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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.
Natacha Rambova. Actress: When Love Grows Cold. Primarily famous as the wife of screen idol Rudolph Valentino, Natacha Rambova was also a talented dancer and an innovative set designer, bringing the Art Deco style to Hollywood for the first time.
Natacha Rambova. Actress: When Love Grows Cold. Primarily famous as the wife of screen idol Rudolph Valentino, Natacha Rambova was also a talented dancer and an innovative set designer, bringing the Art Deco style to Hollywood for the first time.
In the 1920s, Natacha Rambova created a unique look in set design and costume for some of cinema’s most imaginative films. She was a powerful influence on designers such as Gilbert Adrian, whom she hired for his first film, and Michael Morris ranks her among such innovators as Erté, Paul Iribe, and Cecil Beaton.
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Rambova was living with her husband in Mallorca, but sought safety at her family’s chateau near Cannes, before returning to the United States in 1939. Upon her return to the United States, Rambova devoted herself to the study of ancient religion.
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.
Natacha Rambova is remembered primarily as the second wife of screen actor Rudolph Valentino, to whom she was married from 1922 until shortly before his untimely death in August 1926.
Natacha Rambova. In the early 1920s, art director and costume designer Natacha Rambova stood out, not only because she was a woman in a profession dominated by men, but also because of her uniquely artistic approach to designing for the screen.
Natacha Rambova (Winifred Shaughnessy, January 19, 1897 – June 5, 1966) was an American film costume and set designer, best known for her marriage to Rudolph Valentino.
Natacha Rambova with Rudolph Valentino in 1925. After a few years in New York, Natacha moved to Los Angeles and became a costume designer and art director for Hollywood films, one of the few women in Hollywood during the 1920s to serve as a head art designer in film productions.
