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Jun 21, 2016 · Tue 21 Jun 2016 06.45 EDT. Clara Bow’s biography could have been a fairy story but instead it is a cautionary tale. This vivacious young woman exchanged the rags and deprivations of her slum...
Mar 2, 2023 · Born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on July 29, 1905, Clara Bow had a rough start in life. Her alcoholic father sexually abused her, and her mother, who had a severe mental illness and once threatened her with a knife, required constant care from Bow, according to " Hollywood's Dark History: Silver Screen Scandals ."
Apr 18, 2024 · Clara Bow (born July 29, 1905, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 27, 1965, Los Angeles, California) was an American motion-picture actress, called the “It” Girl after she performed in It (1927), the popular silent-film version of Elinor Glyn’s novel of that name.
Actress: Wings. Clara Gordon Bow, destined to become "The It Girl", was born on July 29, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in poverty and violence. Her often absentee and brutish father could not or did not provide and her schizophrenic mother tried to slit Clara's throat when the girl spoke of becoming an actress.
Apr 19, 2024 · Clara Bow, one of the earliest megastars of the silent film era, is famous for being Hollywood’s first “It Girl.” But there’s a lot more to Bow’s dramatic life than bobbed hair and flapper...
Clara Bow: The original ‘It Girl’. 28 December 2014. By Nicholas Barber,Features correspondent. (Corbis) The 1920s actress became a new kind of down-to-earth Hollywood idol. Her film It...
Clara Bow invented the notion of sex on the silver screen. She was the first actress who visibly flaunted her sex appeal and, in turn, became the most talked-about resident of Hollywood. Idolized by Louise Brooks in the 20s, Marilyn Monroe in the 50s, and Madonna in the 80s, Clara was an icon of sexual freedom for women everywhere.
