Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1905-07-29 (60 years old)
Deathday
1965-09-27
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Clara Gordon Bow
The 'It' Girl
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 prese...
1927
as Mary Preston
1953
as (archive footage)
1924
as Aline Sturdevant
1929
as Stella Ames
1927
as Betty Lou Spence
1926
as Alverna
1933
as Lou
1924
as Margot LeBlanc
1932
as Nasa Springer
1993
as Self (archive footage)
1925
as Marie
1931
as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day
1929
as Pat Delaney
1929
as Mayme Barry
1930
as Ruby Nolan
1927
as Rosie O'Reilly
1930
as Pepper Whipple
1925
as Marie Anthony
1925
as Prudence Severn
1925
as Delia Tate
1925
as Cynthia Day
1930
as Norma Martin
1926
as Kittens Westcourt
1926
as Clara McCoy
1927
as Hula Calhoun
1927
as Nancy Worthington
1923
as Janet Ogelthorpe
1924
as Alice Mayton
1995
as Self (archive footage)
1928
as Yvonne
1925
as Marilyn Merrill
1926
as Cynthia Meade
1923
as Alice Tremaine
1924
as Lila Millas
1925
as Grizette
2002
as (archive footage)
2011
as Herself (archive footage)
1986
as Self (archive footage)
1924
as Martha Larned
1925
as Peggy Swain
1930
as Herself
1926
as Mary Brophy
1928
as Bubbles McCoy
1928
as Gladys O'Brien
1927
as Kitty Flanders
1931
as Molly Hewes
1925
as Lola Lombard
1922
as 'Dot' Morgan
1922
as Virginia Gardener
1928
as Trixie Deane
1926
as Clara Bow
1926
as Dorothy Hammis
1925
as Lolly Cameron
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
1925
as Doris
1924
as Rosalie
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1931
as (archive footage)
1923
1923
as Mary
1924
as Orchid McGonigle
1924
as Angela Warriner
1925
as The Girl
1925
as Rena D'Arcy
1925
as Molly Burns
1925
as Miriam
1949
as Clara Bow
1923
as Dancing Girl (uncredited)
1999
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1923
as Girl Dancing on Table
2025
as Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
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