Jean Acker
Jean Acker ( born October 23, 1893 in Trenton, New Jersey as Harriett field; † August 16, 1978 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American actress of the silent and early sound era.
Life
Acker's father was a Cherokee Indian, her mother came from Ireland. She grew up on a farm and attended St. Mary 's Seminary School in Springfield. 1910, she left home and joined a vaudeville troupe at. 1913 Acker was her film debut in In a Woman 's Power, directed by Herbert Brenon.
In 1918 she moved to California where she became a protégée and lover of the actress and film producer Alla Nazimova; through their interactions she advanced to $ 200 per week to one of the highest paid actresses of that time. About Nazimova Acker was also a member of the Nähkreises, a compass hidden lesbian or bisexual actresses. Acker also led a relationship with Canadian actress Grace Darmond ( 1898-1963 ).
In 1919 she met the actor Rudolph Valentino, whom she married in Beverly Hills on November 6 of that year. The marriage lasted but in fact only six hours since arable Valentino threw from the common hotel room. Years later explained Acker, it did so after Valentino had confessed to her that he was suffering from gonorrhea. The following divorce then dragged on for two years; since Valentino while married for the second time, he also had to answer for bigamy. In addition to the divorce field against Valentino also processed on the right to continue "Mrs. Be able to call Rudolph Valentino ", shortly before his death, reconciled the two from. After Valentino's death Acker wrote the then popular love song We Will Meet at the End of the Trail for him.
1923 met the former Ziegfeld Follies arable revue dancer Chloe Carter († 1973), with whom she lived until her death. Acker died on 16 August 1978 at the age of 85 at her home in Los Angeles; She was buried next to her partner on the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.