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Rudolph Valentino

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Actor

The Resume

    (May 6, 1895-August 23, 1926)
    Birth name is Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina D'Antonguolla
    Great silent film star and sex symbol
    Films include: 'A Married Virgin,' 'A Delicious Little Devil,' 'Passion's Playground,' 'Once to Every Woman,' 'The Sheik,' 'Blood and Sand' and 'The Son of the Sheik'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a chain smoker.
    He married Jean Acker for just 2 days.
    His birth name is 'Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina D'Antonguolla.'
    He failed a physical examination to get in to a Naval Academy.
    He was a fast driver with several car accidents, near misses and speeding tickets.
    He was charged with a 'misdemeanor, white slave investigation' by the New York DA (1916).
    He was jailed on charges of bigamy (1922).
    The Chicago Tribune called him a 'painted pansy.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    Lots of turn of the century women became hot and bothered by him.
    He is one of the few silent film stars that still has name recognition.
    When he was eleven, his father died of malaria.
    He was a vaudeville dancer (1913-1916).
    In the era of the studios, he went on strike declaring Paramount Pictures unfair. Paramount obtained an injunction that prevented him from working in the film industry. (1922)
    He died from an ulcer at thirty-one.
    Riots erupted in the streets by crowds attempting to view his body as it lied in state.
    An estimated 100,000 people came to see his pall bearing.
    He ranked #80, in Empire Magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time.

Credit: SumoBear


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 32 Votes: 21.88% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 30 Votes: 23.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 114 Votes: 46.49% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 23 Votes: 30.43% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 65 Votes: 49.23% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 56 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 24 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 75 Votes: 50.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 71 Votes: 47.89% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 97 Votes: 49.48% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 75 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 129 Votes: 58.14% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 107 Votes: 37.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 129 Votes: 31.78% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 414 Votes: 43.96% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 270 Votes: 41.11% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 392 Votes: 46.17% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 353 Votes: 50.42% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 716 Votes: 48.18% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 932 Votes: 46.57% Annoying