1. DeMille was encouraged to sign Theodore Kosloff due to the persistence of his young niece Agnes de Mille, who was an ardent fan of the ballet dancer.
13 Facts About Theodore Kosloff
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In Hollywood, Theodore Kosloff began a romantic relationship with the American future set-and costume designer and Mrs Rudolph Valentino, Natacha Rambova.
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Theodore Kosloff worked steadily during his acting career as a choreographer and between 1912 and 1916 choreographed several Broadway musicals: The Passing Show of 1915, A World of Pleasure and See America First.
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From 1918 through 1919 Theodore Kosloff appeared on the stage as an actor in the revival of The Awakening.
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In early 1923, the Los Angeles Times reported that Theodore Kosloff had been offered the throne of the Tatars.
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Kosloff's career as a film actor spanned the 1920s and Kosloff often appeared as the leading man opposite such well renowned actresses as Nita Naldi, Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels and Anna Q Nilsson.
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Theodore Kosloff's acting career often relied heavily on DeMille procuring roles for him in his films.
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Theodore Kosloff's acting career came to an end with the advent of sound film.
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Theodore Kosloff's last substantial on-screen role was a dance role playing "Electricity" clad in a Futurist costume in the Zeppelin dance scene of De Mille's MGM movie-musical flop Madam Satan.
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Theodore Kosloff's last film role was an uncredited role as a dance instructor in the 1937 Gregory La Cava directed Stage Door, opposite Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn and Adolphe Menjou.
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Theodore Kosloff was the partner with madame Matilda Kshesinskaya who still lived in Paris, France.
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On Thanksgiving morning 1956, Theodore Kosloff was taken to Hollywood Hospital where he died at the age of 74 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.
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Theodore Kosloff was survived by his estranged wife Madame Maria Baldwin, and a brother Alexis Kosloff from Woodstock, New York.