Zina Rachevsky
Zina Rachevsky, also Zenaïde Rachewski or Zina Rachewsky was a Russian-born French-American socialite, film actress, and Gelug Tibetan Buddhist nun. Her Buddhist name is Thubten Changchub Palmo.Biography
Zina Rachevsky was born on 1 September 1930 to Russian emigrant Vladimir Rachevski, the son of Sergei Rachevski, a Russian colonel killed at Port Arthur in 1904 at the Ambassador Hotel, owned by SW Straus & Co. Vladimir Rachevski was the brother of Zinaida Rachevskaya, who had married the exiled Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia. Zina's mother, Harriet Strauss Rachevsky, was the daughter of American millionaire Simon W. Strauss, for whom the company was named.
Zina would spend her childhood in France, living through the Second World War and then moving to the United States of America. While in Hollywood, Rachevsky took a course in drama and theater.Citations
