Silent era actress with a magnetic presence, Clara Bow was the original ‘It Girl’, and the ultimate flapper of the Roarin’ Twenties.

The early life of Clara Bow Clara Bow was born on July 29, 1905, in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York. However, some argue that she was born in 1907, and that is what was listed on her gravestone.

Bow was born Clara Gordon Bow in Brooklyn, New York on July 29, 1905, Stenn told TODAY. She came into the world in the middle of a heat wave, after a risky pregnancy (her two older sisters had ...

Clara Bow biographer David Stenn said she was the most popular film start of the late-1920s. “The fact that this film was discovered a century after it was made, when does that happen?” he said.

Actress Clara Bow — the reason the term “ It Girl ” got its name — is having a moment, nearly 60 years after the iconic silent film star died.

One track on Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow.

Clara Bow biographer David Stenn said she was the most popular film start of the late-1920s. “The fact that this film was discovered a century after it was made, when does that happen?” he said.

Clara Bow biographer David Stenn said she was the most popular film start of the late-1920s. “The fact that this film was discovered a century after it was made, when does that happen?” he said.

Clara Bow biographer David Stenn said she was the most popular film start of the late-1920s. “The fact that this film was discovered a century after it was made, when does that happen?” he said.