Pola Negri
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.
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Movies (50)
100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2017
Pola Negri: Life of a Star
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Pola Negri: The Iconic Collection
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
1995
The Moon-Spinners
as Madame Habib
1964
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1950
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Genya Smetana
1943
Die Nacht der Entscheidung
as Tessa Brückmann
1938
Die fromme Lüge
as Carmen Casini
1938
Tango Notturno
as Mado Doucet
1937
Madame Bovary
as Emma Bovary
1937
Moskau - Shanghai
as Olga Petrowna
1936
Mazurka
as Vera, Singer
1935
Fanatisme
as Rosine Savelli
1934
A Woman Commands
as Madame Maria Draga / Queen Draga
1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
as Self
1931
The Woman He Scorned
as Louise
1929
The Woman from Moscow
as Princess Fedora
1928
Loves of an Actress
as Rachel
1928
Three Sinners
as Baroness Gerda Wallentin
1928
The Secret Hour
as Amy
1928
The Woman on Trial
as Julie
1927
Barbed Wire
as Mona Moreau
1927
Hotel Imperial
as Anna Sedlak
1927
Good and Naughty
as Germaine Morris
1926
The Crown of Lies
as Olga Kriga
1926
A Woman of the World
as Countess Elnora Natatorini
1925
Flower of Night
as Carlota y Villalon
1925
The Charmer
as Mariposa
1925
East of Suez
as Daisy Forbes
1925
Lily of the Dust
as Lily
1924
Men
as Cleo
1924
Shadows of Paris
as Claire, Queen of the Apaches
1924
Forbidden Paradise
as Catherine
1924
The Spanish Dancer
as Maritana
1923
The Cheat
as Carmelita De Córdoba
1923
Hollywood
as Pola Negri
1923
Bella Donna
as Bella Donna (Ruby)
1923
Die Flamme
as Yvette
1923
Mad Love
as Sappho
1921
The Wildcat
as Rischka
1921
The Red Peacock
as Violetta Duclos
1920
The Closed Chain
1920
Intrigue
as Gattin
1920
Sumurun
as Yannaia - a Dancer
1920
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
as Marchesa Assunta
1920
Komtesse Doddy
1919