Clara Bow Net Worth
Clara Bow Net Worth is
$13 Million
Clara Bow Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Clara Gordon Bow (/ˈboʊ/; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent film during the 1920s. It was her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the film It that 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.She appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies, including hits such as Mantrap (1926), It (1927) and Wings (1927). She was named first box-office draw in 1928 and 1929 and second box-office draw in 1927 and 1930. Her presence in a motion picture was said to have ensured investors, by odds of almost 2-to-1, a "safe return". At the apex of her stardom, she received more than 45,000 fan letters in a single month (January 1929).After marrying actor Rex Bell in 1931, Bow retired from acting and became a rancher in Nevada. Her final film, Hoop-La, was released in 1933. In September 1965, Bow died of a heart attack at the age of 60. | Full Name | Clara Bow |
| Date Of Birth | July 29, 1905, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | September 27, 1965, Culver City, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Height | 5' 3½" (1.61 m) |
| Profession | Actress, Soundtrack, Music Department |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Rex Bell (m. 1931–1962) |
| Children | Rex Bell Jr., George Beldam, Jr. |
| Parents | Robert Bow, Sarah Bow |
| Movies | It, Mantrap, Call Her Savage, The Plastic Age, The Wild Party, Dancing Mothers, True to the Navy, Wings, Beyond the Rainbow, Black Oxen, Hoop-La, Down to the Sea in Ships, The Saturday Night Kid, Get Your Man, Rough House Rosie, My Lady of Whims, Hula, Kid Boots, Children of Divorce, Helen's Babies,... |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Call Her Savage (1932) | $125,000 |
| The Wild Party (1929) | $5,000 /week |
| Two Can Play (1926) | $1,750 /week |
| Down to the Sea in Ships (1922) | $35 /week |
| Beyond the Rainbow (1922) | $50 /week |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [asked for her thoughts on Marilyn Monroe after Monroe's death] A sex symbol is a heavy load to carry when one is tired, hurt and bewildered. |
| 2 | [on her poverty-stricken childhood in Brooklyn] No one wanted me in the first place. Often I was lonesome, frightened and miserable. I never had a doll in my life. I never had any clothes, and lots of times didn't have anything to eat. We just lived, and that'a about all. Girls shunned me because I was so poorly dressed - the worst looking kid on the street. I decided that girls weren't any good, and being lonely and needing child friends, cast my lot with the neighborhood boys. I became a regular tomboy - played baseball, football and learned to box. |
| 3 | [on the death of her grandfather when she was five] The first night, as he lay in his coffin in the dining room, I crept out of my bed and lay down on the floor beside him because I had the feeling that he might be lonely. My father found me there in the morning, almost frozen. I said, 'Hush, you mustn't wake grandfather. He's sleeping.' |
| 4 | People used to say that I had a feeling of closeness, a great warmth of loving everybody, that they could tell me their troubles. |
| 5 | When I decided to leave the screen, I told Ben Schulberg [producer B.P. Schulberg] I would not finish my contract or ever work again for anyone. He yelled and threatened to sue me and I said, "Go ahead, Ben, sue me. I've fought a thief and a blackmailer and, if after such heartaches I am forced to fight you and the studio, so be it". |
| 6 | We had individuality. We did as we pleased. We stayed up late. We dressed the way we wanted. I used to whiz down Sunset Boulevard in my open Kissel, with several red Chow dogs to match my hair. Today, they're sensible and end up with better health. But we had more fun. |
| 7 | A sex symbol is a heavy load to carry when one is tired, hurt and bewildered. |
| 8 | [when asked what "It" was, replying in her perfect Brooklyn accent] I ain't real sure. |
| 9 | [on director Victor Fleming] Of all the men I've known, there was a man. |
| 10 | The more I see of men, the more I like dogs. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Prince refers to her in his song "Condition of the Heart". The line goes, "There was a woman from the ghetto who made funny faces just like Clara Bow". |
| 2 | Was considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). |
| 3 | She had a rare singing role (sang "I'm True To The Navy") in Paramount on Parade (1930). |
| 4 | Had a turbulent love affair with actor Bela Lugosi (who had yet to deliver his legendary screen performance in Dracula (1931)) in the late '20s. Lugosi had a nude portrait of Bow hanging in the bedroom of his small Hollywood apartment for the rest of his life. |
| 5 | Her father, Robert Bow, was rarely present and may have had a mental impairment. Whenever he returned home, he was verbally and physically abusive to both wife and daughter. Reportedly he raped Clara when she was 15 or 16 years old. |
| 6 | Her mother, Sarah Gordon, was an occasional prostitute who suffered from mental illness and epilepsy. She was noted for her frequent public affairs with local firemen. |
| 7 | As soon as Bow started to make money, she brought her father to live with her in Hollywood. For the next few years, she funded numerous business ventures for him, including a restaurant and a dry cleaners, all of which failed. He soon became a drunken nuisance on her sets, where he would try to pick up young girls by telling them his daughter was Clara Bow. |
| 8 | 1994: She was honored with an image on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. |
| 9 | 1949: After being diagnosed with schizophrenia, her regimen included shock treatments. Later in her life her husband sent her to one of the top mental institutions in the nation. |
| 10 | 1928: She became the highest paid movie star, receiving $35,000 per week. |
| 11 | Fellow actress Jeanine Louise DeName was born and raised in a neighborhood that Clara had briefly resided in as a youth, in Brooklyn, NY. |
| 12 | Became a lifelong insomniac after her mother tried to kill her in her sleep. |
| 13 | Preferred playing poker with her cook, maid, and chauffeur over attending her movie premieres. |
| 14 | Clara applied her red lipstick in the shape of a heart. Women who imitated this shape were said to be putting a "Clara Bow" on their mouths. |
| 15 | Hollywood's first It-girl |
| 16 | Was billed as "The Hottest Jazz Baby in Films" by independent producer B.P. Schulberg for The Plastic Age (1925). |
| 17 | Kristin Hersh wrote a song about her for the band 50 Foot Wave entitled "Clara Bow." It appears on the band's debut album "Golden Ocean". |
| 18 | The stories about her being a rather loose and unrestrained free spirit earned her a somewhat notorious reputation that would follow her for the rest of her life. Many legends and rumors grew up around her, thanks in large part to the tabloid press. After her death there were rumors that she had faked her death, and some had reported seeing her visiting her own grave. |
| 19 | Refused to write her memoirs on the grounds there were many things that might embarrass her two sons and their families. She felt all the money in the world would not compensate for the embarrassment. |
| 20 | WAMPAS Baby Star of 1924. |
| 21 | Her mother was mentally ill and was committed to a mental institution where she died when Clara was still relatively young. |
| 22 | Mother of actor Rex Bell Jr. |
| 23 | Pictured on one of ten 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating stars of the silent screen, issued 27 April 1994. Designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, this set of stamps also honored Rudolph Valentino, Charles Chaplin, Lon Chaney, John Gilbert, Zasu Pitts, Harold Lloyd, Theda Bara, Buster Keaton, and the Keystone Kops. |
| 24 | She worked at a hot dog stand on Coney Island as a teenager, run by a man named Nathan Handwerker, who later founded Nathan's Franks. However, contrary to legend, she was not discovered there. |
| 25 | Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA, in the Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Heritage, next to George Burns and Gracie Allen. |
| 26 | She lived in a seven-room bungalow at 512 N. Bedford Dr. in Beverly Hills. |
| 27 | Unlike many movie stars of her era she did not flaunt her wealth, but lived on par with the middle class. |
| 28 | Born at 4:45pm-EST |
| 29 | Sons Rex Bell Jr. (b. 1934) and George Robert (b. 1938). |
| 30 | Before she was known as "The It Girl", she was known as "The Brooklyn Bonfire". |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner | 1949 | Short | Clara Bow |
| Hoop-La | 1933 | Lou | |
| Call Her Savage | 1932 | Nasa Springer | |
| Kick In | 1931 | Molly Hewes | |
| No Limit | 1931 | Helen 'Bunny' O'Day | |
| Her Wedding Night | 1930 | Norma Martin | |
| Galas de la Paramount | 1930 | Episode 'True to the Navy' | |
| Love Among the Millionaires | 1930 | Pepper Whipple | |
| True to the Navy | 1930 | Ruby Nolan | |
| The Saturday Night Kid | 1929 | Mayme Barry | |
| Dangerous Curves | 1929 | Pat Delaney | |
| The Wild Party | 1929 | Stella Ames | |
| Three Weekends | 1928 | Gladys O'Brien | |
| The Fleet's In | 1928 | Trixie Deane | |
| Ladies of the Mob | 1928 | Yvonne | |
| Red Head | 1928 | Bubbles McCoy | |
| Get Your Man | 1927 | Nancy Worthington | |
| Hula | 1927 | Hula Calhoun | |
| Wings | 1927 | Mary Preston | |
| Rough House Rosie | 1927 | Rosie O'Reilly | |
| Children of Divorce | 1927 | Kitty Flanders | |
| It | 1927 | Betty Lou | |
| Kid Boots | 1926 | Clara McCoy | |
| Mantrap | 1926 | Alverna | |
| The Runaway | 1926 | Cynthia Meade | |
| Dancing Mothers | 1926 | Kittens Westcourt | |
| Two Can Play | 1926 | Dorothy Hammis | |
| Shadow of the Law | 1926 | Mary Brophy | |
| The Ancient Mariner | 1925 | Doris | |
| The Plastic Age | 1925 | Cynthia Day | |
| My Lady of Whims | 1925 | Prudence Severn | |
| The Best Bad Man | 1925 | Peggy Swain | |
| Free to Love | 1925 | Marie Anthony | |
| The Primrose Path | 1925 | Marilyn Merrill | |
| The Keeper of the Bees | 1925 | Lolly Cameron | |
| Kiss Me Again | 1925 | Grizette | |
| Parisian Love | 1925 | Marie | |
| The Scarlet West | 1925 | Miriam | |
| The Lawful Cheater | 1925 | Molly Burns | |
| Eve's Lover | 1925 | Rena D'Arcy | |
| My Lady's Lips | 1925 | Lola Lombard | |
| The Adventurous Sex | 1925 | The Girl | |
| Capital Punishment | 1925 | Delia Tate | |
| Black Lightning | 1924 | Martha Larned | |
| Helen's Babies | 1924 | Alice Mayton | |
| This Woman | 1924 | Aline Sturdevant | |
| Empty Hearts | 1924 | Rosalie | |
| Wine | 1924 | Angela Warriner | |
| Daughters of Pleasure | 1924 | Lila Millas | |
| Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo | 1924 | Margot LeBlanc | |
| Grit | 1924 | Orchid McGonigle | |
| Black Oxen | 1923 | Janet Ogelthorpe | |
| Maytime | 1923 | Alice Tremaine | |
| The Daring Years | 1923 | Mary | |
| The Pill Pounder | 1923 | Short | |
| Enemies of Women | 1923 | Girl Dancing on Table | |
| Down to the Sea in Ships | 1922 | 'Dot' Morgan | |
| Beyond the Rainbow | 1922 | Virginia Gardener |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love Among the Millionaires | 1930 | performer: "Believe It or Not, I've Found My Man", "Love Among the Millionaires", "Rarin' to Go", "That's Worth While Waiting For" | |
| Paramount on Parade | 1930 | performer: "I'm True to the Navy Now" |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 | 1934 | Short theme music |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Snapshots Series 28, No. 6 | 1948 | Short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 20, No. 1 | 1940 | Short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 9 | 1937 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 12, No. 12 | 1932 | Short | Herself |
| Paramount on Parade | 1930 | Herself (True to the Navy) | |
| Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 | 1930 | Short | Herself |
| Hollywood Snapshots #11 | 1929 | Documentary short | Herself |
| A Trip Through the Paramount Studio | 1927 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Fascinating Youth | 1926 | Herself - Clara Bow | |
| Screen Snapshots Series 5, No. 4 | 1924 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 15 | 1924 | Documentary short | Herself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Rebellen | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Various Characters |
| Arena | 2012 | TV Series documentary | |
| Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Love Lust | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Shooting the Hollywood Stars | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture | 2010 | Documentary | Herself |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | 2007 | Documentary | Herself |
| Biography | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Sex in the 20th Century | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Various Roles (uncredited) |
| The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood | 1995 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Various roles |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | 1995 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Casting Couch | 1995 | Video documentary | |
| 100 Years at the Movies | 1994 | TV Short documentary | Herself |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | 1987 | Documentary | Actress in Movie Clip |
| Hollywood | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| All You Need Is Love | 1977 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Age of Ballyhoo | 1973 | Video documentary | Herself (clip from "It") |
| The Love Goddesses | 1965 | Documentary | Herself |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963 | Documentary | Herself |
| Hollywood: The Golden Years | 1961 | TV Movie documentary | Actress 'It' (uncredited) |
| Movies Golden Age | 1961 | TV Movie documentary | Prudence Severn |
| Screen Snapshots: Ramblin' Round Hollywood | 1955 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Yesterday and Today | 1953 | ||
| Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 | 1937 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Fashions in Love | 1936 | Documentary short | |
| March of the Movies | 1933 | Herself, film clip (uncredited) | |
| The House That Shadows Built | 1931 | Documentary |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 1500 Vine Street. |
Known for movies
Wings (1927)
as Mary Preston
It (1927)
as Betty Lou
Call Her Savage (1932)
as Nasa Springer
Parisian Love (1925)
as Marie