Rudolph Valentino
Italian actor (1895–1926)
Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor of silent movies. He was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi in Castellaneta, Italy. He became popular as one of the first sex symbols in Hollywood in the 1920s.[1]
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| Born | Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla May 6, 1895 |
| Died | August 23, 1926 (aged 31) |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Acker (1919-1923) Natacha Rambova (1923-1925) |
He grew up in Italy. His father died while he was young, and his mother spoiled him. Valentino did not live long enough to see movies with sound replace silent movies. He died of peridontis on August 23, 1926,[2] at the age of 31.
Movies
change- My Official Wife (1914)
- The Quest of Life (1916)
- The Foolish Virgin (uncredited) (1916)
- Seventeen (uncredited, extra) (1916)
- Alimony (1917)
- A Society Sensation (1918)
- All Night (1918)
- The Married Virgin (or Frivolous Wives; 1918)
- The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
- The Big Little Person (1919)
- A Rogue's Romance (1919)
- The Homebreake (1919)
- Out of Luck (1919)
- Virtuous Sinners (1919)
- The Fog (1919)
- Nobody Home (1919)
- The Eyes of Youth (1919)
- Stolen Moments (1920)
- An Adventuress (1920)
- The Cheater (1920)
- Passion's Playground (1920)
- Once to Every Woman (1920)
- The Wonderful Chance (1920)
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
- Uncharted Seas (1921)
- Conquering Power (1921)
- Camille (1921)
- The Sheik (1921)
- Moran of the Lady Letty (1922)
- Beyond the Rocks (1922)
- Blood and Sand (1922)
- The Young Rajah (1922)
- Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)
- A Sainted Devil (1924)
- Cobra (1925)
- The Eagle (1925)
- The Son of the Sheik (1926)
References
change- ↑ Corliss, Richard (2011). "Son of the Sheik (1926) - The Best of Valentine's Day - TIME". time.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ↑ Glen Pringle and Kally Mavromatis (2011). "Silent Star of February". csse.monash.edu.au. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
Other websites
change- Rudolph Valentino homepage
- Rudolph Valentino on IMDb
- Rudolph Valentino Yahoo discussion group Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Rudolph Valentino photo gallery Archived 2006-06-26 at the Wayback Machine at Silent Gents Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- Audio history (MP3, 17:23). Emily Leider, author of Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino
- Affairs Valentino.
- Valentino biography in Spanish, Italian & English Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Rudolfo Valentino at tricolore.net Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
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