Violetta Napierska (sometimes Violette Napierska) was a film actress. Most of her acting career she worked in German silent films, often with Béla Lugosi (with whom she had a romantic relationship for a time),[1] Lee Parry and director Richard Eichberg.[1] She was born in Germany in 1890, and died in Italy in 1968 (at age 78).
Violetta Napierska | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 1890 |
| Died | 1968 (in Italy) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Actress |
The band Darling Violetta took their name from the salutation allegedly used by Béla Lugosi in his letters to Violetta Napierska.[citation needed]
Filmography
edit| original title | English title | year |
|---|---|---|
| La Vena d'Oro | 1955 | |
| Coeur de gueux | 1936 | |
| Cuor di vagabondo | 1936 | |
| La coqueluche de ces dames | 1935 | |
| Le p'tit Parigot | 1926 | |
| Der Mitternachtszug | 1923 | |
| Die graue Macht | 1923 | |
| Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin (later retitled The Ordeal of Eva Grunwald) | 1922 | |
| Der Verfluchte | 1921 | |
| Die Macht des Blutes - 2. In der Schlinge des Inders | 1921 | |
| Die Macht des Blutes - 1. Der Tod in Venedig | 1921 | |
| Die Kette der Schuld | 1921 | |
| Sträflingsketten - 2. Das Geständnis vor dem Tod | 1920 | |
| Staatsanwalt Briands Abenteuer - 2. Dem Wellengrab entronnen | 1920 | |
| Staatsanwalt Briands Abenteuer - 1. Die ungültige Ehe | 1920 | |
| Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan - 2. Der Tod des Großfürsten | Dance on the Volcano II Daughter of the Night (USA) |
1920 |
| Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan - 1. Sybil Young | Dance on the Volcano I Daughter of the Night (USA) |
1920 |
| Hypnosis (aka Slave of a Foreign Will) | Hypnosis | 1920 |
| Der Fluch der Menschheit, 2. Teil - Im Rausche der Milliarden | In the Ecstasy of Billions | 1920 |
| Der Fluch der Menschheit, 1. Teil - Die Tochter der Arbeit | The Curse of Man | 1920 |
| Die Abenteuer der Marquise von Königsmarck | 1919 | |
| Jettatore | 1919 | |
| Nonne und Tänzerin | 1919 | |
| Sünden der Eltern | Sins of the Parents | 1919 |
References
edit- ^ a b Don Rhodes, Gary (January 1997). Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. McFarland & Company. p. 230. ISBN 9780786402571.
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