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'''Theodore Kosloff''' (occasionally credited as '''Theodor Kosloff''') (22 [[January 22]], [[1882]] - [[November 22]], [[1956]]) was a [[Russian people|Russian]] born ballet dancer, choregographer and film and stage actor.

Born in [[Moscow, Russia]] in 1882, Theodore Kosloff began his professional ballet career after training at Moscow's [[Imperial Theater]]. After graduating in 1901, he began touring internationally with the [[Diaghilev Ballet Company]] which he had joined in 1909. While touring with the company, Kosloff began a romantic relationship with fellow company member, the American future set-designer and Mrs. [[Rudolf Valentino]], [[Natacha Rambova]]. The affair however, was brief and allegedly tumultuous.

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Kosloff's acting career came to an end with the advent of the "[[talkie]]''. Studio executives were reluctant to cast him in roles because of his pronounced Russian accent. Kosloff's last film role was an uncredited role as (appropritely) a dance instructor in the 1937 [[Gregory La Cava]] directed ''Stage Door'', opposite [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Katherine Hepburn]] and [[Adolphe Menjou]].

After retiring from acting, Kosloff continued to work as a choreogrpherchoreographer and opened a successful ballet school in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Theodore Kosloff died in 1956 in Los Angeles at the age of 74.

== External Lins/References ==

*{{imdb name|id=0467185|name=Theodor Kosloff}}

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467185/

*{{ibdb name|id=48429|name=Theodor Kosloff}}

http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=48429

*[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=39154 Theodore Kosloff at the ''New York Times'' Movies]