
Clara Bow
Born: 1905-07-29
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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

Ladies of the Mob
1928

The Runaway
1926

Shadow of the Law
1926

The Ancient Mariner
1925

The Keeper of the Bees
1925

My Lady's Lips
1925

The Adventurous Sex
1925

Wine
1924

Grit
1924

The Daring Years
1923

Black Lightning
1924

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011

Fascinating Youth
1926

Two Can Play
1926

The Best Bad Man
1925

The Scarlet West
1925

This Woman
1924

Beyond the Rainbow
1922