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Born Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec in the village of Janowa, Poland, Negri trained as a dancer and performed ballet until forced by illness to change her profession. She turned to acting, and by the end of World War I had established herself as a popular stage actress in Warsaw and had appeared in several films.
Her popularity provided her with an opportunity to move to Berlin where she appeared in several films for director Ernst Lubitsch. Their films were successful throughout the world, and in 1922 both were offered contracts with Hollywood studios. Negri's exotic style of glamour proved popular with audiences during the 1920s, and her association with such actors as Charles Chaplin and Rudolph ValentinoRudolph Valentino ( May 6, 1895 August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. He was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antoguolla in Castellaneta, Apulia, Italy to a solidly middle-class family (his father was a veterinarian ensured she remained in the public eye.
Negri caused a media sensation after the death in 1926Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 See also 1926 in aviation 1926 in film 1926 in literature 1926 in mu of Valentino by announcing that they had planned to marry, and following the train that carried his body from New York to Los AngelesThis article is about the city in California. For other uses of 'Los Angeles' see Los Angeles (disambiguation The City of Los Angeles widely known by its abbreviation L. is a large coastal metropolis in Southern California in the western United States., posing for photographers at every stop. At his funeral she fainted several times, and had arranged for a large floral arrangement which spelled her name to be placed on Valentino's coffin. Despite the wide publicity she attracted, many of Valentino's friends stated that Valentino and Negri had not intended to marry. They dismissed her actions as a publicity stuntA publicity stunt is a planned event designed to attract the Public's attention to the promoters, the perpetrators or their cause. Publicity stunts can be professionally organised or set up by amateurs. Brent Butt on a gas station sign Public relations (P. Negri's career began to decline. Her style of vampIn Jazz, a vamp is simply a repeating bass figure. The equivalent in Classical music would be an ostinato. A background vamp provides a performer, or perhaps the pianist's right hand, a harmonic framework upon which to improvise. A vamp often acts as a sp was beginning to go out of vogue, and the advent of talking pictures revealed a accented voice that the public did not warm to.
She made only a few films after this, and worked mainly in Europe. Her final film appearance was in the 1964 Disney film The Moon-spinners . In the same year she received an honorary award from the German film industry, for her career work.
Negri lived her remaining years in relative obscurity. She maintained her flamboyant persona to the end of her life and was often compared to the Gloria Swanson character Norma Desmond, from the film Sunset Boulevard. She died in San Antonio, Texas from a brain tumour and was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
Pola Negri has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard.
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