Rupert Pole
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Rupert Pole | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, United States | February 18, 1919
Died | July 15, 2006 Los Angeles, California, United States | (aged 87)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Anaïs Nin |
Rupert Pole (February 18, 1919 – July 15, 2006) was an American actor and the husband of author
Early life and education
Pole was born in
Anaïs Nin
The Broadway run of The Duchess of Malfi, in which Pole had a supporting role, had just ended in 1947 when he met Nin. They met in an elevator as both were en route to a party given by an heir to the Guggenheim fortune. He was 28 and she was 44 at the time. In her diary entry that evening, Nin noted his emotional sensitivity and knowledge of Eastern philosophies and concluded the entry with "Danger! He is probably homosexual."[citation needed]
Pole, who was under the impression that Nin had divorced her first husband
Pole received a degree in forestry from the
Nin and Pole were married by a justice of the peace in Quartzsite, Arizona, on March 17, 1955. She kept her marriage to Guiler secret from Pole for 11 years, but concern about the legal consequences of having two men claim her as a dependent on their tax returns led her to arranging the annulment in 1966 of the marriage with Pole.
Nin remained married to Guiler, citing his decades of financial support, but spent her final years with Pole. She and Pole lived in a small house in
Nin's death
When Nin died in 1977, her obituary in
As Nin's literary executor, Pole was responsible for supervising the preparation of new posthumous editions of her works for publication from 1986 to 1996, restoring erotic content that had been made less explicit in the versions published while she lived. On Guiler's death in 1985, Pole scattered his ashes in the same place as Nin's, a cove on the coast at Santa Monica.[2]
Death
Pole suffered a stroke in 2006, and died in his sleep two weeks later, at his home in Los Angeles.
For his obituary in the New York Times Nin's biographer, Deirdre Bair, told a reporter: "He was sort of a great cipher. He was stunningly handsome. Incredibly shy. And just very incredibly self-effacing. [Nin] was his star: everything radiated around her, and he loved being in her background."[1]
References
- ^ a b Fox, Margalit (30 July 2006). "Rupert Pole, 87, Diarist's Duplicate Spouse, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-18.