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Clara Bow
Actor
Born July 29, 1905Died September 27, 1965 (60 years)
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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 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.
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.
Filmography
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years · as (archive Footage) |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch · as Cast |
| 1994 | |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Golden Years · as Actress 'it' |
| 1933 | Hoopla · as Lou |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage · as Nasa Springer |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built · as (archive Footage) |
| 1931 | Kick In · as Molly Hewes |
| 1931 | No Limit · as Helen 'bunny' O'day |
| 1930 | Her Wedding Night · as Norma Martin |
| 1930 | Love Among the Millionaires · as Pepper Whipple |
| 1930 | True to the Navy · as Ruby Nolan |
| 1929 | The Saturday Night Kid · as Mayme Barry |
| 1929 | Dangerous Curves · as Pat Delaney |
| 1929 | The Wild Party · as Stella Ames |
| 1928 | Ladies of the Mob · as Yvonne |
| 1928 | Red Hair · as Bubbles Mccoy |
| 1927 | Get Your Man · as Nancy Worthington |
| 1927 | Hula · as Hula Calhoun |
| 1927 | Wings · as Mary Preston |
| 1927 | Children of Divorce · as Kitty Flanders |
| 1927 | It · as Betty Lou Spence |
| 1926 | Kid Boots · as Clara Mccoy |
| 1926 | Mantrap · as Alverna |
| 1926 | The Runaway · as Cynthia Meade |
| 1926 | Dancing Mothers · as Kittens Westcourt |
| 1925 | My Lady of Whims · as Prudence Severn |
| 1925 | The Plastic Age · as Cynthia Day |
| 1925 | Free to Love · as Marie Anthony |
| 1925 | The Primrose Path · as Marilyn Merrill |
| 1925 | Parisian Love · as Marie |
| 1925 | Kiss Me Again · as Grizette |
| 1925 | Capital Punishment · as Delia Tate |
| 1924 | Helen's Babies · as Alice Mayton |
| 1923 | Black Oxen · as Janet Ogelthorpe |
| 1923 | Maytime · as Alice Tremaine |
| 1922 | Down to the Sea in Ships · as 'dot' Morgan |