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Clara Bow

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Also known as It girl

American actress (1905–1965)

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Clara Bow was an American film actor whose professional career spanned from 1921 to 1933. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, on July 29, 1905, she was a citizen of the United States and spoke English as her native language. Bow was married to Rex Bell and had two children. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the entertainment industry.

Bow passed away in Los Angeles on September 27, 1965. Her death was caused by a myocardial infarction, resulting from natural causes. She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

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Person · Open Library

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Film & TV

Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Known for

  • Hodgepodge — Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)2025
  • Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess2012
  • Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films — Herself (archive footage)2011
  • Sigrid Holmquist — Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)2010
  • Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture2010
  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema — Self (archive footage)2007
  • Edith Head: The Paramount Years — (archive footage)2002
  • Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl — Self / Various Roles (archive footage)1999
  • Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons — Self (archive footage)1995
  • The Casting Couch1995

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Active from
2003

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
628
Total plays
2,163

Tags

pop punkelectropopfemale vocalistjazzgerman

Clara Bow is a electropop/pop punk band formed in Hamburg, Germany in 2003. Members: Katrin Hesse - vocals, guitar/ Vera Weiss - vocals, guitar/ Sabine Scheppner - bass guitar/ Phyllis Schuerger - drums/ Catharina Ruess - keys, vocals Biography of Clara Bow October 2003: Two girls full of action finally found each other in Hamburg! Realising that they both dreamt of starting an all-girl-band but had never met the right people to fulfil their <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Clara+Bow">Rea

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Quotes

  • I'd give my house to my dad, my car to the chauffeur, the bedroom suite to the maid who likes it so well, my Chinese room to my cook, and my dogs to the friends to whom they are most attached. I'd ask the few real intimates I have what they wanted most in this world, and I would do my best to see that they got them. And, if I still had time, I'd like to have a last dance.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Clara
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
Los Angeles
Spouse
Rex Bell
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Clara Bow by Otto Dyar, 1933.jpg
Number of children
2
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Commons category
Clara Bow
cause of death
myocardial infarction
date of birth
1905-07-29
date of death
1965-09-27
manner of death
natural causes
Commons gallery
Clara Bow
end of work period
1933-00-00
start of work period
1921-00-00
writing language
English language
birth name
Clara Gordon Bow
medical condition
schizophrenia
name in native language
Clara Bow
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Encyclopedic overview

Clara Gordon Bow (/boʊ/; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. 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 58 films, all but 11 of which were silent. 33 are extant in their entirety, 14 are partially lost, and 11 are completely lost. Some hits include Mantrap (1926), It (1927), and Wings (1927). She was named the first box-office draw in 1928 and 1929 and the 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, in January 1929.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clara Bow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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