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.
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- 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)
- 1994 · 100 Years at the Movies as
- 1993 · Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1953 · Yesterday and Today as (archive footage)
- 1949 · Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner as Clara Bow
- 1933 · Hoopla as Lou
- 1933 · The Film Parade as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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 · Galas de la Paramount as Self (from original version)
- 1930 · Love Among the Millionaires as Pepper Whipple
- 1930 · True to the Navy as Ruby Nolan
- 1930 · Paramount on Parade as Herself
- 1929 · The Saturday Night Kid as Mayme Barry
- 1929 · Dangerous Curves as Pat Delaney
- 1929 · The Wild Party as Stella Ames
- 1928 · Three Week Ends as Gladys O'Brien
- 1928 · The Fleet's In as Trixie Deane
- 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 · Rough House Rosie as Rosie O'Reilly
- 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 · Fascinating Youth as Clara Bow
- 1926 · Dancing Mothers as Kittens Westcourt
- 1926 · Two Can Play as Dorothy Hammis
- 1926 · Shadow of the Law as Mary Brophy
- 1925 · The Ancient Mariner as Doris
- 1925 · The Plastic Age as Cynthia Day
- 1925 · My Lady of Whims as Prudence Severn
- 1925 · The Best Bad Man as Peggy Swain
- 1925 · Free to Love as Marie Anthony
- 1925 · The Primrose Path as Marilyn Merrill
- 1925 · The Keeper of the Bees as Lolly Cameron
- 1925 · Parisian Love as Marie
- 1925 · Kiss Me Again as Grizette
- 1925 · The Scarlet West as Miriam
- 1925 · The Lawful Cheater as Molly Burns
- 1925 · Eve's Lover as Rena D'Arcy
- 1925 · My Lady's Lips as Lola Lombard
- 1925 · The Adventurous Sex as The Girl
- 1925 · Capital Punishment as Delia Tate
- 1924 · Black Lightning as Martha Larned
- 1924 · This Woman as Aline Sturdevant
- 1924 · Helen's Babies as Alice Mayton
- 1924 · Empty Hearts as Rosalie
- 1924 · Wine as Angela Warriner
- 1924 · Daughters of Pleasure as Lila Millas
- 1924 · Poisoned Paradise as Margot LeBlanc
- 1924 · Grit as Orchid McGonigle
- 1923 · Black Oxen as Janet Ogelthorpe
- 1923 · Maytime as Alice Tremaine
- 1923 · The Daring Years as Mary
- 1923 · The Pill Pounder as
- 1923 · Enemies of Women as Dancing Girl (uncredited)
- 1922 · Down to the Sea in Ships as 'Dot' Morgan
- 1922 · Beyond the Rainbow as Virginia Gardener