Pola Negri
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Wildcat
as Rischka 1921
Sumurun
as Yannaia - a Dancer 1920
Madame DuBarry
as Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du Barry 1919
The Eyes of the Mummy
as Ma 1918
The Love Goddesses
as (Archive Footage) 1965
Carmen
as Carmen 1918
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Genya Smetana 1943
The Polish Dancer
as Pola Basznikow 1917
Hotel Imperial
as Anna Sedlak 1927
A Woman of the World
as Countess Elnora Natatorini 1925
Forbidden Paradise
as Catherine 1924
Mazurka
as Vera, Singer 1935
The Yellow Ticket
as Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter 1918
Mad Love
as Sappho 1921
Barbed Wire
as Mona Moreau 1927
Madame Bovary
as Emma Bovary 1937