Relationship Relationship facts
Relationship began 1917
Other Partners
Professional Partners
Isadora Duncan Siblings
Other Partners

Relationship
Hope Williams

Relationship
Blanche Barrymore

Relationship
Tamara Karsavina

Relationship
Pola Negri

Relationship
Ona Munson

Rumoured Romance
Duse

Rumoured Romance
Eleanor Roosevelt

Rumoured Romance
Alice B. Toklas

Rumoured Romance
Katharine Cornell
Professional Partners
Mercedes de Acosta Siblings







American Poet, Playwright and Novelist famed for her many lesbian affairs with Hollywood stars

Her Other Children
Unknown
born 1914, died 1914, age 0 days
with Romano Romanelli
Children Together
Her Other Children
Isadora Duncan Bio Details
Full name
Angela Isadora Duncan
Also known as
Mother Of Modern Dance
Gender
Female
Age
49
Date of birth
Birth place
San Francisco, California, USA
Date of death:
12 Sep 1927
Place of death
France
Cause of death
Her neck was broken by enormous silk scarf she was wearing caught in the wheel of her open car.
Occupations
Known for her pioneering work in expressive and modern dance.
Started teaching dance to other chidlren when she was just 6 years old. At 10 she left school to run her growing dance classes which included teaching adults.
After her first public appearances in America had made little impact on the public, she left for England in 1899 with her sister, Elizabeth, her brother, Raymond, and her mother where, she studied Greek sculpture at the British Museum. This inspired her dance style and costume -- adopting the Greek tunic and dancing barefoot she won over audiences with her free movement and flesh revealing costumes.
She vowed never to marry and had two children out of wedlock who sadly died together when their car rolled into the river Seine in 1913. She did marry Russian poet Sergei Yesenin in order that he be allowed to travel with her during her tours.
Wrote her Autobiograpjhy, My Life, in 1927, the year of her death caused by her scarf getting caught in the wheels of her open car and breaking her neck. Her last words were "Adieu, mes amis. Je vais á la gloire" which when translated means "Farewell, my friends. I am going to glory!"
Trivia
Isadora Duncan Family
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Isadora Duncan's parents:
Isadora Duncan's father is Charles Duncan Isadora Duncan's mother is Dora Gray, Mary Duncan
Isadora Duncan's children:
Isadora Duncan's daughter was Deirdre Craig Isadora Duncan's son was Patrick Singer
Isadora Duncan's current partners:
Isadora Duncan had an affair with William de Wendt de Kerlor Isadora Duncan had an affair with Paris Eugene Singer Isadora Duncan had a close friendship with Mary Estelle Dempsey
Isadora Duncan's former partners:
Isadora Duncan's former husband was Sergey Aleksandrovich Yesenin Isadora Duncan had a relationship with Walter Rummel Isadora Duncan had a relationship with Mercedes de Acosta Isadora Duncan allegedly had an affair with Romano Romanelli Isadora Duncan had a relationship with Edward Craig Isadora Duncan dated Oscar Beregi Isadora Duncan had a relationship with Victor Seroff
Isadora Duncan's siblings:
Isadora Duncan's sister is Elizabeth Duncan Isadora Duncan's brother is Raymond Duncan Isadora Duncan's brother was Augustin Duncan
Isadora Duncan's former in laws:
Isadora Duncan's former father in law was Alexander Yesenin Isadora Duncan's former mother in law was Tatyana Feodorovna Yesenina Isadora Duncan's former sister in law is Ekaterina Yesenina
Mercedes de Acosta Bio Details
Full name
Mercedes De Acosta
Also known as
Raphael De Acosta
Gender
Female
Age
75
Date of birth
Birth place
New York, USA
Date of death:
9 May 1968
Place of death
New York, USA
Occupations
Countess Dracula
Tallulah Bankhead described Mercedes thus, as the latter took to wearing black masculine trousers, a black tricorn hat and a black cape around New York. She dressed the part even further by wearing her jet black hair slicked back with brilliantine, along with a chalk white face, thin red lips and deep set eyes. De Acosta often boasted "I can get any woman from any man."
Gender Confusion
Her mother had wanted a boy, and so referred to Mercedes as 'chico mio' and 'Rafael'. Mercedes was treated like a boy and dressed like a boy, and claimed in her autobiography that she didn't realise she wasn't a boy until she was 7. This gender confusion continued throughout her life, with both Dietrich and Garbo, as well as over lovers, calling her 'my boy', 'darling boy' and 'Rafael'.
Trivia
Mercedes de Acosta Family
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Mercedes de Acosta's parents:
Mercedes de Acosta's father was Ricardo de Acosta Mercedes de Acosta's mother was Micaela Hernandez De Alba De Acosta
Mercedes de Acosta's former partners:
Mercedes de Acosta dated Marlene Dietrich Mercedes de Acosta had a relationship with Greta Garbo Mercedes de Acosta was rumoured to had a romance with Eleanor Roosevelt Mercedes de Acosta had a relationship with Isadora Duncan Mercedes de Acosta had a relationship with Blanche Barrymore Mercedes de Acosta had a relationship with Eva Le Gallienne Mercedes de Acosta's former husband was Abram Poole Mercedes de Acosta had a relationship with Alla Nazimova Mercedes de Acosta had a relationship with Hope Williams Mercedes de Acosta had a relationship with Tamara Karsavina Mercedes de Acosta had a relationship with Pola Negri Mercedes de Acosta had a relationship with Ona Munson Mercedes de Acosta was rumoured to had a romance with Duse Mercedes de Acosta was rumoured to had a romance with Alice B. Toklas Mercedes de Acosta was rumoured to had a romance with Katharine Cornell
Mercedes de Acosta's siblings:
Mercedes de Acosta's brother was Joaquin Ignacio De Acosta Mercedes de Acosta's sister was Rita Lydig Mercedes de Acosta's sister was Maria Cecelia Chanler Mercedes de Acosta's brother was Dick De Acosta Mercedes de Acosta's sister was Aida Marta Breckinridge Mercedes de Acosta's brother was Henry De Acosta Mercedes de Acosta's sister was Baba Shaw
Mercedes de Acosta's nieces and nephews:
Mercedes de Acosta's nephew is Ignatius Sargent Mercedes de Acosta's nephew was Frederic Miguel Shaw Mercedes de Acosta's niece is Mercedes Shaw
Mercedes de Acosta's grandparents:
Mercedes de Acosta's grandfather was Rafael Hernandez Mercedes de Acosta's grandmother was Rita De Alba
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