Personal Info
Known Credits
73
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1905-07-29 (120 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
Clara Gordon BowThe 'It' Girl
Clara Bow
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 Ma ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
Hodgepodge
| Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
2011 --
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
| Herself (archive footage)
2010 --
Sigrid Holmquist
| Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2007 --
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
| Self (archive footage)
2002 --
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
| (archive footage)
1999 --
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
| Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1995 --
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
100 Years at the Movies
|
1993 --
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
| Self (archive footage)
1986 --
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
| Self (archive footage)
1953 --
Yesterday and Today
| (archive footage)
1949 --
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
| Clara Bow
1933 --
Hoopla
| Lou
1933 --
The Film Parade
| (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932 --
Call Her Savage
| Nasa Springer
1931 --
The House That Shadows Built
| (archive footage)
1931 --
Kick In
| Molly Hewes
1931 --
No Limit
| Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
1930 --
Her Wedding Night
| Norma Martin
1930 --
Love Among the Millionaires
| Pepper Whipple
1930 --
True to the Navy
| Ruby Nolan
1930 --
Paramount on Parade
| Herself
1929 --
The Saturday Night Kid
| Mayme Barry
1929 --
Dangerous Curves
| Pat Delaney
1929 --
The Wild Party
| Stella Ames
1928 --
Three Week Ends
| Gladys O'Brien
1928 --
The Fleet's In
| Trixie Deane
1928 --
Ladies of the Mob
| Yvonne
1928 --
Red Hair
| Bubbles McCoy
1927 --
Get Your Man
| Nancy Worthington
1927 --
Hula
| Hula Calhoun
1927 --
Wings
| Mary Preston
1927 --
Rough House Rosie
| Rosie O'Reilly
1927 --
Children of Divorce
| Kitty Flanders
1927 --
It
| Betty Lou Spence
1926 --
Kid Boots
| Clara McCoy
1926 --
Mantrap
| Alverna
1926 --
The Runaway
| Cynthia Meade
1926 --
Fascinating Youth
| Clara Bow
1926 --
Dancing Mothers
| Kittens Westcourt
1926 --
Two Can Play
| Dorothy Hammis
1926 --
Shadow of the Law
| Mary Brophy
1925 --
The Ancient Mariner
| Doris
1925 --
The Plastic Age
| Cynthia Day
1925 --
My Lady of Whims
| Prudence Severn
1925 --
The Best Bad Man
| Peggy Swain
1925 --
Free to Love
| Marie Anthony
1925 --
The Primrose Path
| Marilyn Merrill
1925 --
The Keeper of the Bees
| Lolly Cameron
1925 --
Kiss Me Again
| Grizette
1925 --
Parisian Love
| Marie
1925 --
The Scarlet West
| Miriam
1925 --
The Lawful Cheater
| Molly Burns
1925 --
Eve's Lover
| Rena D'Arcy
1925 --
My Lady's Lips
| Lola Lombard
1925 --
The Adventurous Sex
| The Girl
1925 --
Capital Punishment
| Delia Tate
1924 --
Black Lightning
| Martha Larned
1924 --
This Woman
| Aline Sturdevant
1924 --
Helen's Babies
| Alice Mayton
1924 --
Empty Hearts
| Rosalie
1924 --
Wine
| Angela Warriner
1924 --
Daughters of Pleasure
| Lila Millas
1924 --
Poisoned Paradise
| Margot LeBlanc
1924 --
Grit
| Orchid McGonigle
1923 --
Black Oxen
| Janet Ogelthorpe
1923 --
Maytime
| Alice Tremaine
1923 --
The Daring Years
| Mary
1923 --
The Pill Pounder
|
1923 --
Enemies of Women
| Girl Dancing on Table
1923 --
Enemies of Women
| Dancing Girl (uncredited)
1922 --
Down to the Sea in Ships
| 'Dot' Morgan
1922 --
Beyond the Rainbow
| Virginia Gardener