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Clara Bow

29th July 1905 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Acting

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.

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Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Hodgepodge poster
Hodgepodge 30th April 2025 as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
No Limit poster
No Limit 15th January 1931 as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
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Hula 28th August 1927 as Hula Calhoun
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Wings 12th August 1927 as Mary Preston
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It 5th February 1927 as Betty Lou Spence
Wine poster
Wine 31st August 1924 as Angela Warriner
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Grit 7th January 1924 as Orchid McGonigle
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Maytime 17th November 1923 as Alice Tremaine

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