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Clara Bow (I) (1905–1965)

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Clara Gordon Bow, destined to become THE flapper of the 1920's, was born and raised in poverty in Brooklyn, New York, on July 29, 1905. Her family was also beset with violence. Her mother tried to slit Clara's throat when she attempted to enter the film industry. She won a photo beauty contest which launched her movie career that would eventually number 58 films... See full bio »

Born:

Clara Gordon Bow
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died:

(age 60) in West Los Angeles, California, USA
Clara Bow circa 1926 Still of Clara Bow in Wings Clara Bow, HER WEDDING NIGHT, Paramount, 1930, **I.V.
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1933 Hoop-La
Lou
 
1932 Call Her Savage
Nasa Springer
 
1931 Kick In
Molly Hewes
 
1931 No Limit
Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
 
1930 Her Wedding Night
Norma Martin
 
1930 Galas de la Paramount
Episode 'True to the Navy'
 
1930 Love Among the Millionaires
Pepper Whipple
 
1930 True to the Navy
Ruby Nolan
 
1929 The Saturday Night Kid
Mayme Barry
 
1929 Dangerous Curves
Pat Delaney
 
1929 The Wild Party
Stella Ames
 
1928 Three Weekends
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
 
1926 Kid Boots
Clara McCoy
 
1926 Mantrap
Alverna
 
1926 The Runaway
Cynthia Meade
 
1926 Dancing Mothers
Kittens Westcourt
 
1926 Two Can Play
Dorothy Hammis
 
1926 Shadow of the Law
Mary Brophy
 
1925 My Lady of Whims
Prudence Severn
 
1925 The Ancient Mariner
Doris
 
1925 The Plastic Age
Cynthia Day
 
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 My Lady's Lips
Lola Lombard
 
1925 The Scarlet West
Miriam
 
1925 The Lawful Cheater
Molly Burns
 
1925 Eve's Lover
Rena D'Arcy
 
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: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo
Margot LeBlanc
 
1924 Grit
Orchid McGonigle
 
1923 Black Oxen
Janet Ogelthorpe
 
1923 Maytime
Alice Tremaine
 
1923 The Daring Years
Mary
 
1923 Enemies of Women
Girl Dancing on Table
 
1922 Down to the Sea in Ships
'Dot' Morgan
 
1922 Beyond the Rainbow
Virginia Gardener
 
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1930 Love Among the Millionaires (performer: "Believe It or Not, I've Found My Man", "Love Among the Millionaires", "Rarin' to Go", "That's Worth While Waiting For")
 
1930 Paramount on Parade (performer: "I'm True To The Navy Now")
 
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1949 Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (short)
Herself
 
1948 Screen Snapshots Series 28, No. 6 (short)
Herself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 20, No. 1 (short)
Herself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 9 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1932 Screen Snapshots Series 12, No. 12 (short)
Herself
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Herself (True to the Navy)
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (short)
Herself
 
1929 Hollywood Snapshots #11 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1927 A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (documentary short)
Herself
 
1926 Fascinating Youth
Herself - Clara Bow
 
1924 Screen Snapshots Series 5, No. 4 (short)
Herself
 
1924 Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 15 (documentary short)
Herself
 
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2012 Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess (TV documentary)
Herself/Various Characters
 
2012 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2011 Love Lust (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Shooting the Hollywood Stars (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2010 Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture (documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Sex in the 20th Century (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
1999 Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (TV documentary)
Herself/Various Roles (uncredited)
 
1998 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
 
1998 Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1994 100 Years at the Movies (TV documentary short)
 
1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (documentary)
Actress in Movie Clip (archive footage: It [1927])
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
 
1973 The Age of Ballyhoo (video documentary)
Herself (clip from "It")
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Herself
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Ramblin' Round Hollywood (documentary short)
Herself
 
1953 Yesterday and Today
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1936 Fashions in Love (short)
 
1933 March of the Movies
Herself, film clip (uncredited)
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1928) Wrote foreword to an adaptation of her film The Fleet's In, novelized by Russell Holman, Grosset & Dunlap, NY.

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2 Biographical Movies  | 4 Print Biographies  | 4 Articles  | See more »

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Height:

5' 3½" (1.61 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

When I decided to leave the screen, I told Ben Schulberg [producer B.P. Schulberg] I would not finish my contract or ever work again for anyone. He yelled and threatened to sue me and I said, "Go ahead, Ben, sue me. I've fought a thief and a blackmailer and, if after such heartaches I am forced to fight you and the studio, so be it". See more »

Trivia:

Had a turbulent love affair with actor Bela Lugosi (who had yet to deliver his legendary screen performance in Dracula) in the late '20s. Lugosi had a nude portrait of Bow hanging in the bedroom of his small Hollywood apartment for the rest of his life. See more »

Nickname:

The "It" Girl See more »

Star Sign:

Leo