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Winifred jr. later used the Stage Name of Natacha Rambova and
was said to be a lesbian, only marrying for convenience. Her marriage
to Rudolph
Valentino (1923) was said to have never been conceived, and
she and the then famous silent film star/ director
"Alla Nazimova" (Salome
fame) were said to be lovers for several years (far longer
than either of her marriages lasted.) However this seems to
be a rumor, possibly started by Valentino rather than fact. It
is reported today that she was extremely heterosexual, promiscuous,
and only had affairs with extremely dashing men. (As a side
note: her sexual orientation, is really not of any importance.
Historically, no one can really know for sure about another without
factual documentation, sometimes they themselves are not sure
what their orientation is, plus, alot of things are Staged for
publicity and can be very hard to figure many years later.)
Rambova's
mother's sister-in-law was Elsie de Wolfe, the world's first interior
decorator, who took on Rambova's mother as her partner. Natacha
designed her own ballet costumes, and later became a successful
costume designer for Cecil B. De Mille, later designed Rudolph
Valentino's image, costumes, and sets, and then became a writer/director.
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Rambova went on to become a playwright, an actress, and a spiritualist,
with her huge labors in Egyptology winning praise. She died at
the age of 69, of scleroderma, a disease that dried up her inner
organs.
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