Pola Negri
Acting
- Born:
- 1897-01-03
- Died:
- 1987-08-01
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
100 Years of the UFA
Pola Negri: Life of a Star
Pola Negri: The Iconic Collection
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Marilyn Monroe
The Moon-Spinners
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Yesterday and Today
The Golden Twenties
Hi Diddle Diddle
Die Nacht der Entscheidung
The Secret Lie
Tango Notturno
Madame Bovary
Moscow Shanghai
Mazurka
Fanatisme
A Woman Commands
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
The Woman He Scorned
The Woman from Moscow
Loves of an Actress
Three Sinners
The Secret Hour
The Woman on Trial
Barbed Wire
Hotel Imperial
Good and Naughty
The Crown of Lies
A Woman of the World
Flower of Night
The Charmer
East of Suez
Lily of the Dust
Men
Shadows of Paris
Forbidden Paradise
The Spanish Dancer
The Cheat
Hollywood
Bella Donna
Die Flamme
Mad Love
The Wildcat
The Red Peacock
The Closed Chain
Intrigue
Sumurun
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
Komtesse Doddy
Madame DuBarry
Vendetta
The Last Payment
Dämmerung des Todes
The Woman at the Crossroads
Carmen
The Yellow Ticket
Mania
The Eyes of the Mummy
Rosen, die der Sturm Entblättert
Nicht Lange Täuschte Mich das Glück
Wenn das Herz in Haß erglüht
His Last Gesture
Dead Eyes
Room Number 13
Kisses Stolen in the Dark
Arabella
Rampant Blood
Mystery of Uyazdovsky Lane
The Polish Dancer
Students
Czarna ksiazeczka
The Wife
Slave of Her Senses