Pola Illéry

Paula Iliescu Gibson (18 December 1909^[3] – 19 October 1993) known professionally as Pola Illery, was a Romanian-American actress and singer, best known for her appearances in early French film, and of the latter after emigrating to the United States, in Hollywood films, best known for her portrayal of vamps, she appeared in both silent film and talkie films, in a decade long screen career between 1928 and 1938.

Biography

Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Corabia, Romania as Paula Iliescu, she changed her name to "Pola" in tribute to the Polish actress and singer Pola Negri.

Illéry made her screen debut appearing in French films in the late-1920s and continuing in roles until the end of the 1930s. She appeared as the lead in René Clair's musical comedy Under the Roofs of Paris (1930). She also played the lead in Parada Paramount, the Romanian-language version of Paramount on Parade (1930), which was made in Paris by Paramount Pictures. She is believed to have made her last film appearance's in 1938.

Illéry married a

• Captain Fracasse (1929)
• Illusions (1930)
• Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
• The Man in Evening Clothes (1931)
• Bastille Day (1933)
• In the Land of the Sun (1934)
• Street Without a Name (1934)
• The Guardian Angel (1934)

References

External links

• Pola Illéry at
  IMDb