Person Details
Birthday: 1897-01-03 14:18:11
Death: 1987-08-01 14:18:11
Aliases: Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Lipno, Poland
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Movie Involvements: 56
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Moon-Spinners
(1964) Madame HabibThe Love Goddesses
(1965) (archive footage)Men
(1924) CleoSumurun
(1920) Yannaia - a DancerMadame DuBarry
(1919) Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du BarryWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
(2007) Self (archive footage)The Polish Dancer
(1917) Pola BasznikowHollywood
(1923) Pola NegriActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2017 | Self - Actress (archive footage) | |
Herself (archive footage) | ||
2007 | Self (archive footage) | |
1995 | Self (archive footage) | |
1965 | (archive footage) | |
1964 | Madame Habib | |
1961 | Self (archive footage) | |
1953 | (archive footage) | |
1950 | Self (archive footage) | |
1943 | Genya Smetana | |
1938 | Tessa Brückmann | |
Carmen Casini | ||
1937 | Mado Doucet | |
Emma Bovary | ||
1936 | Olga Petrowna | |
1935 | Vera, Singer | |
1934 | Rosine Savelli | |
1932 | Madame Maria Draga / Queen Draga | |
1931 | Self | |
1929 | Louise | |
1928 | Princess Fedora | |
Rachel | ||
Baroness Gerda Wallentin | ||
Amy | ||
1927 | Julie | |
Mona Moreau | ||
Anna Sedlak | ||
1926 | Germaine Morris | |
Olga Kriga | ||
1925 | Countess Elnora Natatorini | |
Carlota y Villalon | ||
Mariposa | ||
Daisy Forbes | ||
1924 | Lily | |
Cleo | ||
Claire, Queen of the Apaches | ||
Catherine | ||
1923 | Maritana - Gypsy fortune teller | |
Carmelita De Córdoba | ||
Pola Negri | ||
Bella Donna (Ruby) | ||
Yvette | ||
1921 | Sappho | |
Rischka | ||
1920 | Violetta | |
N/A | ||
Gattin | ||
Yannaia - a Dancer | ||
Marchesa Assunta | ||
1919 | N/A | |
Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du Barry | ||
Marianna Paoli | ||
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Maria | ||
1918 | Carmen | |
Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter | ||
Mania | ||
Ma | ||
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1917 | N/A | |
Ilja Vörösz | ||
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Pola Basznikow | ||
1916 | Pola, Jan's and Stasia's daughter | |
1915 | N/A | |
Helena | ||
1914 | Pola, dancer | |
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