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Portrait of Clara Bow

Acting

Clara Bow

Career

Active from 1922 to 2010, with a break from 1954 to 1987, busiest in 1925 with 15 main titles.

Leading roles
47
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for It
It
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Clara Bow Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    2.1, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Silent Film Era 4
  • Melodrama 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Romantic Drama 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • American Cinema 2
  • Silent Film 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (2010)

as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)

2000s

1 title
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)

as (archive footage)

1980s

3 titles · average score 72
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)
GoodWatch score 74

as archive footage

The Muppets Go to the Movies
The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mary Preston (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

1 title
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today (1953)

as (archive footage)

1940s

1 title
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949)

as Clara Bow

1930s

9 titles · average score 65
Hoopla
Hoopla (1933)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lou

The Film Parade
The Film Parade (1933)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage (1932)
GoodWatch score 66

as Nasa Springer

No Limit
No Limit (1931)

as Helen 'Bunny' O'Day

Kick In
Kick In (1931)

as Molly Hewes

The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built (1931)

as (archive footage)

Her Wedding Night
Her Wedding Night (1930)

as Norma Martin

Love Among the Millionaires
Love Among the Millionaires (1930)

as Pepper Whipple

True to the Navy
True to the Navy (1930)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ruby Nolan

1920s

49 titles · average score 63
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mayme Barry

The Wild Party
The Wild Party (1929)
GoodWatch score 63

as Stella Ames

Wings
Wings (1927)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mary Preston

Hula
Hula (1927)
GoodWatch score 65

as Hula Calhoun

It
It (1927)
GoodWatch score 80

as Betty Lou Spence

Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce (1927)
GoodWatch score 62

as Kitty Flanders

Get Your Man
Get Your Man (1927)
GoodWatch score 63

as Nancy Worthington

Kid Boots
Kid Boots (1926)
GoodWatch score 68

as Clara McCoy

Mantrap
Mantrap (1926)
GoodWatch score 69

as Alverna

The Plastic Age
The Plastic Age (1925)
GoodWatch score 60

as Cynthia Day

Helen's Babies
Helen's Babies (1924)

as Alice Mayton

Wine
Wine (1924)

as Angela Warriner