Clara Bow
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.
Filmography (75 titles)
MovieHodgepodge
Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston) · 2025
MovieClara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
9.0MovieFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Herself (archive footage) · 2011
7.0MovieSigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) · 2010
MovieFlappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
4.3MovieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage) · 2007
7.7MovieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
(archive footage) · 2002
8.3MovieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self / Various Roles (archive footage) · 1999
8.0MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage) · 1995
8.0MovieBetty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self (archive footage) · 1995
8.3MovieThe Casting Couch
1995
MovieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1988
7.4MovieMarilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
archive footage · 1986
7.0MovieYesterday and Today
(archive footage) · 1953
MovieScreen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Clara Bow · 1949
6.3MovieHoopla
Lou · 1933
8.0MovieThe Film Parade
(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1933
5.8MovieCall Her Savage
Nasa Springer · 1932
8.5MovieThe House That Shadows Built
(archive footage) · 1931
7.5MovieKick In
Molly Hewes · 1931
6.0MovieNo Limit
Helen 'Bunny' O'Day · 1931
7.5MovieHer Wedding Night
Norma Martin · 1930
6.3MovieLove Among the Millionaires
Pepper Whipple · 1930
7.5MovieTrue to the Navy
Ruby Nolan · 1930
6.1MovieParamount on Parade
Herself · 1930
4.7MovieThe Saturday Night Kid
Mayme Barry · 1929
6.6MovieDangerous Curves
Pat Delaney · 1929
6.9MovieThe Wild Party
Stella Ames · 1929
7.0MovieThree Week Ends
Gladys O'Brien · 1928
7.0MovieThe Fleet's In
Trixie Deane · 1928