Personal Life
In 1923, after the success of Blood and Sand, Naldi was named as a party in the divorce of then 54-year-old millionaire J. Searle Barclay from his wife of 16 years. Barclay and Naldi had met in 1919 during her stage days and had lived together with her sister in New York since 1920. The pair married in 1927 on a visit to France. Naldi returned to the United States in 1931, alone, and filed bankruptcy soon after. Naldi did not speak of Barclay until after his death in 1945. He died penniless.
Despite rumors, Naldi claimed to have never been romantic with either Valentino or Barrymore. In 1956 she was rumored to be engaged to a Park Avenue man named Larry Hall, but no union took place. Naldi never had any children.
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