- Born
- Died
- Birth namePaula Iliescu
- Height4′ 11″ (1.50 m)
- Pola Illéry was an exotic silent film star in France and Romania during the 1920s and made a modest transition to sound films in the 1930s. She was known for portraying sexually liberated women and was considered the most glamorous film star in Romania. After she left films feeling she achieved her time in the spotlight she fled to America in 1939 with the rise of Nazism. After moving between New York and Maryland she settled in Pennsylvania and spent her life living modestly with the family she had created and raised until her death from old age.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseDaniel Alpert(April 8, 1947 - November 10, 1999) (his death, 4 children)
- Strong cheekbones
- Wide, hurt eyes
- Was a frequent volunteer nurse for the American Red Cross.
- At the time of her death, she was known as Polly Alpert.
- Chose to live in Pennsylvania for she felt it exemplified the beauty of America.
- She was the mother of four children. She also had six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
- She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1946.
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