Polly Holliday
Polly Dean Holliday (born July 2, 1937 in Jasper , Alabama ) is an American actress .
life and career
Holliday was born in Jasper, Alabama to Velma Mabell and Ernest Sillivan Holliday, a truck driver. Prior to her acting career, Holliday worked as a piano teacher in her native Alabama and in Florida . She began her acting work at the Asolo Repertory Theater in Sarasota , where she worked for 10 years.
She gained great fame through the role of Florence Jean Castleberry alias Flo , which she embodied in the sitcom Imbiß mit Bß . The character's popularity led to its own spin-off show of the same name, in which Polly Holliday again played the title role of Flo. She has also appeared in various films. She appeared in The Untouchables , Gremlins - Little Monsters , Mrs. Doubtfire - The Spiky Nanny and A Gemini Seldom Comes Alone .
In 1973 she moved to New York and also worked as a theater actress. She starred in Alice Childress ' play Wedding Band in the Public Theater and in the Broadway production All Over Town . While working there, she befriended well-known actor Dustin Hoffman , who worked with on the 1976 film All the President's Men .
She was also seen in television series such as B. Golden Girls , in which she played Rose Nylund's blind sister Lily. She played the role of Jill's mother in the sitcom Listen, Who's That Hammering . She was nominated for a Tony Award in 1990 for her role in the Broadway performance The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof .
Filmography (selection)
- 1974: Pittsville - A safe full of blood
- 1974: Search for Tomorrow (TV series)
- 1975: A super guy hits the kettledrum
- 1975: Deadly distance
- 1975: The Silence
- 1975: The Catamount Killing
- 1976: The incorruptible
- 1976: Bernice Bobs Her Hair
- 1978: The charming loudmouth
- 1979: You Can't Take It with You
- 1981: All the Way Home
- 1982: Baby Thieves - Stolen Children
- 1983: The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
- 1984: Gremlins - Little Monsters
- 1985: Lots of Luck
- 1985: Konrad
- 1988: moon over Parador
- 1991: Listen who's hammering there
- 1991: A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
- 1993: Mrs. Doubtfire - The Prickly Nanny
- 1996: Mr. Wong - The dream man turns into a nightmare
- 1996: end of innocence
- 1998: A Twin Seldom Comes Alone ( The Parent Trap )
- 2006: Rebel in sneakers
- 2004: It Must Be Love
- 2004: Dawn of the Dead
- 2007: After 7 days - chipped out
- 2010: Fair Game
Web links
- Polly Holliday in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alice (TV Series 1976–1985) - IMDb. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holliday, Polly |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holliday, Polly Dean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jasper , Alabama |