Pola_Illéry

Pola Illéry

Pola Illéry

Romanian-American actress and singer (1909–1993)


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.

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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 United States Army Air Corps Major Charles H. Greiner (1914–1947)[4] during World War II and moved to the United States with him on May 26, 1946.[5] The marriage only lasted a few months before he was killed in an accident. She worked for the American Red Cross as a nurse during the war and took up American citizenship in 1946. She later married James Gibson and the couple moved to Palos Verdes, California, where Illéry lived for the rest of her life.[6]

Selected filmography


References

  1. Naturalization papers. "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.
  2. Birth death of maj Charles Greiner. "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.
  3. 1946 passenger list for Paula Greiner. "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Spotlight on nostalgia". The Independent. October 8, 1973. Retrieved April 14, 2014.

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