Clara Bow

**Clara Gordon Bow** (; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress. She was born in Brooklyn, New York City. She was one of the most famous movie actresses in the history of silent movies. Bow died September 27, 1965 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California at the age of 60.

Bow acted in 57 movies between 1922 and 1933. She is considered the first American sex symbol after her work in the 1927 movie _It_. That movie also created the term "The _It_ Girl" meaning the most popular girl at the moment. Bow was the original _It_ girl. She was the person every movie studio tried to get in their movies. She was the person who the audiences always want to see more of. She was the focus of media attention. She retired at age 28. In 1944 Bow tried to kill herself. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Bow was born in Prospect Heights.

## Filmography

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Film|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|1922|_Beyond the Rainbow_|Virginia Gardener|||||
|_Down to the Sea in Ships_|Dot Morgan|||||||
|rowspan=4|1923|_Enemies of Women_|Girl dancing on table|||||
|_The Daring Years_|Mary|||||||
|_Maytime_|Alice Tremaine|||||||
|_Black Oxen_|Janet Ogelthorpe|||||||
|rowspan=8|1924|_Grit_|Orchid McGonigle|||||
|_Poisoned Paradise_|Margot LeBlanc|||||||
|_Daughters of Pleasure_|Lila Millas|Alternative title: _Beggar on Horseback_||||||
|_Wine_|Angela Warriner|||||||
|_Empty Hearts_|Rosalie|||||||
|_Helen's Babies_|Alice Mayton|||||||
|_This Woman_|Aline Sturdevant|||||||
|_Black Lightning_|Martha Larned|||||||
|rowspan=15|1925|_Capital Punishment_|Delia Tate|||||
|_The Adventurous Sex_|The Girl|||||||
|_Eve's Lover_|Rena D'Arcy|||||||
|_The Lawful Cheater_|Molly Burns|||||||
|_The Scarlet West_|Miriam|||||||
|_My Lady's Lips_|Lola Lombard|||||||
|_Parisian Love_|Marie|||||||
|_Kiss Me Again_|Grizette|||||||
|_The Keeper of the Bees_|Lolly Cameron|||||||
|_The Primrose Path_|Marilyn Merrill|||||||
|_Free to Love_|Marie Anthony|||||||
|_The Best Bad Man_|Peggy Swain|||||||
|_The Plastic Age_|Cynthia Day|||||||
|_The Ancient Mariner_|Doris|||||||
|_My Lady of Whims_|Prudence Severn|||||||
|rowspan=8|1926|_Dance Madness_|-|||||
|_Shadow of the Law_|Mary Brophy|||||||
|_Two Can Play_|Dorothy Hammis|||||||
|_Dancing Mothers_|Kittens Westcourt|||||||
|_Fascinating Youth_|Clara Bow|||||||
|_The Runaway_|Cynthia Meade|||||||
|_Mantrap_|Alverna|||||||
|_Kid Boots_|Clara McCoy|||||||
|rowspan=6|1927|_It_|Betty Lou Spence|||||
|_Children of Divorce_|Kitty Flanders|||||||
|_Rough House Rosie_|Rosie O'Reilly|||||||
|_Wings_|Mary Preston|||||||
|_Hula_|Hula Calhoun|||||||
|_Get Your Man_|Nancy Worthington|||||||
|rowspan=4|1928|_Red Hair_|Bubbles McCoy|||||
|_Ladies of the Mob_|Yvonne|||||||
|_The Fleet's In_|Trixie Deane|||||||
|_Three Weekends_|Gladys O'Brien|||||||
|rowspan=3|1929|_The Wild Party_|Stella Ames|||||
|_Dangerous Curves_|Pat Delaney|||||||
|_The Saturday Night Kid_|Mayme|Alternative title: _Love 'Em and Leave 'Em_||||||
|rowspan=3|1930|_True to the Navy_|Ruby Nolan|||||
|_Love Among the Millionaires_|Pepper Whipple|||||||
|_Her Wedding Night_|Norma Martin|||||||
|rowspan=2|1931|_No Limit_|Helen "Bunny" O'Day|||||
|_Kick In_|Molly Hewes|||||||
|1932|_Call Her Savage_|Nasa Springer||||||
|1933|_Hoop-La_|Lou||||||
|1949|_Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner_|Clara Bow - Resort Guest|Short subject|||||

## Other websites

- ClaraBow.net - Biography, images, and filmography about Clara Bow.
- Photographs of Clara Bow

## Infobox (actor)

- **name**: Clara Gordon Bow
- **image**: Clarabowcrop.jpg
- **birth place**: Brooklyn, New York City, New York (state), New York
- **death place**: West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- **birth name**: Clara Gordon Bow
- **height**: 5' 3½" (1.61 m)
- **spouse**: Rex Bell