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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Bette Henritze to Clint Howard
Polly Holliday Biography (1937-)
Full name, Polly Dean Holliday; born July 2, 1937, in Jasper, AL; daughter ofErnest Sullivan (a truck driver) and Velma Mabell (maiden name, Cain) Holliday. Addresses: Agent: Blake Agency, 1333 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, CA90401.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- July 2, 1937
- Jasper, Alabama, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Prison inmate leader, Search for Tomorrow, 1974
- Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry, Alice, CBS, 1976-80
- Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry, Flo, CBS, 1980-81
- Captain Betty, Stir Crazy, CBS, 1985-86
- Momma Love, The Client (also known as John Grisham's The Client), CBS, 1995
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Movies
- Mrs. Watson, Nichols' secretary, The Silence, NBC, 1975
- Mary Gertrude, Missing Children: A Mother's Story, CBS, 1982
- Aunt Minerva ("Min"), The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story, CBS, 1983
- Lucille, Lots of Luck, The Disney Channel, 1985
- Ruth Weidner, A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story, CBS, 1991
- Christina Erikson, A Loss of Innocence, ABC, 1996
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Specials
- Mrs. Lucas, "Eliza," Our Story, PBS, 1975
- Mrs. Cronkite, "Luke Was There," Special Treat, NBC, 1976
- Miriam Kirby, You Can't Take It with You, CBS, 1979
- Aunt Hannah, All the Way Home, NBC, 1981
- Mrs. Wooster, "The Shady Hill Kidnapping," American Playhouse, PBS, 1981
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Episodic
- Mrs. Harvey, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," American Short Story, PBS, 1977
- Major Amanda Allen, Private Benjamin, CBS, 1983
- Lily Lindstrom, "Blind Ambitions," The Golden Girls, 1986
- Elma, "The Pumpkin Competition," Amazing Stories, 1986
- Sister Sara, "Regrets Only," The Equalizer, 1988
- Mrs. Lillian Patterson, "Much Ado about Nana," Home Improvement, ABC, 1993
- Mrs. Lillian Patterson, "'Twas the Night before Chaos," Home Improvement, ABC, 1994
- Mrs. Ruth, "The Heart of a Saturday Night," Homicide: Life on the Street, NBC, 1996
- Mrs. Lillian Patterson, "Taps," Home Improvement, ABC, 1997
- Mrs. Lillian Patterson, "Jill's Passion," Home Improvement, ABC, 1997
- Mrs. Lillian Patterson, "Bright Christmas," Home Improvement, ABC,1997
- Mrs. Lillian Patterson, "Loves Labor Lost: Part 2," Home Improvement, ABC, 1999
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Other Television Appearances
- Flo Castleberry, Alice (pilot), CBS, 1976
- Bertie Bartolotti, "Konrad" (miniseries), Wonderworks, PBS, 1985
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Film Appearances
- Miss Pearson, The Catamount Killing (also known as Pittsville--Ein Safe voll Blut,
Lohngelder fuer Pittsville, and Zabojstwo wCatamount), Hallmark, 1975
- Mrs. Cozzens, W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings, 1975
- Mrs. Herman, Distance, 1975
- Dardis' secretary, All the President's Men, Warner Bros.,1976
- Mrs. Crawford, The One and Only, Paramount, 1978
- Mrs. Ruby Deagle, Gremlins, Warner Bros., 1984
- Midge, Moon over Parador, Universal, 1988
- Gloria Chaney, Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993
- Mrs. Alston, Mr. Wrong, Buena Vista, 1996
- Marva Kulp, Sr., The Parent Trap, Buena Vista, 1998
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Stage Appearances
- (Off-Broadway debut) Orphee, 1964
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Major Barbara, Asolo Theatre Festival, Sarasota, FL, 1967
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As You Like It, Asolo Theatre Festival, 1967
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Servant of Two Masters, Asolo Theatre Festival, 1968
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Look Back in Anger, Asolo Theatre Festival, 1968
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Joe Egg, Asolo Theatre Festival, 1970
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Candida, Asolo Theatre Festival, 1971
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The Subject Was Roses, Asolo Theatre Festival, 1971
- Bananas Shaughnessy, The House of Blue Leaves, Asolo Theatre Festival, 1971
- Annabelle, Wedding Band, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1972
- Dolly, The Red Blue-Grass Western Flyer Show, New Dramatists Theatre, New York City, 1972
- Lee, The Girls Most Likely to Succeed, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1973
- (Broadway debut) Philomena Hopkins, All Over Town, Booth Theatre,1974
- Jean Manning, A Sense of Humor, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1983
- Julie Cavendish, The Royal Family, GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, 1985
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Black Coffee, GeVa Theatre, 1985
- Martha Brewster, Arsenic and Old Lace, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1986
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The Glass Menagerie, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1988
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Broadway production, 1990
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Quarrel of Sparrows, off-Broadway production, 1993
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Picnic, off-Broadway production, 1994
- Edith McIlhenny, The Time of the Cuckoo, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 2000
- Also appeared in Marco Polo Sings a Solo, off-Broadway production;in Dinner on the Ground, New York City; and in Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Memphis Front Street Theatre.
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Major Tours
- Jean Manning, A Sense of Humor, U.S. cities, 1983
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