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Natacha Rambova (born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy; January 19, 1897 – June 5, 1966) was an American film costume designer, set designer, and occasional actress who was active in Hollywood in the 1920s.
Valentino with Natacha Rambova and their dogs. Many of Valentino's friends disliked Rambova and found her controlling. [48] During his relationship with her, he lost many friends and business associates, including June Mathis. Towards the end of their marriage, Rambova was banned from his sets by contract. Valentino and Rambova divorced in 1925.
Madam Valentino: The Many Lives of Natacha Rambova is a 1991 biographical book by Michael Morris about the life of American costume designer Natacha Rambova, detailing her early years, work in film, and her relationship with Rudolph Valentino. [2]
In a flashback to 1925, the human Elizabeth is seduced by the actor Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova. Valentino dies and Elizabeth marries, only to run into the "dead" Valentino resurrected as a vampire. Valentino and Natacha subsequently turn Elizabeth into a vampire as well.
His second wife, Natacha Rambova, took increasing control of his career and image, although this meant his screen image turned "increasingly effeminate". [7] The films in which he played a romantic role within the action genre were the more successful at the box office; these included his final two works The Eagle (1925) and The Son of the ...
After filing for divorce, Valentino did not wait the requisite period for it to be finalized before marrying his second wife, Natacha Rambova, in Mexico, and he was charged with bigamy when the couple returned to the United States. [14] Acker then sued Valentino for the legal right to call herself Mrs. Rudolph Valentino.
Rudolph Valentino in a costume designed by Natacha Rambova. This film was one of Valentino's most commercially and critically unsuccessful motion pictures. Photoplay described it as "The glamorous Rodolph Valentino's latest—and worst—vehicle." [2] The film is perhaps best remembered today for its elaborate and suggestive costumes, which ...
However, after Rudolph Valentino's 1925 divorce from Natacha Rambova, when the film was released in January 1926 the distributor took the opportunity to prominently credit her as "Mrs. Valentino" on film posters and advertisements and changed the title of the film to When Love Grows Cold. Rambova was greatly offended by this action and never ...