Clara Bow
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.
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
Age 105 (now 60)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Age 101 (now 60)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
Age 97 (now 60)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Age 93 (now 60)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
Age 89 (now 60)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 83 (now 60)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as archive footage
Age 80 (now 60)
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Clara Bow
Age 43 (now 60)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Age 25 (now 60)
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Also Known As
Clara Gordon Bow, The 'It' Girl
IMDB
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