Pola Negri

Pola Negri

1897-01-03 – 1987-08-01 (age 90) Lipno, Poland
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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

Vendetta
Vendetta

1919

as Marianna Paoli

Barbed Wire
Barbed Wire

1927

as Mona Moreau

Mazurka
Mazurka

1935

as Vera, Singer

Sumurun
Sumurun

1920

as Yannaia - a Dancer

Three Sinners
Three Sinners

1928

as Baroness Gerda Wallentin

The Moon-Spinners
The Moon-Spinners

1964

as Madame Habib

Forbidden Paradise
Forbidden Paradise

1924

as Catherine

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
A Woman Commands
A Woman Commands

1932

as Madame Maria Draga / Queen Draga

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961

as Self (archive footage)

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The Secret Lie

1938

as Carmen Casini

The Golden Twenties
The Golden Twenties

1950

as Self (archive footage)

Carmen
Carmen

1918

as Carmen

Hollywood
Hollywood

1923

as Pola Negri

Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe

1986

as archive footage

Hi Diddle Diddle
Hi Diddle Diddle

1943

as Genya Smetana

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

1995

as Self (archive footage)

The Eyes of the Mummy
100 Years of the UFA
100 Years of the UFA

2017

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Madame DuBarry
Madame DuBarry

1919

as Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du Barry