Rudolph Valentino

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]

Rudolph Valentino
Born
Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla

(1895-05-06)May 6, 1895
Castellaneta, Italy
DiedAugust 23, 1926(1926-08-23) (aged 31)
New York City, New York, USA
Spouse(s)Jean Acker (1919-1923)
Natacha Rambova (1923-1925)

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
  • 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
  1. 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.
  2. Glen Pringle and Kally Mavromatis (2011). "Silent Star of February". csse.monash.edu.au. Retrieved March 13, 2011.

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