updated: 09/03/2002
Clara Bow (1905—1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her silent film work in the 1920s. She was the archetypal flapper and dubbed the ‘It girl’ by Elinor Glyn. But she was considered a ‘low life’ by many in the Hollywood establishment on account both of her much-publicised love-affairs and of her alleged alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental instability. Her documented mental health problems may well have been related to her dysfunctional family background which included both sexual and physical abuse in childhood.
Return To Babylon: if anyone has any images of Jennifer Tilly as Clara from this movie which appears to have sunk without trace, please email me.
Kevyn Aucoin photoshoot: Demi Moore appeared as Clara Bow in one of the amazing transformations from the late Kevyn Aucoin.