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Rudolph Valentino: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina dā€™Antonguolla
Born May 6, 1895 ā€¢ Italy
Died August 23, 1926 (aged 31) ā€¢ New York City ā€¢ New York

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Rudolph Valentino in ornate embroidered costume and headscarf as the Sheik, looking to the side in a publicity photo from the 1921 film The Sheik.
Alla Nazimova stands in an elegant gown holding a glass, while Rudolph Valentino sits in the foreground at a lavishly set table with other guests in a scene from Camille (1921).
Beatrice Dominguez and Rudolph Valentino in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Rudolph Valentino, wearing a hat and coat and holding a suitcase, stands as Ralph Lewis, in a suit, holds a lamp close to his face in a scene from The Conquering Power (1921).
Dorothy Dalton, Rudolph Valentino, and Walter Long in a tense scene from the 1922 film Moran of the Lady Letty, with Valentino holding Long by the collar as Dalton looks on.
Bebe Daniels and Rudolph Valentino in elaborate period costumes sit close together, each holding a fan, in a scene from the 1924 film Monsieur Beaucaire.
Lobby card for The Son of the Sheik (1926) showing Rudolph Valentino as Ahmed, dressed in a turban, gently holding Vilma Banky as Yasmin, with film title and cast text above.
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