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Aliases: Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec , Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec , Apolonia Chałupiec

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
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The Moon-Spinners

(1964) Madame Habib
The Love Goddesses
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The Love Goddesses

(1965) (archive footage)
Men
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Men

(1924) Cleo
Sumurun
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Sumurun

(1920) Yannaia - a Dancer
Madame DuBarry
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Madame DuBarry

(1919) Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du Barry
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
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The Polish Dancer
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The Polish Dancer

(1917) Pola Basznikow
Hollywood
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Hollywood

(1923) Pola Negri

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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
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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
Year Character Movie/Tv

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