Clara Bow

Clara Bow

Acting
🎂 1905-07-29 (60 years old at death)
✝️ 1965-09-27
📍 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
👤 Female
🎬 74 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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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 ...
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Filmography (74 movies)

Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge
2025
as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
 Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self (archive footage)
100 Years at the Movies
100 Years at the Movies
1994
 Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
 Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949
as Clara Bow
Hoopla
Hoopla
1933
as Lou
The Film Parade
The Film Parade
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage
1932
as Nasa Springer
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Kick In
Kick In
1931
as Molly Hewes
No Limit
No Limit
1931
as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
Her Wedding Night
Her Wedding Night
1930
as Norma Martin
Love Among the Millionaires
Love Among the Millionaires
1930
as Pepper Whipple
True to the Navy
True to the Navy
1930
as Ruby Nolan
Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade
1930
as Herself
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
as Mayme Barry
Dangerous Curves
Dangerous Curves
1929
as Pat Delaney
The Wild Party
The Wild Party
1929
as Stella Ames
Three Week Ends
Three Week Ends
1928
as Gladys O'Brien
The Fleet's In
The Fleet's In
1928
as Trixie Deane
Ladies of the Mob
Ladies of the Mob
1928
as Yvonne
Red Hair
Red Hair
1928
as Bubbles McCoy
Get Your Man
Get Your Man
1927
as Nancy Worthington
Hula
Hula
1927
as Hula Calhoun
Wings
Wings
1927
as Mary Preston
Rough House Rosie
Rough House Rosie
1927
as Rosie O'Reilly
Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce
1927
as Kitty Flanders
It
It
1927
as Betty Lou Spence
Kid Boots
Kid Boots
1926
as Clara McCoy
Mantrap
Mantrap
1926
as Alverna
The Runaway
The Runaway
1926
as Cynthia Meade
Fascinating Youth
Fascinating Youth
1926
as Clara Bow
Dancing Mothers
Dancing Mothers
1926
as Kittens Westcourt
Two Can Play
Two Can Play
1926
as Dorothy Hammis
Shadow of the Law
Shadow of the Law
1926
as Mary Brophy
The Ancient Mariner
The Ancient Mariner
1925
as Doris
The Plastic Age
The Plastic Age
1925
as Cynthia Day
My Lady of Whims
My Lady of Whims
1925
as Prudence Severn
The Best Bad Man
The Best Bad Man
1925
as Peggy Swain
Free to Love
Free to Love
1925
as Marie Anthony
The Primrose Path
The Primrose Path
1925
as Marilyn Merrill
The Keeper of the Bees
The Keeper of the Bees
1925
as Lolly Cameron
Parisian Love
Parisian Love
1925
as Marie
Kiss Me Again
Kiss Me Again
1925
as Grizette
The Scarlet West
The Scarlet West
1925
as Miriam
The Lawful Cheater
The Lawful Cheater
1925
as Molly Burns
Eve's Lover
Eve's Lover
1925
as Rena D'Arcy
My Lady's Lips
My Lady's Lips
1925
as Lola Lombard
The Adventurous Sex
The Adventurous Sex
1925
as The Girl
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment
1925
as Delia Tate
Black Lightning
Black Lightning
1924
as Martha Larned
This Woman
This Woman
1924
as Aline Sturdevant
Helen's Babies
Helen's Babies
1924
as Alice Mayton
Empty Hearts
Empty Hearts
1924
as Rosalie
Wine
Wine
1924
as Angela Warriner
Daughters of Pleasure
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
as Lila Millas
Poisoned Paradise
Poisoned Paradise
1924
as Margot LeBlanc
Grit
Grit
1924
as Orchid McGonigle
Black Oxen
Black Oxen
1923
as Janet Ogelthorpe
Maytime
Maytime
1923
as Alice Tremaine
The Daring Years
The Daring Years
1923
as Mary
The Pill Pounder
The Pill Pounder
1923
 Enemies of Women
Enemies of Women
1923
as Dancing Girl (uncredited)
Enemies of Women
Enemies of Women
1923
as Girl Dancing on Table
Down to the Sea in Ships
Down to the Sea in Ships
1922
as 'Dot' Morgan
Beyond the Rainbow
Beyond the Rainbow
1922
as Virginia Gardener