Virginia Rappe |
Virginia Caroline Rappe (/r?'pe?/; July 7, 1895 – September 9, 1921) was an American model and silent film actress. Rappe worked mostly in small bit parts and is best known for her death after attending a party with actor Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, who was accused of complicity in her death, though ultimately exonerated. Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Death 3 Filmography 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 7 Further reading 8 External links Early life and career Virginia Rappe was born in Chicago to an unwed mother, Mabel Rappe, who died when Virginia was 11. Virginia was then raised by her grandmother.[1][2] At age 14, she began working as a commercial and art model.[3] In 1916, Rappe relocated to San Francisco to pursue her career as an artist's model, where she met dress designer Robert Moscovitz, to whom she became engaged. However, shortly after the engagement, Moscovitz was killed in a streetcar accident, whereupon Rappe moved to Los Angeles. In early 1917, she was hired by director Fred Balshofer and given a prominent role in his film Paradise Garden, opposite popular screen star Harold Lockwood. Balshofer then hired her again to costar with early drag performer Julian Eltinge and newcomer Rudolph Valentino in Over the Rhine, for which she was awarded the title of "Best Dressed Girl in Pictures".[3] This film was not released until 1920, when Balshofer recut it and released it under the title An Adventuress, and later in 1922, after Rappe's death, as The Isle of Love.
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