Clara Bow

Personal Info

Birthday

July 29, 1905

Day of Death

1965-09-27

(60 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Clara Gordon Bow

The 'It' Girl

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.

Known For

Wings

"It"

Kick In

The Wild Party

The Plastic Age

Call Her Savage

Capital Punishment

Two Can Play

Filmography

2025
Hodgepodge
as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
2010
Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (archive footage)
1953
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1949
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Clara Bow
1933
Hoopla
as Lou
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
Call Her Savage
as Nasa Springer
1931
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Kick In
as Molly Hewes
No Limit
as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
1930
Her Wedding Night
as Norma Martin
Love Among the Millionaires
as Pepper Whipple
True to the Navy
as Ruby Nolan
Paramount on Parade
as Herself
1929
The Saturday Night Kid
as Mayme Barry
Dangerous Curves
as Pat Delaney
The Wild Party
as Stella Ames
1928
Three Week Ends
as Gladys O'Brien
The Fleet's In
as Trixie Deane
Ladies of the Mob
as Yvonne
Red Hair
as Bubbles McCoy
1927
Get Your Man
as Nancy Worthington
Hula
as Hula Calhoun
Wings
as Mary Preston
Rough House Rosie
as Rosie O'Reilly
Children of Divorce
as Kitty Flanders
"It"
as Betty Lou Spence
1926
Kid Boots
as Clara McCoy
Mantrap
as Alverna
The Runaway
as Cynthia Meade
Fascinating Youth
as Clara Bow
Dancing Mothers
as Kittens Westcourt
Two Can Play
as Dorothy Hammis
Shadow of the Law
as Mary Brophy
1925
The Ancient Mariner
as Doris
The Plastic Age
as Cynthia Day
My Lady of Whims
as Prudence Severn
The Best Bad Man
as Peggy Swain
Free to Love
as Marie Anthony
The Primrose Path
as Marilyn Merrill
The Keeper of the Bees
as Lolly Cameron
Kiss Me Again
as Grizette
Parisian Love
as Marie
The Scarlet West
as Miriam
The Lawful Cheater
as Molly Burns
Eve's Lover
as Rena D'Arcy
My Lady's Lips
as Lola Lombard
The Adventurous Sex
as The Girl
Capital Punishment
as Delia Tate
1924
Black Lightning
as Martha Larned
This Woman
as Aline Sturdevant
Helen's Babies
as Alice Mayton
Empty Hearts
as Rosalie
Wine
as Angela Warriner
Daughters of Pleasure
as Lila Millas
Poisoned Paradise
as Margot LeBlanc
Grit
as Orchid McGonigle
1923
Black Oxen
as Janet Ogelthorpe
Maytime
as Alice Tremaine
The Daring Years
as Mary
Enemies of Women
as Dancing Girl (uncredited)
1922
Down to the Sea in Ships
as 'Dot' Morgan
Beyond the Rainbow
as Virginia Gardener