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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself (archive footage)
Clara Bow
Acting
Born:July 29, 1905
Died:September 27, 1965(aged 60)
Birthplace:Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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.
Filmography (72 movies)
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Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self (archive footage)
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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)
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100 Years at the Movies
1994
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Wings
1927
as Mary Preston
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Red Hair
1928
as Bubbles McCoy
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Sigrid Holmquist
2010
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
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The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
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True to the Navy
1930
as Ruby Nolan
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It
1927
as Betty Lou Spence
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6.7
Dancing Mothers
1926
as Kittens Westcourt
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6.7
The Wild Party
1929
as Stella Ames
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6.5
Kid Boots
1926
as Clara McCoy
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6.4
Get Your Man
1927
as Nancy Worthington
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6.3
Maytime
1923
as Alice Tremaine
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Paramount on Parade
1930
as Herself
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Hoopla
1933
as Lou
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Mantrap
1926
as Alverna
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Love Among the Millionaires
1930
as Pepper Whipple
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Dangerous Curves
1929
as Pat Delaney
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Her Wedding Night
1930
as Norma Martin
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The Plastic Age
1925
as Cynthia Day
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Kick In
1931
as Molly Hewes
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No Limit
1931
as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
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5.7
Hula
1927
as Hula Calhoun
5.7
5.7
Children of Divorce
1927
as Kitty Flanders
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5.6
Helen's Babies
1924
as Alice Mayton
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5.5
Call Her Savage
1932
as Nasa Springer
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5.5
Capital Punishment
1925
as Delia Tate
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5.2
Black Oxen
1923
as Janet Ogelthorpe
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5.2
The Primrose Path
1925
as Marilyn Merrill
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Enemies of Women
1923
as Girl Dancing on Table
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Down to the Sea in Ships
1922
as 'Dot' Morgan
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Free to Love
1925
as Marie Anthony
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4.7
My Lady of Whims
1925
as Prudence Severn
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4.6
Parisian Love
1925
as Marie
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4.4
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
as Mayme Barry
Shadow of the Law
1926
as Mary Brophy
Three Week Ends
1928
as Gladys O'Brien
Beyond the Rainbow
1922
as Virginia Gardener
Fascinating Youth
1926
as Clara Bow
Two Can Play
1926
as Dorothy Hammis
The Ancient Mariner
1925
as Doris
The Keeper of the Bees
1925
as Lolly Cameron
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
This Woman
1924
as Aline Sturdevant
Eve's Lover
1925
as Rena D'Arcy
Wine
1924
as Angela Warriner
The Pill Pounder
1923
The Daring Years
1923
as Mary
Grit
1924
as Orchid McGonigle
The Adventurous Sex
1925
as The Girl
The Lawful Cheater
1925
as Molly Burns
The Scarlet West
1925
as Miriam
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949
as Clara Bow
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
Hodgepodge
2025
as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
Empty Hearts
1924
as Rosalie
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
The Film Parade
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Poisoned Paradise
1924
as Margot LeBlanc
The Best Bad Man
1925
as Peggy Swain
Rough House Rosie
1927
as Rosie O'Reilly
Ladies of the Mob
1928
as Yvonne
The Runaway
1926
as Cynthia Meade
My Lady's Lips
1925
as Lola Lombard
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
as Lila Millas
Kiss Me Again
1925
as Grizette
Black Lightning
1924
as Martha Larned
The Fleet's In
1928
as Trixie Deane
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