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Jean Acker (born Harriet Ackers; October 23, 1892 – August 16, 1978) was an American actress with a career dating from the silent film era through the 1950s. She was perhaps best known as the estranged wife of silent film star Rudolph Valentino.
Jean Acker was a silent film star who married and divorced the famous actor Rudolph Valentino in 1919. She had a turbulent and tragic life, involving affairs, lawsuits, and a song about her late husband.
Actress: Checkers. Jean Acker was born in 1893 on a farm in Trenton, NJ, and was named Harriet. Her father was part Cherokee and her mother was Irish, and they had separated when she was young. Jean attended school at St. Mary's Seminary in Springfield, NJ.
Jan 23, 2024 · However, the shortest Hollywood marriage ever happened over a century ago, in 1919, between silent-film stars Jean Acker (1892–1978) and Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926). In fact, the marriage ended before it had even really begun, as Acker locked Valentino out of their honeymoon suite and the union was never consummated.
Miss Jean Acker is an interesting one. She is mainly known as being Rudy Valentino's first wife...the one that locked herself in her room on her wedding night. She may not have loved him as a husband, but it seems she loved his name because she began using the stage name "Mrs. Rudolph Valentino."
Biography. American actress, born in Trenton, New Jersey, USA, on October 23, 1893, as Harriet Akers. She was born to an Irish mother and a Cherokee father (from the indigenous tribes, American Indians), and attended St. Mary's School in Springfield. She began her artistic career with drama ...Read more. Nationality: US. Date of Birth:
American actress Jean Acker acquired more notoriety for being the estranged wife of Rudolph Valentino than she did as a leading actress. According to Tinseltown legend, she married him in 1919 while he was still an unknown.
