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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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clara Bow has received more than 3,761,166 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Clara Bow is the 1,102nd most popular actor (down from 1,078th in 2019), the 1,987th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,999th in 2019) and the 537th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Daily Beast
Clara Bow Expert Unpacks Taylor Swift’s ‘Profound’ Allegory
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty While Swifties were determined to stay up till midnight to find out which of the 16 (or is it 31?!) songs on The Tortured Poets Department were about Joe Alwyn, historian David Stenn was focused on what the sing…
Julia Mazza
Friday, April 19, 2024
Just Jared
'Clara Bow' Lyrics: Taylor Swift's Song Gets Response from the Real Clara Bow's Family
“Clara Bow” is the 16th track on Taylor Swift‘s new album The Tortured Poets Department and the real-life subject’s family is reacting to the song. If you didn’t know, there was an actress named Clara Bow in the silent film era and she gained the nickname “Th…
Just Jared
Friday, April 19, 2024
Cosmopolitan.com
Why Fans Are Convinced the Last Verse of Taylor Swift's Song "Clara Bow" Is About Olivia Rodrigo
Fans think Taylor Swift's new song "Clara Bow" is about Taylor Swift—check out the lyrics.
Mehera Bonner
Friday, April 19, 2024
Sky.com
Who was Clara Bow? The original 'it girl' who inspired Taylor Swift's new song
Taylor Swift's latest album has been out for less than a day - but fans and critics alike are already deep into decoding the meaning of her somewhat cryptic lyrics.
Friday, April 19, 2024

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Clara Bow ranks 1,102 out of 9,996. Before her are Vinnie Jones, Beau Bridges, Donald O'Connor, Eddie Redmayne, Sofía Vergara, and Hou Hsiao-hsien. After her are Barbara Eden, Tim Allen, Hugh Griffith, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Nino Manfredi, and Tom Hulce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Clara Bow ranks 75. Before her are Joseph Kosma, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Erich Naumann, Eugen Fink, Gareth Jones, and André Jolivet. After her are George Kelly, Mikio Naruse, Jigme Wangchuck, Angelo Schiavio, Takeo Fukuda, and Pedro Petrone. Among people deceased in 1965, Clara Bow ranks 46. Before her are Hans Knappertsbusch, Carl Værnet, Mehdi Ben Barka, Porfirio Rubirosa, Otozō Yamada, and Adolf Schärf. After her are Hayato Ikeda, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Georges Gurvitch, Henry A. Wallace, and Chen Cheng.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clara Bow ranks 1,987 out of 18,182. Before her are Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Beau Bridges (1941), Donald O'Connor (1925), Bettie Page (1923), Billy Preston (1946), and Wayne Dyer (1940). After her are Barbara Eden (1931), Tim Allen (1953), Cindy Crawford (1966), Alan Bean (1932), Tom Hulce (1953), and David Crosby (1941).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Clara Bow ranks 537. Before her are Donna Reed (1921), Thomas Mitchell (1892), Neil Patrick Harris (1973), Téa Leoni (1966), Beau Bridges (1941), and Donald O'Connor (1925). After her are Barbara Eden (1931), Tim Allen (1953), Tom Hulce (1953), Robert Ryan (1909), Martin Kove (1946), and Jim Parsons (1973).

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