Daphne Pollard

Daphne Pollard (1915)

Daphne Pollard (born October 19, 1891 in Melbourne , Victoria as Daphne Trott , † February 22, 1978 in Los Angeles , California ) was an Australian - American actress and comedian .

life and career

Daphne Trott's exact year of birth is controversial, various sources indicate 1891, 1892 and 1893. The Australian appeared on stage for the first time at the age of six. Alongside her older sister Ivy, she starred in a successful children's drama company called the Pollard Lilliputian Opera Company, which toured Australia, New Zealand and the United States at the turn of the century. Daphne later also used the name of the cast, Pollard , as a stage name for her solo career. At the age of 16 she settled in Los Angeles, where she played in The Bohemian Girl at the local theater. Pollard's trademark became her small size - even as an adult she did not exceed 1.45 meters. In the fall of 1908 she traveled to New York with other actors such as Harry Macdonough and Charles Halton , where they performed various pieces in the Grand Opera. In December 1908 she was first seen on Broadway , where she later played twice. Mainly, however, she was seen in Los Angeles as an actress, mostly in comedic roles.

In 1927 Pollard entered the film business with appearances in Mack Sennett's short film comedies, where she played alongside the largely unknown Carole Lombard , with whom she was also friends. Pollard is also remembered for her appearances in three Laurel and Hardy films: She played the cheeky maid Millie in We Are From the Scottish Infantry Regiment (1935), and in Pear For Dessert (1935) and The Doppelgangers (1936) ) she was seen as the contentious wife of Oliver Hardy . After around 60 films, almost exclusively comedies, she retired from the acting business in 1943 - with an appearance in the Laurel and Hardy film Die Tanzmeister as a mother in a dance school. Then Pollard returned to her roots in vaudeville theater.

She married Ellington Strother Bunch in August 1911, otherwise nothing is known about her private life. In 1978 Daphne Pollard died in Los Angeles at the age of 86. She is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills.

Filmography (selection)

• 1922: The Crossroads of New York
• 1927: The Girl from Everywhere (short film)
• 1928: Love at First Flight
• 1928: The Swim Princess
• 1928: Daphne Pollard in Cleo to Cleopatra
• 1928: Run, Girl, Run (short film)
• 1928: The Good-Bye Kiss
• 1928: Hit of the Show
• 1928: The Campus Carmen
• 1928: Sinners in Love
• 1928: The Campus Vamp
• 1928: Smith's Restaurant
• 1928: The Girl from Nowhere
• 1928: The Lion's Roar
• 1929: The Old Barn
• 1929: Ladies Must Eat
• 1929: Matchmaking Mom
• 1929: The Nightwatchman's Mistake
• 1929: Big Time
• 1929: South Sea Rose
• 1929: The Sky Hawk
• 1930: Sugar Plum Papa
• 1930: Bulls and Bears
• 1930: Honeymoon Zeppelin
• 1930: Swing High
• 1930: Goodbye Legs
• 1930: Divorced Sweethearts
• 1930: Don't Bite Your Dentist
• 1930: Breakfast in Bed
• 1930: Racket Cheers
• 1930: Help Wanted, Female
• 1930: Loose Ankles
• 1930: Bright Lights
• 1931: Seein 'Injuns
• 1931: Hot Wires
• 1931: Bare Knees
• 1931: She Snoops to Conquer
• 1931: The Cat's Paw
• 1931: Slide, Speedy, Slide
• 1931: Crashing Reno
• 1931: Fast and Furious
• 1931: Sold at auction
• 1931: Straight Goods
• 1931: The Lady Refuses
• 1932: Hawkins & Watkins Inc.
• 1932: Monkey Shines
• 1934: Smoked Hams
• 1934: A Peach of a Pair
• 1935: His First Flame
• 1935: Laurel and Hardy - Pear soft for dessert ( Thicker Than Water ; short film)
• 1935: Laurel and Hardy - We're from the Scottish Infantry Regiment (Bonnie Scotland)
• 1936: Laurel and Hardy - The Doppelgangers (Our Relations)
• 1941: Tillie the Toiler
• 1943: Kid Dynamite
• 1943: Laurel and Hardy - The Dancing Masters

Web links

• Daphne Pollard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Daphne Pollard in the Internet Broadway Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Daphne Pollard at IBDB
2. ↑ Daphne Pollard at Find A Grave