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.

Known For

The Moon-Spinners

Loves of an Actress

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Hollywood

Madame DuBarry

Hotel Imperial

Hi Diddle Diddle

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

All Movies (75)

• 100 Years of the UFA2017 · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
• Pola Negri: Life of a Star2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Pola Negri: The Iconic Collection2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons1995 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marilyn Monroe1986 · as archive footage
• The Moon-Spinners1964 · as Madame Habib
• The Legend of Rudolph Valentino1961 · as Self (archive footage)
• Yesterday and Today1953 · as (archive footage)
• The Golden Twenties1950 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hi Diddle Diddle1943 · as Genya Smetana
• Die Nacht der Entscheidung1938 · as Tessa Brückmann
• The Secret Lie1938 · as Carmen Casini
• Tango Notturno1937 · as Mado Doucet
• Madame Bovary1937 · as Emma Bovary
• Moscow Shanghai1936 · as Olga Petrowna
• Mazurka1935 · as Vera, Singer
• Fanatisme1934 · as Rosine Savelli
• A Woman Commands1932 · as Madame Maria Draga / Queen Draga
• Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)1931 · as Self
• The Woman He Scorned1929 · as Louise
• The Woman from Moscow1928 · as Princess Fedora
• Loves of an Actress1928 · as Rachel
• Three Sinners1928 · as Baroness Gerda Wallentin
• The Secret Hour1928 · as Amy
• The Woman on Trial1927 · as Julie
• Barbed Wire1927 · as Mona Moreau
• Hotel Imperial1927 · as Anna Sedlak
• Good and Naughty1926 · as Germaine Morris
• The Crown of Lies1926 · as Olga Kriga
• A Woman of the World1925 · as Countess Elnora Natatorini
• Flower of Night1925 · as Carlota y Villalon
• The Charmer1925 · as Mariposa
• East of Suez1925 · as Daisy Forbes
• Lily of the Dust1924 · as Lily
• Men1924 · as Cleo
• Shadows of Paris1924 · as Claire, Queen of the Apaches
• Forbidden Paradise1924 · as Catherine
• The Spanish Dancer1923 · as Maritana
• The Cheat1923 · as Carmelita De Córdoba
• Hollywood1923 · as Pola Negri
• Bella Donna1923 · as Bella Donna (Ruby)
• Die Flamme1923 · as Yvette
• Mad Love1921 · as Sappho
• The Wildcat1921 · as Rischka
• The Red Peacock1920 · as Violetta Duclos
• The Closed Chain1920
• Intrigue1920 · as Gattin
• Sumurun1920 · as Yannaia - a Dancer
• Die Marchesa d'Arminiani1920 · as Marchesa Assunta
• Komtesse Doddy1919
• Madame DuBarry1919 · as Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du Barry
• Vendetta1919 · as Marianna Paoli
• The Last Payment1919 · as Lola
• Dämmerung des Todes1919
• The Woman at the Crossroads1919 · as Maria
• Carmen1918 · as Carmen
• The Yellow Ticket1918 · as Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter
• Mania1918 · as Mania
• The Eyes of the Mummy1918 · as Ma
• Rosen, die der Sturm Entblättert1918
• Nicht Lange Täuschte Mich das Glück1917
• Wenn das Herz in Haß erglüht1917 · as Ilja Vörösz
• His Last Gesture1917
• Dead Eyes1917
• Pokój nr 131917
• Kisses Stolen in the Dark1917
• Arabella1917
• Rampant Blood1917
• Mystery of Uyazdovsky Lane1917
• The Polish Dancer1917 · as Pola Basznikow
• Studenci1916 · as Pola, Jan's and Stasia's daughter
• Czarna ksiazeczka1915
• The Wife1915 · as Helena
• Slave of Her Senses1914 · as Pola, dancer