Loading...
Loading...
Birthday
January 3, 1897
Day of Death
1987-08-01
(90 years old)
Place of Birth
Lipno, Poland
Also Known As
Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec
Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec
Apolonia Chałupiec
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.
2017
2007
1995
1964
1961
1953
1950
1943
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1932
1931
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
