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First Name

Clara

Last Name

Bow

Date of Birth

29 June 1905

Middle Name

Gordan

Height

63.5

Build

Slim

Eye Color

Brown - Dark

Hair Color

Dyed Red

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York

Star Sign

Cancer

Date of Death

27 September 1965

Place of Death

West Los Angeles, California

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Ethnicity

White

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

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Wikipedia Text

Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 � September 27, 1965) was an American actress born and raised in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. Her high spirits and acting artistry made her the quintessential flapper and the film It brought her global fame. Bow came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex symbol. She appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies, including hits such as Mantrap (1926), It (1927) and Wings (1927). She was first box-office draw in 1928 and 1929 and second in 1927 and 1930. Her presence in a motion picture has been described to have ensured investors, by odds of almost 2-to-1, a safe return with only two exceptions. At the apex of her stardom, in January 1929, she received more than 45,000 fan letters. Bow ended her career with Hoop-La (1933), and became a rancher in Nevada. In 1931 she married actor Rex Bell, later politician and Lieutenant Governor, with whom she had two sons.

Role ID

Actor/Actress, Soundtrack

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Later to become the personification of the flaming Roaring Twenties, Clara Bow was born and brought up in near poverty in Brooklyn, New York. She won a photo beauty contest which started a movie career of some 56 feature films. Best known as the uninhibited flapper, she reached the top as the "It Girl" in 1927. With the advent of sound and the Depression`s disfavorable attitude towards Jazz-age extravagances, her popularity faded. Also. adding to her problems, were gambling debts, unpaid taxes and several sensational public court battles involving alienation of affections and embezzlement (by her secretary.) She then married cowboy star Rex Bell at age 26 and retired from the screen at age 28. Plagued by personal crises, a weight problem and mental instability, she never made another film. She died in 1965.

Full Name at Birth

Clara Gordon Bow

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Claim to Fame

WAMPAS Baby Star of 1924, It (1927)

Distinctive Feature

red hair

Father

Robert Bow

Mother

Sarah Gordon

Friend

John Gilbert, Edith Head, Elinor Glyn, Daisy De Voe, Lina Basquette

Biography (Print)

Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild [1988] (David Stenn), The It Girl : The Incredible Story of Clara Bow [1976] (Joe Morella), Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood [2001] (Mick LaSalle)

Biographical Movie

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl [1999], "Biography: Clara Bow: Hollywood's Silent Sexpot" [2003]

Portrayed In

Return To Babylon [2008]

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