classify a few silent era actresses

[Mmmavis]

I am still learning about taxonomy, I was wondering what the following women might be classified as. These are old black and whites so I've added a few extra details about them.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4051/clarabowj.jpg

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/2436/clarax.jpg

Clara Bow. She had curly auburn hair and dark brown eyes. Her ancestry may have been English/Scottish.



http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2721/mabelnormandwithroundmi.jpg

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Mabel Normand. She had very fair skin with dark brown hair and eyes. Have no idea what her ancestry was.



http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/9949/m197701882809.jpg

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6318/swanson.jpg

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Gloria Swanson. She made millions on her 'exotic' image but was actually of northern European stock, like many white Americans. She had very fair skin, blue eyes and dark brown hair.

[Ugo Tognazzi]

They had to wear strong make in B/W movies, for lighting reasons, but also expressive, so in real life they porbably looked much different.

it's tough to determine the type, Clara Bow was boxed faced so some sort of Alpinoi maybe
Mabel Normand and Gloria Swanson possibly in the standard Atlantid mix, Gloria Swanson has what was the typical feminine ideal profile.

[Mmmavis]

That is an excellent point, lemme see if I can dig up some no-makeup or light makeup pics of them.

[Mmmavis]

I have found some better pics of them. ;)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8894/claranomakeup.jpg

Clara Bow at 16, before she became an actress.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/192/mabelnomakeup.jpg

Mabel Normand sans makeup, while swimming.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4014/gloriaswansonnomakeup.jpg

Gloria Swanson wearing less makeup than usual. Her heavy makeup was part of her 'exotic' image, it's hard to find pics of her without it.