Pola Negri

1894-1987

Biography: life and films

Pola Negri was a Polish actress whose birth name was Apolonia Chalupiec. She was born in Lipno, Congress Poland, Russian Empire on 3rd January 1894 and died in San Antonio, Texas, USA on 1st August 1987, aged 93.

Her best films as an actor include Ernst Lubitsch's Madame Du Barry (1919), Die Bergkatze (1921), Dimitri Buchowetzki's Sappho (1921), Malcolm St. Clair's A Woman of the World (1925) and Paul Czinner's The Way of Lost Souls (1929).

Pola Negri appeared in 55 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ernst Lubitsch (6 films), Kurt Matull (5), Rowland V. Lee (4), Paul L. Stein (4), Georg Jacoby (4), Dimitri Buchowetzki (4), Nunzio Malasomma (2), Mauritz Stiller (2), Malcolm St. Clair (2), Herbert Brenon (2), George Fitzmaurice (2), Eugen Illés (2) and (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (46 films), romance (8), comedy (5), comedy-romance (3), history (2), comedy-drama (2) and War (2).

Our average rating for Pola Negri over all films is: 2.5

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Nicht lange täuschte mich das Glück (1917) [a]

Rosen, die der Sturm entblättert (1917) [a]

Carmen (1918) [a]

Der Gelbe Schein (1918) [a]

Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) [a]

Küsse, die man im Dunkeln stiehlt (1918) [a]

Mania. Die Geschichte einer Zigarettenarbeiterin (1918) [a]

Wenn das Herz in Haß erglüht (1918) [a]

Komtesse Dolly (1919) [a]

Kreuzigt sie! (1919) [a]

Madame Du Barry (1919) [a]

Rausch (1919) [a]

The Last Payment (1919) [a]

Vendetta (1919) [a]

Arme Violetta (1920) [a]

Das Martyrium (1920) [a]

Die Geschlossene Kette (1920) [a]

Die Marchesa d'Armiani (1920) [a]

Sumurun (1920) [a]

Die Bergkatze (1921) [a]

Die Dame im Glashaus (1921) [a]

Sappho (1921) [a]

Bella Donna (1923) [a]

The Cheat (1923) [a]

The Spanish Dancer (1923) [a]

Forbidden Paradise (1924) [a]

Lily of the Dust (1924) [a]

Men (1924) [a]

Shadows of Paris (1924) [a]

A Woman of the World (1925) [a]

East of Suez (1925) [a]

Flower of Night (1925) [a]

The Charmer (1925) [a]

Good and Naughty (1926) [a]

The Crown of Lies (1926) [a]

Barbed Wire (1927) [a]

Hotel Imperial (1927) [a]

The Woman on Trial (1927) [a]

Loves of an Actress (1928) [a]

The Secret Hour (1928) [a]

The Woman from Moscow (1928) [a]

Three Sinners (1928) [a]

The Way of Lost Souls (1929) [a]

A Woman Commands (1932) [a]

Fanatisme (1934) [a]

Mazurka (1935) [a]

Der Weg nach Shanghai (1936) [a]

Gräfin Volescu (1936) [a]

Madame Bovary (1937) [a]

Tango Notturno (1937) [a]

Die Fromme Lüge (1938) [a]

Die Nacht der Entscheidung (1938) [a]

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) [a]

The Moon-Spinners (1964) [a]



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