Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filiberto Valentino (1895 - 1926)

Born 6 May 1895 in Castellaneta, Taranto, Puglia, Italia

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet (Ackers) Valentino — married 6 Nov 1919 (to 1923) in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Husband of Winifred Kimball (Shaughnessy) Rambova — married 14 Mar 1923 (to 1925) in Lake, Indiana, United States

Died 23 Aug 1926 at age 31 in New York, Stati Uniti d'America

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Biography

Rudolph Valentino is Notable.

Rudolph Valentino was "an Italian-American silent film actor who starred in several well-known silent films, including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son of the Sheik."^[1]

"Valentino was a sex symbol of the 1920s, known in Hollywood as the Latin Lover (a title invented for him by Hollywood moguls), the Great Lover, or simply Valentino. His early death at the age of 31 caused mass hysteria among his fans, further cementing his place in early cinematic history as a cultural film icon."^[2]

Rudolph was born Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella 6 May 1895 in Castellaneta, Italy.^[3] He was baptized ten days later.^[4] His father died when Rudolph was ten.

He arrived in New York City 22 December 1913 at Ellis Island, New York. He supported himself with odd jobs working as a busboy and gardener until he found work as a taxi dancer at Maxim's. In 1917, he joined an operetta company that traveled to Utah; after it disbanded, he joined an Al Jolson production of Robinson Crusoe in Los Angeles. In 1917, Rudolph registered for the draft in San Francisco, California. The draft card listed his name as Rodolfo Guglielmi, born 6 May 1895 in Castellaneta, Italy. He listed his occupation as a "professional dancer."^[5] His mother died the following year in France.

He married first to Jean Acker 4 November 1919 in Los Angeles, California.^[6] They divorced in 1923 and he married his second wife, Natacha Rambova, the professional name of Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy 14 March 1922 in Crown Point, Indiana.^[7] This marriage ended in divorce in 1925.

Rudolph passed away in 1926 at the age of 31 and is buried in a crypt at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (originally Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery) in Hollywood, California.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia, Rudolph Valentino
2. ↑ Wikipedia, Rudolph Valentino
3. ↑ "Italia, Taranto, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1809-1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23P8-WS8 : 13 March 2018), Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi, 06 May 1895; citing Birth, Castellaneta, Taranto, Italy, certificate 182, Archivio di Stato di Taranto (Taranto State Archives, Taranto).
4. ↑ Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino, by Emily W. Leider, page 9.
5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZK3-ZS6 : 23 February 2021), Rodolfo Guglielmi, 1917-1918.
6. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ZP-RV7 : 9 March 2021), Rodolfo Guglielmi and Harriett H Acker, 04 Nov 1919; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,211.
7. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9M-MPD1 : 8 April 2021), Rodolfo Guglielmi and Winifred De Wolfe, 14 Mar 1923; citing Lake, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007578270.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #1053

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