Natalia Pavlovna Paley
Natalia Pawlowna Princess Paley, Countess von Hohenfelsen ( Russian Наталья Павловна Палей ; * December 5, 1905 in Paris ; † December 27, 1981 in New York City ) was a Russian fashion icon and actress , as well as a cousin of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II .
Life
Natalia was the daughter of Grand Duke Pawel Alexandrowitsch Romanow (1860-1919) and his second wife Olga von Pistohlkors (1865-1929), later Countess von Hohenfelsen and Princess Paley. She grew up with her sister Irina Pavlovna (1903–1990) in Paris.
Through her father's first marriage, Natalia had two older half-siblings, Maria Pawlowna Romanowa and Dmitri Pawlowitsch Romanow . This was partly responsible for the murder of the traveling preacher Rasputin . In 1914, her family was allowed to live in Russia again . After the October Revolution , the Romanovs' assets were confiscated and many family members were placed under house arrest in the Alexander Palace, including Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich Romanov and his family. Her brother, Vladimir Pavlovich , was taken to Alapayevsk, where he was later murdered by the Cheka along with other members of the Romanov family . Her father was shot dead by the Bolsheviks in the Peter and Paul Fortress in 1919 . In 1920 Natalia fled to France via Finland with her mother and sister .
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On August 16, 1927, she married the French fashion designer and war hero Lucien Lelong (1889-1958). The marriage ended in divorce on May 24, 1937 after becoming pregnant by the bisexual writer Jean Cocteau . On September 8, 1937 she married the theater producer John-Chapman Wilson (1899-1961), who was a former lover of Cole Porter , and settled with him in Manhattan .
During the marriage, she worked as a mannequin for her husband's company for a while . In between, she shot several films in Europe under Sir Alexander Korda ( The private life of Don Juan , 1931) and Marcel L'Herbier ( L'epervier , 1933).
Shortly thereafter, she returned to the United States, where she starred in the 1936 film Sylvia Scarlett under George Cukor . During the filming, Natalia met Katharine Hepburn , whose friendship lasted a lifetime. Then she worked again in the fashion industry together with the French-American fashion designer Mainbocher , born as Main Rousseau Bocher.
In Erich Maria Remarque 's posthumous autobiographical novel Shadows in Paradise , she appears as Natascha .
She died on December 27, 1981 in New York City and was buried in Ewing , New Jersey .
Name in different phases of life
- 1905–1927 Natalia Pawlowna, Countess von Hohenfelsen
- 1915–1927 Natalia Pavlovna, Princess Paley
- 1927–1937 Natalia Pavlovna Lelong
- 1937–1981 Natalia Pavlovna Wilson
swell
- Jacques Ferrand: Il est toujours des Romanov! (Les Romanovs en 1995). Self-published, Paris 1995.
- Gothaischer Genealogischer Hofkalender 1918 and 1920, Perthes, Gotha
literature
- Jean-Noël Liaut: Natalie Paley: La princesse dechirée. Filipacchi, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-85018-295-8 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paley, Natalia Pavlovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hohenfelsen, Princess Natalia of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian fashion icon and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1981 |
| Place of death | New York City |