Rudolph Valentino Biography

Fast Facts

• Made his screen acting debut in the film "The Battle of the Sexes" in 1914
• Started out as a dancer at Maxim's Restaurant and Cabaret after immigrating to New York in 1913
• Best known for his role as Sheik Ahmed in "The Son of the Sheik" and as Vladimir Dubrovsky in "The Eagle․"
• Performed in a dance tour through the U․S․ and Canada with his second wife, Natacha Rambova in the mid-1920s
• Published a book of poetry called "Day Dreams" in 1923 and wrote magazine serials like "How You Can Keep Fit" and "My Life Story․"
• Was one of Hollywood's earliest sex symbols and was often referred to as the "Latin lover․"
• Was the executive producer on the film "What Price Beauty?" in 1925