Pola Illéry
Pola Illéry (born Paula Iliescu; * October 15, 1908 in Corabia, Romania, † February 15, 2012 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) was a Romanian - French film actress.
Life
Pola Illéry, the early enthusiasm for the theater was born as the daughter of Jewish parents in the Romanian port city Corabia. Her first film appearance was in 1928 in the French silent film Le Désir. Although petite, only about 1.50 m tall actress held only a small supporting role here, they caught with their exotic appearance stir. Shortly thereafter, she was offered the opportunity to take in the adventure drama Le Capitaine Fracasse directed by Alberto Cavalcanti a larger part. Her first sound film was the 1930 created American- Romanian Parada Paramount Comedy, in which she appeared under her real name is " Paula Iliescu ". The Christian name of her pseudonym she chose because of their devotion to the film actress Pola Negri.
By participating in the staged by René Clair triangle Sous le toits de Paris Illéry became known in the same year to a large international audience. She had taken over the lead female role of Romanians Girl Pola in this, the new sound-film technique cleverly -use film. Then she received a number of other film offers. In Quatorze Juillet 1933, she worked again with Clair. After La Rue sans nom (1934 ) Illérys film career ended in fact. In 1938, she returned with the French versions of films produced in Germany by Richard Eichberg The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb last time back to the canvas.
In 1939 Illéry, the Jewish faith was, in the United States to escape persecution by the Nazis. In 1946 she became U.S. citizen and lived among others in New York City and Baltimore, before they settled in 1954 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1947, she married Daniel Alpert, who died in 1999. Illéry died on 15 February 2012 at the age of 103 years. She left behind four children.