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Pola Negri (Apolonia Chalupec) was born on 3 January, 1897 in Lipno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lipno, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland], is an actress,soundtrack. Discover Pola Negri's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

Popular As Apolonia Chalupec
Occupation actress,soundtrack
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 3 January 1897
Birthday 3 January
Birthplace Lipno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lipno, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Date of death 1 August, 1987
Died Place San Antonio, Texas, USA
Nationality Poland

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Pola Negri Height, Weight & Measurements

At 90 years old, Pola Negri height is 5' (1.52 m) .

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Height 5' (1.52 m)
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Who Is Pola Negri's Husband?

Her husband is Prince Serge Mdivani (14 May 1927 - 2 April 1931) ( divorced), Count Eugene Dombski (5 November 1919 - 1922) ( divorced)

Family
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Husband Prince Serge Mdivani (14 May 1927 - 2 April 1931) ( divorced), Count Eugene Dombski (5 November 1919 - 1922) ( divorced)
Sibling Not Available
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Pola Negri Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Pola Negri worth at the age of 90 years old? Pola Negri’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from Poland. We have estimated Pola Negri's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Actress

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1902

In 1902 she attended a ballet school but was later impeded in dancing because of an illness. Therefore she adopted a different method and attended a theater school in Warsaw in order to become an actress.

1912

She made her debut at the theater in 1912 and got soon first leading roles.

1914

She made her debut with Slave of Sin (1914), a film in which she personified the vamp archetype for which she would become famous.

1917

After some Polish film productions she went to Germany in 1917 where she achieved first glorious triumphs. The movies made one of the greatest stars of Pola Negri und she soon belonged together with Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen to the triumvirate of German artists.

1918

Negri made eight films with director Ernst Lubitsch between 1918 and 1925. Seven were made in Germany and their eighth and final film together was Forbidden Paradise (1924), which was filmed in the United States.

1919

Pola Negri was born in Lipno, Poland, and moved to Warsaw as a child. Living in poverty with her mother, a teenage Pola auditioned and was accepted to the Imperial Ballet. Due to an illness that ended her dancing career, she soon switched to the Warsaw Imperial Academy of Dramatic Arts and became an actress. By 17 she was a star on the Warsaw stage, but World War I would soon change the theater scene. Without the theater, Pola turned to films. With her new career in pictures and her stage success in "Sumurun", she went to Berlin and was teamed with German director Ernst Lubitsch. The Lubitsch-Negri combination was very successful and the roles that Pola played were earthy, exotic, strong women. One of her films, Passion (1919), was optioned and retitled "Passion" for exhibition in America.

1922

The film was such a success that by 1922 she and Lubitsch were both given contracts to work in Hollywood. While her first few films showed some success, they were overshadowed by her reported romances with such stars as Charles Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino.

1923

Pola Negri was the first notable German actress to travel to the United States where she appeared in Bella Donna (1923). Her fame in Europe was quickly surpassed by her fame in America, and she achieved her greatest successes with Forbidden Paradise (1924) and Hotel Imperial (1927).

1924

Forbidden Paradise (1924), made with Lubitsch, and Hotel Imperial (1927) were two of her more successful films. However, three things conspired to end her career in Hollywood: (1) The perception that her mourning for Rudolph Valentino was insincere, though Negri did describe him as the love of her life; (2) The Hays Office codes that would not allow her to show the very traits that made her a sex-siren in Europe; (3) Her thick Polish accent would not play in the sound pictures that were coming into vogue. Pola Negri returned to Europe and eventually made films for UFA, which was under Nazi management.

1926

When Rudolph Valentino died in August of 1926, Negri claimed to have been engaged to marry him, and set out from Hollywood by train to attend his funeral in New York. During the trip, Negri collapsed several times. The perception that she used her lover's death as a publicity stunt damaged her reputation.

1935

After her Hollywood forays, Pola Negri returned to Europe. She made a successful comeback in Germany with Mazurka (1935), and she was able to take part in Madame Bovary (1937), Tango Notturno (1937) and Die Nacht der Entscheidung (1938) in the following years.

1939

"Film Daily", Monday, July 3, 1939--Paris (by cable): Pola Negri appeared in court here on the weekend to ask 1,000,000-franc damages as the result of an article appearing in the "Paris Sun" newspaper which represented her as a friend of Adolf Hitler. She was described by two witnesses as having suffered much moral damage by the allegation. The actress remained silent throughout the proceedings, during which the paper's defense counsel tried to show that knowing Hitler was no slander.

1941

In 1941 she returned to America penniless.

1943

She made Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) and became an American citizen in 1951.

1945

According to her autobiography, she also appeared in a Boston supper club engagement in 1945 for a repertoire centered around the song "Paradise", and retired from the entertainment business altogether.

1951

In 1951 she got the American nationality and took up a second successful career as a relater.

1964

Her next and last movie was The Moon-Spinners (1964).

1975

In 1975, director Vincente Minnelli approached Negri to appear as the Contessa Sanziani in A Matter of Time (1976), but Negri was unable to accept due to poor health. In 1978, Billy Wilder directed Fedora (1978). Although Negri does not appear in the film, the title character was largely based on her.

1986

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986- 1990, pages 652-654. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

1987

On her deathbed in 1987, the 90-year-old Negri was being attended by a handsome young doctor who looked at her chart, and failed to respond immediately to seeing her name. In her best Norma Desmond mode, she reportedly pulled herself up into a "movie star" pose and asked, "You don't know who I am?!?!?".