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

The Moon-Spinners
The Moon-Spinners

1964

as Madame Habib

Hollywood
Hollywood

1923

as Pola Negri

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961

as Self (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Bella Donna
Bella Donna

1923

as Bella Donna (Ruby)

Sumurun
Sumurun

1920

as Yannaia - a Dancer

Mad Love
Mad Love

1921

as Sappho

Madame DuBarry
Madame DuBarry

1919

as Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du Barry

The Polish Dancer
The Polish Dancer

1917

as Pola Basznikow

The Spanish Dancer
The Spanish Dancer

1923

as Maritana

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

1995

as Self (archive footage)

Loves of an Actress
Loves of an Actress

1928

as Rachel

Carmen
Carmen

1918

as Carmen

Men
Men

1924

as Cleo

Arabella
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Intrigue

1920

as Gattin

Moscow Shanghai
Moscow Shanghai

1936

as Olga Petrowna

Forbidden Paradise
Forbidden Paradise

1924

as Catherine

Vendetta
Vendetta

1919

as Marianna Paoli

Lily of the Dust
Lily of the Dust

1924

as Lily