Violetta Napierska (sometimes ''Violette Napierska'') was a film actress. Most of her acting career she worked in

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silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

s, often with

Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic Dracula (1931 English-lan ...

(with whom she had a romantic relationship for a time),

Lee Parry Lee Parry (born Mathilde Charlotte Benz, 14 January 1901 – 24 January 1977) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1939. Biography Lee Parry was born Mathilde Charlotte Benz on 14 Jan ...

and director

Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg (27 October 1888 – 8 May 1952) was a German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germ ...

. She was born in Germany in 1890, and died in Italy in 1968 (at age 78). The band

Darling Violetta Darling Violetta is an American dark wave band based in Hollywood, California, United States. Their name is taken from the salutation used by Bela Lugosi in letters to his mistress, Violetta Napierska. The band released their first EP ''Bath-W ...

took their name from the salutation allegedly used by Béla Lugosi in his letters to Violetta Napierska.

Filmography

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Portrait of Violetta Napierska
20th-century German actresses German silent film actresses Place of death missing 1890 births 1968 deaths {{film-actor-stub