| Pola Negri  AKA Barbara Apolonia Chalupec
Born: 31-Dec-1894
Birthplace: Lipno, Poland
Died: 1-Aug-1987
Location of death: San Antonio, TX
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Sultry silent film diva Many birthdays exist for Pola, but records in Poland indicate 1894, not the oft-quoted 1897 or her claimed 1899 ("last day of the century.") Hitler was a big fan, and Pola traveled to Germany in the 1930's to work after American work dried up for her. Banned from filmmaking by Goebbels for "potential Jewish ancestry", a ban that Hitler personally withdrew. Left Germany after the outbreak of war, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1951. A multiply-ghostwritten biography, Memoirs of a Star, was published by Doubleday in 1970. Husband: Prince Serge Mdivani (m. 1929, div.)
Boyfriend: Charlie Chaplin
Boyfriend: Rudolph Valentino (dated 1925-26)
Girlfriend: Margaret West (rumored, d. 1963)
Boyfriend: Milton Berle (according to Berle on Larry King Live)
Mother: Eleonora
Slept with: George Jessel
University: Imperial Academy of Dramatic Arts, Warsaw, Poland
Traveled to Nazi Germany
Naturalized US Citizen 12-Jan-1951
Fainted at Rudolph Valentino's funeral
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6933 Hollywood Blvd
Polish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Depression, Tuberculosis
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Moon-Spinners (2-Jul-1964)
Hotel Imperial (1-Jan-1927)
The Wildcat (14-Apr-1921)
The Eyes of the Mummy (3-Oct-1918)
Author of books:
Memoirs of a Star (1970, memoir)
Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.
Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile
Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications
| 
