Pola Negri
Acting
Born January 3, 1897 · Lipno, Poland
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.
Films (74)
100 Years of the UFA
2017
Pola Negri: Life of a Star
2017
Pola Negri: The Iconic Collection
2012
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
The Moon-Spinners
1964
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Yesterday and Today
1953
The Golden Twenties
1950
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943
Die Nacht der Entscheidung
1938
Die fromme Lüge
1938
Tango Notturno
1937
Madame Bovary
1937
Moskau - Shanghai
1936
Mazurka
1935
Fanatisme
1934
A Woman Commands
1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
The Woman He Scorned
1929
The Woman from Moscow
1928
Loves of an Actress
1928
Three Sinners
1928
The Secret Hour
1928
The Woman on Trial
1927
Barbed Wire
1927
Hotel Imperial
1927
Good and Naughty
1926
The Crown of Lies
1926
A Woman of the World
1925
Flower of Night
1925
The Charmer
1925
East of Suez
1925
Lily of the Dust
1924
Men
1924
Shadows of Paris
1924
Forbidden Paradise
1924
The Spanish Dancer
1923
The Cheat
1923
Hollywood
1923
Bella Donna
1923
Die Flamme
1923
Mad Love
1921
The Wildcat
1921
The Red Peacock
1920
The Closed Chain
1920
Intrigue
1920
Sumurun
1920
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
1920
Komtesse Doddy
1919
Madame DuBarry
1919
Vendetta
1919
The Last Payment
1919
Dämmerung des Todes
1919
The Woman at the Crossroads
1919
Carmen
1918
The Yellow Ticket
1918
Mania
1918
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918
Rosen, die der Sturm Entblättert
1918
Nicht Lange Täuschte Mich das Glück
1917
Wenn das Herz in Haß erglüht
1917
His Last Gesture
1917
Dead Eyes
1917
Pokój nr 13
1917
Kisses Stolen in the Dark
1917
Arabella
1917
Rampant Blood
1917
Mystery of Uyazdovsky Lane
1917
The Polish Dancer
1917
Studenci
1916
Czarna ksiazeczka
1915
The Wife
1915
Slave of Her Senses
1914