10.0
10.0
The Woman He Scorned
1929
as Louise
Pola Negri
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Pola Negri (; born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec [apɔˈlɔɲa xaˈwupʲɛt͡s]; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles. She was also acknowledged as a sex symbol of her time. Raised in the Congress Kingdom of Poland, Negri's childhood was marked by several personal hardships: After her father was sent to Siberia, she was raised by her single mother in poverty, and suffered tuberculosis as a teenager. Negri recovered, and went on to study ballet and acting in Warsaw, Poland, becoming a well-known stage actress there. In 1917, she relocated to Germany, where she began appearing in silent films for the Berlin-based UFA studio. Her film performances for UFA came to the attention of Hollywood executives at Paramount Pictures, who offered her a film contract. Negri signed with Paramount in 1922, making her the first European actress to be contracted in Hollywood. She spent much of the 1920s working in the United States appearing in numerous films for Paramount, establishing herself as one of the most popular actresses in American silent film. In the 1930s, during the emergence of sound film, Negri returned to Europe, where she appeared in multiple films for Pathé Films and UFA, and also began a career as a recording artist. She made only two films after 1940, her last screen credit being in Walt Disney's The Moon-Spinners (1964). Negri spent her later life largely outside the public sphere. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1951, and spent the remainder of her life living in San Antonio, Texas. In 1987, aged 90, she died of pneumonia secondary to a brain tumor for which she refused treatment.
Filmography (71 movies)
8.5
8.5
Hollywood
1923
as Pola Negri
8.0
8.0
A Woman Commands
1932
as Madame Maria Draga / Queen Draga
8.0
8.0
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
7.6
The Wildcat
1921
as Rischka
7.3
7.3
Mad Love
1921
as Sappho
7.3
7.3
Mazurka
1935
as Vera, Singer
7.2
7.2
Men
1924
as Cleo
7.0
7.0
Tango Notturno
1937
as Mado Doucet
6.4
6.4
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943
as Genya Smetana
6.4
6.4
Madame DuBarry
1919
as Jeanne Vaubernier - later Madame du Barry
6.2
6.2
Barbed Wire
1927
as Mona Moreau
6.0
6.0
Sumurun
1920
as Yannaia - a Dancer
6.0
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
as Self
6.0
6.0
Mania
1918
as Mania
5.8
5.8
Die Flamme
1923
as Yvette
5.8
5.8
Hotel Imperial
1927
as Anna Sedlak
5.8
5.8
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Madame Habib
5.6
5.6
Carmen
1918
as Carmen
5.6
5.6
The Yellow Ticket
1918
as Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter
5.4
5.4
The Polish Dancer
1917
as Pola Basznikow
5.4
5.4
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918
as Ma
5.2
5.2
Forbidden Paradise
1924
as Catherine
5.1
5.1
A Woman of the World
1925
as Countess Elnora Natatorini
5.0
5.0
Die fromme Lüge
1938
as Carmen Casini
4.5
4.5
100 Years of the UFA
2017
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
4.2
4.2
Madame Bovary
1937
as Emma Bovary
4.0
4.0
The Spanish Dancer
1923
as Maritana
Arabella
1917
His Last Gesture
1917
The Woman from Moscow
1928
as Princess Fedora
The Cheat
1923
as Carmelita De Córdoba
Shadows of Paris
1924
as Claire, Queen of the Apaches
Lily of the Dust
1924
as Lily
The Charmer
1925
as Mariposa
Flower of Night
1925
as Carlota y Villalon
The Crown of Lies
1926
as Olga Kriga
Good and Naughty
1926
as Germaine Morris
The Woman on Trial
1927
as Julie
The Secret Hour
1928
as Amy
Three Sinners
1928
as Baroness Gerda Wallentin
Loves of an Actress
1928
as Rachel
Fanatisme
1934
as Rosine Savelli
Arme Violetta
1920
as Violetta
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
1920
as Marchesa Assunta
Vendetta
1919
as Marianna Paoli
Czarna ksiazeczka
1915
Mystery of Uyazdovsky Lane
1917
Studenci
1916
as Pola, Jan's and Stasia's daughter
Nicht Lange Täuschte Mich das Glück
1917
Rampant Blood
1917
Kisses Stolen in the Dark
1917
Dead Eyes
1917
Wenn das Herz in Haß erglüht
1917
as Ilja Vörösz
Rosen, die der Sturm Entblättert
1918
The Last Payment
1919
as Lola
Pokój nr 13
1917
Komtesse Doddy
1919
The Woman at the Crossroads
1919
as Maria
Dämmerung des Todes
1919
Intrigue
1920
as Gattin
The Closed Chain
1920
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Pola Negri: Life of a Star
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Die Nacht der Entscheidung
1938
as Tessa Brückmann
Pola Negri: The Iconic Collection
2012
as Self (archive footage)
East of Suez
1925
as Daisy Forbes
Bella Donna
1923
as Bella Donna (Ruby)
Slave of Her Senses
1914
as Pola, dancer
Moskau - Shanghai
1936
as Olga Petrowna
The Wife
1915
as Helena
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