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Clara Bow

1905 - 1965

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Clara Gordon Bow (; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of 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. Bow appeared in 58 films all but 11 of which were silent. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clara Bow is the 903rd most popular actor (up from 1,022nd in 2019), the 1,821st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,792nd in 2019) and the 453rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Clara Bow ranks 903 out of 13,578. Before her are Tchéky Karyo, Jennifer Coolidge, Death of Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Jean-Claude Pascal, and Tom Skerritt. After her are Cliff Robertson, Stephen Boyd, Teri Hatcher, Anne Parillaud, Mario Adorf, and Joan Plowright.

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Among people born in 1905, Clara Bow ranks 60. Before her are Pedro Petrone, Kurt Gerstein, Daniil Kharms, Emmanuel Mounier, Pat Brown, and Sada Abe. After her are Prince John of the United Kingdom, Franz König, Dolores del Río, Erika Mann, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, and Otto Preminger. Among people deceased in 1965, Clara Bow ranks 36. Before her are Louis Hjelmslev, Fan Noli, Herberts Cukurs, Sonny Boy Williamson II, David O. Selznick, and Frederick Fleet. After her are William M. Branham, Henry A. Wallace, Hans Knappertsbusch, Adolf Schärf, Sālote Tupou III, and Bernard Baruch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clara Bow ranks 1,821 out of 20,380. Before her are Sam Cooke (1931), Frederick Douglass (1818), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Angie Dickinson (1931), Pat Brown (1905), and Tom Skerritt (1933). After her are Cliff Robertson (1923), Richard Serra (1939), Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), Kevin McHale (1957), Jim Lovell (1928), and Douglas McGregor (1906).

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Among actors born in United States, Clara Bow ranks 453. Before her are Ethan Hawke (1970), Mary Anderson (1918), Linda Gray (1940), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Angie Dickinson (1931), and Tom Skerritt (1933). After her are Cliff Robertson (1923), Teri Hatcher (1964), Nick Adams (1931), Richard Lynch (1940), Bubba Smith (1945), and Elisabeth Shue (1963).

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