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Pola Negri (1897–1987)

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Pola Negri was born in Poland and moved to Warsaw as a young child. Living in poverty with her mother, a teenage Pola auditioned and was accepted to the Imperial Ballet. Due to an illness which ended her dancing career, she soon switched to the Warsaw Imperial Academy of Dramatic Arts and became an actress... See full bio »

Born:

Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec
in Lipno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lipno, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

Died:

(age 90) in San Antonio, Texas, USA
Pola Negri, EAST OF SUEZ, Paramount, 1925, **I.V. Pola Negri Pola Negri Pola Negri, c. 1925.
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2012 Pola Negri: The Iconic Collection (video)
 
1964 The Moon-Spinners
Madame Habib
 
1943 Hi Diddle Diddle
Genya Smetana
 
1938 Die Nacht der Entscheidung
Tessa Brückmann
 
1938 Die fromme Lüge
Carmen Casini
 
1937 Tango Notturno
Mado Doucet
 
1937 Madame Bovary
Emma Bovary
 
1936 Der Weg nach Shanghai
Olga Petrowna
 
1936 Gräfin Volescu
Gräfin Volescu
 
1935 Mazurka
Vera, Singer
 
1934 Fanatisme
Rosine Savelli
 
1932 A Woman Commands
Madame Maria Draga/Queen Draga of Serbia
 
1929 The Way of Lost Souls
Louise
 
1928 The Woman from Moscow
Princess Fedora
 
1928 Loves of an Actress
Rachel
 
1928 Three Sinners
Baroness Gerda Wallentin
 
1928 The Secret Hour
Amy
 
1927 The Woman on Trial
Julie
 
1927 Barbed Wire
Mona Moreau
 
1927 Hotel Imperial
Anna Sedlak
 
1926 Good and Naughty
Germaine Morris
 
1926 The Crown of Lies
Olga Kriga
 
1925 A Woman of the World
Countess Elnora Natatorini
 
1925 Flower of Night
Carlota y Villalon
 
1925 The Charmer
Mariposa
 
1925 East of Suez
Daisy Forbes
 
1924 Forbidden Paradise
Catherine (the Czarina)
 
1924 Lily of the Dust
Lily
 
1924 Men
Cleo
 
1924 Shadows of Paris
Claire, Queen of the Apaches
 
1923 The Spanish Dancer
Gypsy fortune teller
 
1923 The Cheat
Carmelita De Córdoba
 
1923 Die Flamme (short)
Yvette
 
1923 Bella Donna
Bella Donna (Ruby)
 
1921 Arme Violetta
Violetta Duclos
 
1921 Mad Love
Sappho
 
1921 The Wildcat
Rischka
 
1921 The Lady in the a Glasshouse
 
1920 Die geschlossene Kette
 
1920 Das Martyrium
Gattin
 
1920 Sumurun
Yannaia - a Dancer
 
1920 Die Marchesa d'Armiani
Marchesa Assunta
 
1919 Komtesse Doddy
 
1919 Rausch
 
1919 Madame DuBarry
Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame Dubarry
 
1919 Vendetta
Marianna Paoli
 
1919 Kreuzigt sie!
Maria
 
1919 The Last Payment
 
1918 Carmen
Carmen
 
1918 The Devil's Pawn
Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter
 
1918 Mania. Die Geschichte einer Zigarettenarbeiterin
Mania - Zigarettenarbeiterin
 
1918 Eyes of the Mummy Ma
Ma
 
1918 Küsse, die man im Dunkeln stiehlt
 
1918 Surogaty lyubvi
Lead
 
1918 Wenn das Herz in Haß erglüht
Ilja Vörösz
 
1917 Nicht lange täuschte mich das Glück
 
1917 His Last Gesture
 
1917 Arabella
 
1917 Mystery of Uyazdovsky Lane (short)
 
1917 The Polish Dancer
Pola Basznikow
 
1917 Die toten Augen
 
1917 Rosen, die der Sturm entblättert
 
1917 Zügelloses Blut
 
1916 Studenci
Pola, Jan's and Stasia's daughter
 
1915 Wife
Helena Kazicka
 
1915 The Black Pass (short)
 
1914 Slave of Passion, Slave of Vice
Pola, dancer
 
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1943 Hi Diddle Diddle (performer: "The Pilgrim's Chorus" - uncredited, "Evening Star" - uncredited)
 
1932 A Woman Commands (performer: "Paradise", "Ich hatt'einen Mann")
 
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1931 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1923 Hollywood
Herself
 
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 21 (documentary short)
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 14 (documentary short)
Herself
 
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2011 Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (documentary)
Herself
 
1999 Berlin Metropolis: Jews in Early German Film (video documentary short)
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (documentary)
Herself
 
1992 Die UFA (documentary)
 
1980 Hollywood
Herself
 
1966 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Herself
 
1958 It Only Happened Once
Herself, Pola Negri
 
1953 Yesterday and Today
 
1950 The Golden Twenties (documentary)
Herself
 
1936 Fashions in Love (short)
 
1929 Rund um die Liebe
 
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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 13 Print Biographies  | 32 Articles  | 6 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Erna Negri | Polita

Height:

5' (1.52 m)
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Personal Quote:

I consider my work great, as I am a great artist. See more »

Trivia:

After Rudolph Valentino's death, she claimed to have been engaged to him, although many of his friends insisted they had never even met. Undaunted by disbelievers, she ordered a blanket of flowers to be placed across Rudy's coffin, reading "P-O-L-A" in letters large enough to be read in news photos of his bier... See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn