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| Violetta
Napierska
1900 - 1985 |
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. The actress and dancer Violetta Napierska was born Violette Bertha Theodora Amélie Louise Ella Bella Heermann in Geneva. She grew up in an artistic household. After his military career, her father was a cellist at the Paris Opera. She received dance lessons from Isadora Duncan at a young age and was subsequently able to perform as a dancer at the Opera Comique in Paris. During a stay in Berlin she came in contact with the film business and launched her silent movie career in 1919 with movies like “Jettatore - Der böse Blick” (19) and “Nonne und Tänzerin” (19). In the next two years followed other successful productions which were mostly directed by Richard Eichberg. To these movies belong “Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan” (20), “Staatsanwalt Briands Abenteuer” (20), ‘Sträflingsketten’ (20) and “Die Macht des Blutes” (21). Besides Violetta Napierska the actress Lee Parry also played a leading role in all these movies. After her cooperation with Richard Eichberg and Lee Parry came other popular movies into being till the middle of the 20's like "Der Verfluchte" (21), "Der Fechter von Ravenna" (23), "Der Mitternachtszug" (23) and "Die graue Macht" (23). Her last silent movie came in France into being with "Le p'tit Parigot" (26). Afterwards Violetta Napierska retired from the film business after her marriage with Giovanni Seyta and first moved to Paris. In 1936 she made a comeback with "Coeur de gueux" (36). Afterwards the couple moved to Italy where she took part many years later in "Il cavaliere del sogno" (47) and "La vena d'oro" (55) with a still unknown teenager called Mario Girotti alias Terence Hill. Other movies with Violetta Napierska:
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