Pola Negri
Acting
Born: 1897-01-03 in Lipno, Poland
Biography
From Wikipedia Pola Negri (born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec, sometimes spelled Chalupec; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress who achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles. She was the first European film star to be invited to Hollywood, and became one of the most popular actresses in American silent film. Her varied career included work as an actress in theatre and vaudeville, as a recording artist, as a ballerina, and as an author. Pola Negri has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. She was the 11th star in Hollywood history to place her hand and foot prints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre. She received a star in Poland's Walk of Fame in Łódź and Poland's post office issued a postage stamp honouring her in 1996. The Polish Film Festival of Los Angeles remembered her with the Pola Negri Award, given to outstanding film artists, and the Pola Negri Museum in Lipno gives a Polita award for outstanding artist achievement. Pola Negri died on 1 August 1987, She was aged 90.
Known For
The Moon-Spinners
Madame Habib
The Wildcat
Rischka
Sumurun
Yannaia - a Dancer
Madame DuBarry
Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du Barry
The Eyes of the Mummy
Ma
Carmen
Carmen
Hi Diddle Diddle
Genya Smetana
The Polish Dancer
Pola Basznikow
Hotel Imperial
Anna Sedlak
Mazurka
Vera, Singer
A Woman of the World
Countess Elnora Natatorini
Forbidden Paradise
Catherine
The Yellow Ticket
Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter
Mad Love
Sappho
Barbed Wire
Mona Moreau
Madame Bovary
Emma Bovary
Die Flamme
Yvette
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self (archive footage)
The Spanish Dancer
Maritana
Mania
Mania
Hollywood
Pola Negri
Men
Cleo
Tango Notturno
Mado Doucet
The Woman He Scorned
Louise
A Woman Commands
Madame Maria Draga / Queen Draga
100 Years of the UFA
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
Moscow Shanghai
Olga Petrowna
Slave of Her Senses
Pola, dancer
Die Nacht der Entscheidung
Tessa Brückmann
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
East of Suez
Daisy Forbes
Bella Donna
Bella Donna (Ruby)
Arabella
His Last Gesture
The Woman from Moscow
Princess Fedora