Paalen, Bella eigentlich Izabella Pollack#
b. Paszto (Hungary), Dec. 9, 1881, d. New York (USA), July 28, 1964, singer (contralto). Student of R. Papier-Paumgartner, 1905/1906 at the Graz Stadttheater, 1906-1937 at the Vienna Opera; appearances at the Salzburg Festival. From 1939 in New York.