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Clara Bow Biography (1905-1965)

Full name, Clara Gordon Bow; born July 29, 1905, in Brooklyn, NY; died of a heart attack, September 26, 1965, in West Los Angeles, CA; daughter of a waiter; married Rex Bell (a cowboy actor, rancher, and politician), December 3, 1931 (separated); children: Rex Anthony, George Robert.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

July 29, 1905

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Death Details

September 26, 1965

West Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Appearances; Silent Films
• Virginia Gardner, Beyond the Rainbow, Robertson-Cole Pictures, 1922.
• "Dot" Morgan, Down to the Sea in Ships, W. W. Hodkinon, 1922.
• Girl dancing on table, Enemies of Women, Goldwyn Distributing, 1923.
• Mary, The Daring Years, Equity Pictures, 1923.
• Alice Tremaine, Maytime, Preferred Pictures, 1923.
• Angela Warriner, Wine, Universal, 1924.
• Aline Sturdevant, This Woman, Warner Bros., 1924.
• Margot LeBlanc, Poisoned Paradise (also known as Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo), Al Lichtman, 1924.
• Black, 1924.
• Orchid McGonigle, Grit, W. W. Hodkinon, 1924.
• Lila Millas, Daughters of Pleasure, Principal Pictures, 1924.
• Rosalie, Empty Hearts, Banner Productions, 1924.
• Alice Mayton, Helen's Babies, Principal Pictures, 1924.
• Martha Larned, Black Lightning, Lumas Film, 1924.
• Janet Ogelthorpe, Black Oxen, Associated First National Pictures, 1924.
• Miriam, The Scarlet West, First National Pictures, 1925.
• Marilyn Merrill, The Primrose Path, Arrow Pictures, 1925.
• Cynthia Day, The Plastic Age, B. P. Schulberg Productions, 1925.
• Marie, Parisian Love, Preferred Pictures, 1925.
• Lola Lombard, My Lady's Lips, Preferred Pictures, 1925.
• Prudence Severn, My Lady of Whims, Arrow Pictures, 1925.
• Delia Tate, Capital Punishment, Preferred Pictures, 1925.
• The girl, The Adventurous Sex, Associated Exhibitors, 1925.
• Rena D'arcy, Eve's Lover, Warner Bros., 1925.
• Molly Burns, Lawful Cheaters, Commonwealth, 1925.
• Grizette, Kiss Me Again, Warner Bros., 1925.
• Lolly Cameron, The Keeper of the Bees, Film Booking Offices of America, 1925.
• Marie Anthony, Free to Love, B. P. Schulberg Productions, 1925.
• Peggy Swain, The Best Bad Man, Fox Film Corporation, 1925.
• Doris, The Ancient Mariner, Fox Film Corporation, 1925.
• Dorothy Hammis, Two Can Play, Associated Exhibitors, 1926.
• Mary Brophy, Shadow of the Law, Paramount, 1926.
• Cynthia Meade, The Runaway, Paramount, 1926.
• Alverna, Mantrap, Paramount, 1926.
• Kittens Westcourt, Dancing Mothers, Paramount, 1926.
• Guest, Fascinating Youth, Paramount, 1926.
• Clara McCoy, Kid Boots, Paramount, 1926.
• Rosie O'Reilly, Roughhouse Rosie, Paramount, 1927.
• Betty Lou Spence, It, Paramount, 1927.
• Kitty Flanders, Children of Divorce, Paramount, 1927.
• Mary Preston, Wings, Paramount, 1927.
• Hula Calhoun, Hula, Paramount, 1927.
• Nancy Worthington, Get Your Man, Paramount, 1927.
• Gladys O'Brien, Three Weekends, Paramount, 1928.
• Bubbles McCoy, Red Hair, Paramount, 1928.
• Yvonne, Ladies of the Mob, Paramount, 1928.
• Trixie Deane, The Fleet's In, Paramount, 1928.
• Stella Ames, The Wild Party, Paramount, 1929.
• Pat Delaney, Dangerous Curves, Paramount, 1929.
• Credits; Film Appearances; Films with Sound
• Mayme, The Saturday Night Kid (also known as Love 'Em and Leave 'Em), Paramount, 1929.
• Pepper Green, Love among the Millionaires, Paramount, 1930.
• Herself, Paramount on Parade, Paramount, 1930.
• Ruby Nolan, True to the Navy, Paramount, 1930.
• Norma Martin, Her Wedding Night, Paramount, 1930.
• Helen "Bunny" O'Day, No Limit, Paramount, 1931.
• Molly Hewes, Kick In, Paramount, 1931.
• Nasa "Dynamite" Springer, Call Her Savage, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1932.
• Lou, Hoopla (also known as Hoop-la), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1933.
• Writings;Nonfiction
• Contributor to periodicals, including Photoplay, Pictures and Picturegoer, and Theatre World.

Further Reference

Books:

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, edited by Nicholas Thomas, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1992.

Periodicals:

• American Heritage, July-August, 1995, pp. 102-103.