kitty Flanders
as Betty Lou Spence
as Clara McCoy
as Alverna
as Cynthia Meade
as Clara Bow
as Kittens Westcourt
as Dorothy Hammis
as Mary Brophy
as Doris
as Cynthia Day
as Prudence Severn
as Peggy Swain
as Marie Anthony
as Marilyn Merrill
as Lolly Cameron
as Marie
as Grizette
as Miriam
as Molly Burns
as Rena D'Arcy
as Lola Lombard
as The Girl
as Delia Tate
as Martha Larned
as Aline Sturdevant
as Alice Mayton
as Rosalie
as Angela Warriner
as Lila Millas
as Margot LeBlanc
as Orchid McGonigle
as Janet Ogelthorpe
as Alice Tremaine
as Mary
as Dancing Girl (uncredited)
as Girl Dancing on Table
as 'Dot' Morgan
as Virginia Gardener