Silent Film Actress Pola Illery 1908-2012

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In Memoriam: Pola Illéry


Pola Illéry (October 15, 1908 - February 15, 2012)

During the silent film era there was a pool of movie stars from other
parts of the world who graced the silver screen in both Hollywood and
foreign cinema and exuded a sense of sexuality, charm, beauty, and
intrique. One of which was Romanian actress Pola Illéry. She was born
October 15, 1908 in Corabia, Romania to a middle class Jewish family.
She came to foreign film in France starting in 1929 in Le Desir and
she cemented her fame with the female lead in Rene Clair's Under the
Roofs of Paris (1930) as well as the Romanian adaptation of Paramount
on Parade (1930). From 1929 to 1938 she appeared in 15 films, a
majority of which were in leading roles and divided her time between
Romania and France. She made her last film appearance in Le tombeau
hindou in 1938. With the arrival of World War II in 1939 she fled
Europe to escape Nazism and came to America where she became a
Naturalized Citizen in 1946. After living in such cities as New York
and Baltimore she made a home for herself in Scranton, Pennsylvania in
1954 and spent the six decades of her life dedicated to her family,
religious, political, and social causes. She died with family by her
side on February 15, 2012 from old age at her Scranton area home.
Following a private Jewish funeral service on February 16, 2012 at the
Temple Israel Synagogue she was laid to rest at Hyde Park Cemetery in
Scranton, PA. She was survived by four children, six grandchildren,
and three great-grandchildren. Her husband, Daniel Alpert, whom she
married in 1947, pre-deceased her in 1999 after 52 years of marriage.
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Unfortunately, two years down the line, this obituary has been revealed as an outright fabrication from beginning to end. Pola Illéry's real birth and death details are:

b. Paula Iliescu in Corabia, Romania, on December 18th, 1909.
g. Paula Iliescu Gibson in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, USA, on October 19th, 1993.

Further detail can be found at:
http://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11693#p129641

It goes without saying that, over the past two years, all the misinformation has established itself as 'fact' at the usual online encyclopedias and databases, as well as having been reprinted in several newspapers and books.