Mini-Biography:
Clara Bow was born on July 20, 1905 in Brooklyn, NY, US. She was an American Actress, known for Wings (1927), Ladies of the Mob (1928), Dance Madness (1926), Clara Bow's first movie on record is from 1922. Clara Bow died on September 27, 1965 in Hollywood, California, USA. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1965.
Biographical Notes
Schauspielerin des amerikanischen Stummfilms, sie galt als das "Flapper Girl" der Zwanziger Jahre. Zu ihren auch heute noch bekannten Filmen zählen William Wellman's "Wings" und "It" von Clarence Badger. Mit dem Tonfilm ging ihre Karriere abrupt zu Ende, ihr Frauentyp war nach 1930 nicht mehr gefragt.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1965: The Love Goddesses (A History of Sex in the Cinema) (Cast: Clara Bow), Directed by Saul J. Turell, with Theda Bara, Claudette Colbert, Ingrid Bergman,
1933: Hoopla (Cast),
1932: Call her Savage (Cast: Nasa Springer), Directed by John Francis Dillon, with Gilbert Roland, Thelma Todd,
1931: No Limit (Cast),
1931: Kick In (Cast: Molly Hewes), Directed by Richard Wallace, with J. Carrol Naish, Regis Toomey,
1930: Paramount on Parade (Paramount revue) (Cast), Directed by Richard Arlen, Lothar Mendes, Edmund Goulding, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee, with Virginia Bruce, Gary Cooper, Fay Wray,
1930: True to the Navy (Cast), with Fredric March,
1930: Love among the Millionaires (Cast),
1930: Her Wedding Night (Cast),
1929: The Saturday Night Kid (Cast: Mayme Barry), Directed by A. Edward Sutherland, with Jean Arthur, James Hall,
1929: Dangerous Curves (Cast), Directed by Lothar Mendes,
1929: The wild party (Cast: Stella Ames), Directed by Dorothy Arzner, with Fredric March, Marceline Day,
1928: Ladies of the Mob (Cast), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Mary Alden, Richard Arlen,
1928: The Fleet's In (Cast),
1928: Three Week-Ends (Cast),
1927: Hula (Cast), Directed by Victor Fleming, with Clive Brook, Arlette Marchal,
1927: Wings (Cast: Mary Preston), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen,
1927: Children of Divorce (Cast), Directed by Frank Lloyd, with Gary Cooper, Esther Ralston,
1927: Get your Man (Cast), Directed by Dorothy Arzner, with Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Josef Swickard,
1927: Rough House Rosie (Cast),
1927: Red Hair (Cast),
1927: It (Cast: Betty Lou Spence), Directed by Clarence G. Badger, with Antonio Moreno, William Austin,
1926: Kid Boots (Cast: Clara McCoy ), Directed by Frank Tuttle, with Eddie Cantor, Billie Dove,
1926: Mantrap (Cast: Alverna), Directed by Victor Fleming, with Ernest Torrence, Percy Marmont,
1926: Two can play (Cast), Directed by Nat Ross,
1926: The Runaway (Cast),
1926: The Shadow of the Law (Cast: Mary Brophy ), Directed by Wallace Worsley, with Forrest Stanley, Stuart Holmes,
1926: Fascinating Youth (Cast), Directed by Sam Wood, with Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Lila Lee, ,
1926: Dance Madness (Cast), Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with Conrad Nagel, , Douglas Gilmore,
1925: The Ancient Mariner (Cast: Doris), Directed by Chester Bennett, Henry Otto, with Leslie Fenton, Earle Williams,
1925: The plastic age (Cast: Cynthia Day ), Directed by Wesley Ruggles, with Donald Keith, Mary Alden, Henry B. Walthall,
1925: Parisian Love (Cast: Marie), Directed by Louis J. Gasnier, with Donald Keith, Lillian Leighton,
1925: Eve's Lover (Cast), Directed by Roy del Ruth,
1925: Kiss me again (Cast), Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, with Marie Prevost, Monte Blue,
1925: The Scarlet West (Cast),
1925: The Primrose Path (Cast),
1925: The Best Bad Man (Cast),
1925: Lawful Cheaters (Cast),
1925: Free to Love (Cast),
1924: Helen's Babies (Cast: Alice Mayton), Directed by William A. Seiter, with Claire Adams, Jeanne Carpenter,
1924: Poisened Paradise (Cast),
1924: Empty Hearts (Cast),
1924: This Woman (Cast),
1924: Capital Punishment (Cast),
1924: The adventurous Sex (Cast),
1923: Black Oxen (Cast: Janet Ogelthorpe ), Directed by Frank Lloyd, with Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, Tom Ricketts,
1923: Grit (Cast), Directed by Frank Tuttle,
1923: The Daring Years (Cast),
1923: Maytime (Cast),
1923: The Enemies of Women (Cast: Girl Dancing on Table), Directed by Alan Crosland, with Lionel Barrymore, Alma Rubens, Pedro de Cordoba,
1922: Down to the Sea in Ships (Cast), Directed by Elmer Clifton, with Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee,
1922: Beyond the Rainbow (Cast: Virginia Gardener), Directed by Christy Cabanne, with Billie Dove, Huntley Gordon,
Bibliography
- Reichow / Hanisch, Filmschauspieler A-Z, Henschelverlag Berlin 1980;
- International Dictionnary of Films and Filmmakers, Vol 3: Actors and Actresses, St James Press, Detroit and London, 2nd edition 1992;
- Vittorio Martinelli, Le Dive del Silenzio, Bologna 2001