Zina Rachevsky
Zina Rachevsky | |
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Born | September 1, 1930 |
Died | October 20, 1973 | (aged 43)
Nationality | United States of America |
Spouse(s) | Conrad Rooks |
Zina Rachevsky, also Zenaïde Rachewski or Zina Rachewsky (Russian: Зинаида Владимировна Рашевская; 1 September 1930 – 20 August 1973)[1] was a Russian-born French-American socialite, film actress, and Gelug Tibetan Buddhist nun.[2] Her Buddhist name is Thubten Changchub Palmo.
Biography[]
Zina Rachevsky was born on 1 September 1930 to Russian emigrant Vladimir Rachevski, the son of , a Russian colonel killed at Port Arthur in 1904. She was born in New York City at the Ambassador Hotel, owned by SW Straus & Co. Zina's mother, Harriet Straus Rachevsky, was the daughter of American millionaire Simon W. Straus, for whom the company was named.[3] Vladimir Rachevski was the brother of , who had married the exiled Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia.
Zina would spend her childhood in France, living through the Second World War and married on 4 November 1948 French aristocrat Count Bernard d'Harcourt (1925-1958) whom she divorced in 1950,[4] then moving to the United States of America.
While in Hollywood, Rachevsky took a course in drama and theater.[5]
Citations[]
- ^ "Zina Rachevsky - The Private Life and Times of Zina Rachevsky. Zina Rachevsky Pictures". glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Kapoor, Subodh (2000). The Buddhists: encyclopaedia of Buddhism. Cosmo Publications. ISBN 9788177550733.
- ^ "Harriet Straus Rachevsky". seesaw.typepad.com. See Saw. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Geoffrey T. Hellman (23 March 1953). "Straightening out the Straus(s)es". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Рашевская, Зинаида Владимировна // Российское зарубежье во Франции (1919—2000). Биографический словарь в 3 т. под общей редакцией Л. Мнухина, М. Авриль, В. Лосской". dommuseum.ru (in Russian). House-Museum of Ana Tsvetaeva. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- 1930 births
- 1973 deaths
- Tibetan Buddhist nuns
- Gelug Lamas
- Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
- 20th-century Buddhist nuns