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Clara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent film during 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.
Birth Name
Clara Gordon Bow
Born
Saturday, 29 July 1905
Died
Monday, 27 September 1965
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies | Self | 2020 |
| Love Lust | Self | 2011 |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Self | 2010 |
| Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture | Self | 2010 |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self / Various Roles / Self (archive footage) | 1999 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood | Various roles | 1995 |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995 |
| Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self | 1995 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies | Self | 2020 |
| Love Lust | Self | 2011 |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Self | 2010 |
| Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture | Self | 2010 |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self / Various Roles / Self (archive footage) | 1999 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood | Various roles | 1995 |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995 |
| Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self | 1995 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Actress in Movie Clip | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Hollywood | Self | 1980 |
| All You Need Is Love | Self | 1977 |
| Arena | (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Age of Ballyhoo | Self (clip from "It") | 1973 |
| Hollywood Babylon | (archive footage) | 1972 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Herself | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Golden Years | Actress 'It' | 1961 |
| Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 1953 |
| March of the Movies | Self - film clip | 1933 |
| Call Her Savage | Nasa Springer | 1932 |
| The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
| Kick In | Molly Hewes | 1931 |
| No Limit | Helen 'Bunny' O'Day | 1931 |
| Her Wedding Night | Norma Martin | 1930 |
| Love Among the Millionaires | Pepper Whipple | 1930 |
| True to the Navy | Ruby Nolan | 1930 |
| Paramount on Parade | Herself / Episode 'True to the Navy' | 1930 |
| The Saturday Night Kid | Mayme Barry | 1929 |
| Dangerous Curves | Pat Delaney | 1929 |
| The Wild Party | Stella Ames | 1929 |
| Three Week Ends | Gladys O'Brien | 1928 |
| The Fleet's In | Trixie Deane | 1928 |
| Ladies of the Mob | Yvonne | 1928 |
| Red Hair | Bubbles McCoy | 1928 |
| Get Your Man | Nancy Worthington | 1927 |
| Hula | Hula Calhoun | 1927 |
| Wings | Mary Preston | 1927 |
| Rough House Rosie | Rosie O'Reilly | 1927 |
| Children of Divorce | Kitty Flanders | 1927 |
| It | Betty Lou / Betty Lou Spence | 1927 |
| Kid Boots | Clara McCoy | 1926 |
| Mantrap | Alverna | 1926 |
| The Runaway | Cynthia Meade | 1926 |
| Fascinating Youth | Clara Bow | 1926 |
| Dancing Mothers | Kittens Westcourt | 1926 |
| Two Can Play | Dorothy Hammis | 1926 |
| Shadow of the Law | Mary Brophy | 1926 |
| The Ancient Mariner | Doris | 1925 |
| The Plastic Age | Cynthia Day | 1925 |
| My Lady of Whims | Prudence Severn | 1925 |
| The Best Bad Man | Peggy Swain | 1925 |
| Free to Love | Marie Anthony | 1925 |
| The Primrose Path | Marilyn Merrill | 1925 |
| Kiss Me Again | Grizette | 1925 |
| Parisian Love | Marie | 1925 |
| The Scarlet West | Miriam | 1925 |
| The Lawful Cheater | Molly Burns | 1925 |
| My Lady's Lips | Lola Lombard | 1925 |
| The Adventurous Sex | The Girl | 1925 |
| Capital Punishment | Delia Tate | 1925 |
| Black Lightning | Martha Larned | 1924 |
| This Woman | Aline Sturdevant | 1924 |
| Helen's Babies | Alice Mayton | 1924 |
| Daughters of Pleasure | Lila Millas | 1924 |
| Poisoned Paradise | Margot LeBlanc | 1924 |
| Black Oxen | Janet Ogelthorpe | 1923 |
| Maytime | Alice Tremaine | 1923 |
| The Daring Years | Mary | 1923 |
| Enemies of Women | Girl Dancing on Table | 1923 |
| Down to the Sea in Ships | 'Dot' Morgan | 1923 |
| Beyond the Rainbow | Virginia Gardener | 1922 |
