Krystyna Ankwicz in a play The Other Name of Love, 1932

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NEW ✨ Another portion of stills from The Tattooist of Auschwitz with JONAH HAUER-KING, ANNA PRÓCHNIAK, and JONAS NAY published in The Times UK

Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass was a Polish actress.

“Pola Negri was the first European actress to be wooed, won and misunderstood by Hollywood … She had the kind of down-to-earth animal magnetism that more recent audiences associate with a Bardot or a Loren. She was a descendant of Polish gypsies, and her ancestry was reflected in the demeanour and tatty clothes of her screen image – it added to her desirability. As one critic engagingly noted at the time, trying to explain her attraction, “You had the feeling that the back of her neck was dirty.” Hollywood imported her and immediately sanitized her, washing off the dirt and replacing her tatters with elegant clothes and elaborate coiffures – it didn’t work, but she made a hell of a name for herself during her tempestuous decade in the movie capital.”

/ From The Illustrated Encyclopedia of The World’s Great Movie Stars (1979) by Ken Wlaschin /

“She played the definitive Hollywood Star. No sooner had she landed in town than she set up an affair with a biggie, Charlie Chaplin, kept a panther on a leash, called everyone “darling”, demanded that she be called Madame Negri or Countess Dombski, sabotaged shootings with tantrums and feigned headaches, laid Chaplin aside for Valentino (more to the point), gave a smashing performance at his funeral in New York shortly before suing his estate for $15,000 (a loan), and like Swanson, married a title. She could act, too.”

/ From Movie Star: A Look at the Women Who Made Hollywood (1983) by Ethan Mordden /

Born on this day: volcanic Polish silent movie diva Pola Negri (née Apolonia Chalupec, 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987).

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Polish actress Krystyna Mikołajewska on set of movie ‘Sobótki’, 1965.

Joanna Jabłczyńska Polish Actress

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Pola Negri ❤️

Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass (1940-1995) was a Polish actress. She was born in Partów, a village in central Poland, then under German-controlled Poland. Although she received ballet and dance education, she eventually took up an acting career

“Sekret”, 1973