Malvina Polo (July 26, 1903 – January 6, 2000) was an American film actress and concert pianist.
She appeared in five films, all early in the 1920s. Some of her films were made abroad. She also performed on stage.
Polo was the daughter of actor
Eddie Polo and actress
Alice Finch.
She married Jeronimo "Carlos" Quiroga, brother of
Alex Romero, whom she met while filming in 1924.
Polo gave up her acting career after marriage and supported her husband between his choreography work by sewing costumes for the ''
Ice Follies
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''.
She died in
San Juan Capistrano, California
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Named for Saint John of Capistrano, San Ju ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''The Yellow Streak'' (1921)
* ''
Foolish Wives
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'' (1922)
* ''Der Fluch der Habgier'' (1922)
* ''
A Woman of Paris
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'' (1923) directed by
Charles Chaplin
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* ''
Wolves of the North'' (1924)
References
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1903 births
2000 deaths
20th-century American actresses
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
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