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Clara Bow, the original"It girl" of the 1920s, is the latest Old Hollywood figure to serve as a source of inspiration for, Swift named a song after the popular silent film actress, who rose to stardom just a few short years after her debut. Known as the first sex symbol of the Flapper Era, Bow starred in several box-office hits, including an early Oscar-winning movie, and faced intense tabloid scrutiny during her whirlwind career, which ended in early retirement.
As a teen, Bow fell in love with movies, and eventually entered a"Fame and Fortune" contest that helped launch her career. When Bow's mother learned that she wanted to be an actress, she told her daughter that she'd"rather see dead." In 1922, the same year that Bow won her first acting role, she woke up in the night to her mother threatening to kill her with a butcher knife. Bow escaped, and her mother was institutionalized and later died in 1923.
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