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Pola Negri

1897 - 1987

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pola Negri is the 351st most popular actor (down from 283rd in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Poland (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Actor.

Pola Negri was a Polish actress and singer who was most famous for her roles in the silent films of the 1910s and 1920s.

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Among actors, Pola Negri ranks 351 out of 13,578. Before her are Kim Novak, Patrick Stewart, James Earl Jones, John Cazale, Priyanka Chopra, and Oona O'Neill. After her are Jeff Goldblum, Helmut Berger, Fernanda Montenegro, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Wood, and Sam Neill.

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Among people born in 1897, Pola Negri ranks 30. Before her are Ferenc Szálasi, Frank Capra, Gordon Allport, Kurt Schuschnigg, Norbert Elias, and Enid Blyton. After her are Georg Wittig, Kurt Daluege, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Karl-Otto Koch, Soong Mei-ling, and Janaki Ammal. Among people deceased in 1987, Pola Negri ranks 19. Before her are Gunnar Myrdal, Marguerite Yourcenar, William Stuart-Houston, William P. Murphy, Thomas Sankara, and Jacques Anquetil. After her are Fahri Korutürk, Jascha Heifetz, Georg Wittig, Lino Ventura, Lawrence Kohlberg, and John Huston.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Pola Negri ranks 120 out of 1,694. Before her are Karl Hanke (1903), Hanna Reitsch (1912), Casimir Funk (1884), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), and Alexander Jagiellon (1461). After her are Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Klaus von Klitzing (1943), Fred Zinnemann (1907), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Joseph Rotblat (1908), and Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825).

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Among ACTORS In Poland

Among actors born in Poland, Pola Negri ranks 2. Before her are Klaus Kinski (1926). After her are Hanna Schygulla (1943), Daniel Olbrychski (1945), Lilli Palmer (1914), Barbara Brylska (1941), Krystyna Janda (1952), Anny Ondra (1903), Aleksander Krupa (1947), Dita Parlo (1906), Izabella Scorupco (1970), and Paul Wegener (1874).

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