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Pola Negri

Acting Born Jan 3, 1897 Lipno, Poland 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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Known for

Film

The Moon-Spinners

as Madame Habib

Full filmography

  • The Moon-Spinners (1964) as Madame Habib
  • Die Nacht der Entscheidung (1938) as Tessa Brückmann
  • 100 Years of the UFA (2017) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Eyes of the Mummy (1918) as Ma
  • The Red Peacock (1920) as Violetta Duclos
  • Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hollywood (1923) as Pola Negri
  • Sumurun (1920) as Yannaia - a Dancer
  • Mad Love (1921) as Sappho
  • The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961) as Self (archive footage)
  • Madame DuBarry (1919) as Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du Barry
  • Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) as Genya Smetana
  • Men (1924) as Cleo
  • Three Sinners (1928) as Baroness Gerda Wallentin
  • Barbed Wire (1927) as Mona Moreau
  • The Spanish Dancer (1923) as Maritana
  • Forbidden Paradise (1924) as Catherine
  • Hotel Imperial (1927) as Anna Sedlak
  • The Wildcat (1921) as Rischka
  • The Golden Twenties (1950) as Self (archive footage)
  • Loves of an Actress (1928) as Rachel
  • Bella Donna (1923) as Bella Donna (Ruby)
  • Fanatisme (1934) as Rosine Savelli