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Stage Name

Birth Name
Clara Bow Clara Gordon Bow

   She was to be known as the quintessential flapper. Clara was a silent movie star who started her career by winning a beauty contest with the objection of her mother. She was officially known as the "It-Girl" in the 1920's because of her renowned sexual on screen magnetism and high spirited vivaciousness. Betty Boop was designed after the style and personality of Clara Bow.

   Her popularity was so great, many women took her to court for "stealing other

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women's husbands." Her film career spanned from 1922 to 1933. During that time, Bow made a total of 56 films during her movie career. After her movie career started to decline due to her voice having a heavy Brooklyn accent when the Talkies came out, Bow retired and moved to Los Angeles and opened the "IT!" Cafe in Hollywood with her husband Rex Bell.

Clara died of a heart attack at age 60 in West Hollywood, California.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring
Brooklyn, NY 7/29/1905 - 9/27/1965 Rex Bell n/a
                       
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles
Black Bottom n/a n/a
Charleston            
Shimmie            
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage
"It" Cafe n/a n/a
             
 

Films

Television

(Other)
$ 1925 - Parisian Love n/a 12/29/1923 - Movie Weekly
$ 1925 - The Plastic Age   9/1926 - Photoplay Magazine
1925 - The Primrose Path       9/30/1929 - Photo Play Magazine
$ 1927- It!            
1927 - Hula            
$ 1927 - Wings            
No Limit            
City Streets?            
Call Her Savage            
Hoopla            
True To The Navy       $ Discovering The It Girl (Book)
Kick In       $ Memories of the Silent Stars (VHS)
Secret Call?            
NOTE:
January 2, 2010
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