Clara Bow
Acting
Born July 29, 1905 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Wings
Three Week Ends
Hodgepodge
Hoopla
Hula
Kid Boots
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
The Casting Couch
Wine
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Children of Divorce
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Down to the Sea in Ships
Helen's Babies
It
The Plastic Age
Eve's Lover
The Scarlet West
Call Her Savage
This Woman
My Lady's Lips
Mantrap
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Paramount on Parade
Ladies of the Mob
The Wild Party
Two Can Play
The House That Shadows Built
Parisian Love
Free to Love
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
The Primrose Path
Rough House Rosie
The Saturday Night Kid
Her Wedding Night
The Pill Pounder
True to the Navy