Clara Bow (Photo: Nextrecord Archives / Getty Images) Elaine Shepherd, who produced a documentary on Clara in 2012, told the BBC how Clara struggled with life in the spotlight.

Both Swift and Bow seemed to favor a bob haircut and red lipstick. AP Photo/Toru Hanai. According to the BBC, the future star was born in 1905 in Brooklyn, Bow was forced to contend with a ...

The family of Clara Bow is sharing their thoughts on Taylor Swift’s upcoming new song. Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE, Bow’s great-granddaughters, Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell ...

Screen actress Clara Bow with her husband Rex Bell and their 14-month-old son, Rex Larbow Bell, March 2, 1936. Location unknown. (AP Photo) “Clara Bow has been the encapsulation of everything ...

Clara Bow appeared in 58 films in just over a decade. [Photo: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images] America’s ‘hottest Jazz baby’ Bow’s career got its start in her native New York, where in ...

Clara Bow was (literally) the it girl of the silent film era, I think this quote from her is quite fitting – "my life in Hollywood contained plenty of uproar. I'm sorry for a lot of it but not ...

Clara Bow rose to fame as a silent film actress in the 1920s, ... “I’ve learned over the years it’s not good for me to see pictures of myself every day, ...

Bow kept working for the many independent film companies active in New York at the time. She eventually grabbed the attention of producer B.P. Schulberg, who at the time headed Preferred Pictures.

By 1933, after struggles with men and mental illness, Clara Bow’s Hollywood career was over. There’s been a surge … She starred in the first movie to win an Oscar for best picture.

Ahead of the release of Taylor Swift's new song "Clara Bow," the late actress' great-granddaughters Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell talk with PEOPLE exclusively about the new track ...

The 1920s silent film star who appears on Taylor Swift’s new album "The Tortured Poets Department" abruptly left Hollywood at the height of her success.