Clara Gordon Bow (; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American
actress who rose to stardom in
silent film during the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "
talkies" after 1927. 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.