CELEBRITY HOMES

Pola Negri

Then & Now

 

 

621 North Beverly Boulevard

Beverly Hills, California

 

“When Rudy returned from Europe, he came directly to my house. He bounded out of the car and raced to the door, shouting, “Polita, I am free! I am free! — Pola Negri, from her autobiography, Memoirs of a Star

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Pola Negri lived here during her relationship with Rudolph Valentino in 1925-1926. She sold the house several months after Valentino’s death.

 

 

An artists rendition of Negri’s residence, circa 1925

 

Negri’s former residence today, which has changed very little since the 1920s

 

(Courtesy Joe Yranski)

 

 

Photo of residence with Pola standing at door

 

The residence as it looked from the backyard in the 1920s

 

Pola standing at door of residence

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