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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.
Filmography
Hodgepodge2025 · Self (archive footage, as Mary Preston)
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess2012
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films2011 · Herself (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist2010 · Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture2010
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007 · Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years2002 · (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl1999 · Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995 · Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons1995 · Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch1995
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend1986 · archive footage
Yesterday and Today1953 · (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner1949 · Clara Bow
Hoopla1933 · Lou
The Film Parade1933 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Call Her Savage1932 · Nasa Springer
The House That Shadows Built1931 · (archive footage)
Kick In1931 · Molly Hewes