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Violetta Napierska

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Violetta Napierska
Born1890
Died1968 (in Italy)
NationalityGerman
OccupationActress

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).

The band Darling Violetta took their name from the salutation allegedly used by Béla Lugosi in his letters to Violetta Napierska.[citation needed]

Filmography

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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

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  1. ^ 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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