- Had a fake Italian ancestry story cooked up by press agents, much like Theda Bara's Egyptian childhood story.
- For the last 2 decades of her life, Nita Naldi lived in a room at the Wentworth Hotel on West 46th St. in New York City.
- She was a lifelong liberal Democrat.
- Was considered Theda Bara's successor.
- The press thought Naldi had gained too much weight before she started filming "A Sainted Devil". Naldi claimed to lose 23lbs and the critics backed off. However as her weight fluctuated over the years the press was extremely harsh, claiming she weighed 210lbs in 1941.
- Was considered the female Valentino.
- In 2009, the first in-depth biography of Nita was written by Hala Pickford in, "Rudolph Valentino: A Wife's Memories of an Icon by Natacha Rambova".
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