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Clara Bow
(1905-1965)
American actress
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Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent film during the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. 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.

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Born Clara Gordon Bow
29 July 1905
Brooklyn, New York.USA
Died
27 September 1965 (aged 60)
West Los Angeles, California USA
Zodiac Leo
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  • Rex Anthony
    Rex Anthony info 1st child with Rex Bell Male b. 6 Dec 1934 Age: 90 1934- Celebrity Baby
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Robert Walter Bow and Sarah Frances Gordon
Robert Walter Bow and Sarah Frances Gordon · m. 1902

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  • Elinor Glyn
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  • Lothar Mendes
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  • Edith Head
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  • Jobyna Ralston
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  • Clark Gable
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  • Esther Ralston
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  • Corinne Griffith
    Corinne Griffith · Friend · 1894-1979 · American, Actress edit info
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  • William A. Wellman
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  • Eugene Richee
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  • Edith Head
    Edith Head · Friend · 1897-1981 · American film and television costumer edit info
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  • Jobyna Ralston
    Jobyna Ralston · Friend · 1899-1967 · American actress edit info
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  • Jean Arthur
    Jean Arthur · Friend · 1900-1991 · Actress edit info
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  • James Hall
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  • Esther Ralston
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    Stuart Erwin · Friend · 1903-1967 · American actor edit info
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  • Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
    Charles 'Buddy' Rogers · Friend · 1904-1999 · American actor and jazz musician edit info
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  • Louise Brooks
    Louise Brooks · Friend · 1906-1985 · American actress edit info
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  • Joyce Compton
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  • Marceline Day
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  • Leone Lane
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  • Dizzy Dean
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  • Adrienne Dore
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  • Marion Shilling
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  • Jean Harlow
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  • Dixie Lee
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  • Budd Schulberg
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  • Martha Raye
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