Clara Bow
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Clara Gordon Bow was an American actress. She was born July 28, 1904 in Brooklyn, New York United States. She was one of the most famous movie actresses in the history of silent movies. Bow died September 27, 1965 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California at the age of 60.
Bow acted in 57 movies between 1922 and 1933. She is considered the first American sex symbol after her work in the 1927 movie It. That movie also created the term "The It Girl" meaning the most popular girl at the moment. Bow was the original It girl. She was the person every movie studio tried to get in their movies. She was the person who the audiences always want to see more of. She was the focus of media attention.
[edit] External links
- Clara Bow at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- ClaraBow.net - Biography, images, and filmography about Clara Bow.
- Photographs of Clara Bow