Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Herbert (nee Losch), Countess of Carnarvon known professionally as "Tilly Losch", was an Austrian ballet dancer, actress, painter and noted beauty.

Losch's first husband, the Anglo-American millionaire and surrealist arts patron Edward James, founded a ballet company especially for Tilly. She was divorced by James in 1934; though a permanent reminder of her can been seen at Edward James' West Dean estate. When Tilly emerged from the bath leaving behind a trail of footprints on the stairs, James commissioned a carpet with her wet footprints woven in as a token of his love.

In 1939 she married George Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon.

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