Polly Adams Biography ((?)-)

Born August 30 in Nashville, TN; married John Klausz (an architect), September 29, 1979; children: Zachary, Jesse. Addresses: Agent: Don Buchwald and Associates, 10 E. 44th Street, New York, NY 10017.

Nationality: American
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: August 30,; Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Hilda and Nancy, Any Woman Can't, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1973
Lieutenant Mayshank, Trees in the Wind, Ham and Clov Stage Company, AMDA Theatre, New York City, 1974
Jane Sloat Shannigan, The Shortchanged Review, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1975
(Broadway debut) Nina, Zalmen, or the Madness of God, Lyceum Theatre, 1976
Amy Herbert, Porch, Encompass Theatre, New York City, 1976
Mother Ryan, New Dramatists, New York City, 1977
Feynman's mother, Moving Bodies, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2000
Also appeared as Amanda, Private Lives, Mona, Want, Elizabeth, Deja Vu, Mary, Pieces, Belle Wonder, The Man-Killer,Miss Subways, Miss Subways Meets the Sex Machine, Marion, The Ginger Man, and in Ord-way Ames-gay, all off-Broadway productions; asHonor, The Wager, Henriette, Learned Ladies, Alkmene, Mourning Hercules, Faye Precious, Who's Happy Now, Katerina Prolomnaya, Journey of the Fifth Horse, Stella Kowalski, A Streetcar NamedDesire, Corie Bratter, Barefoot in the Park, Brenda, Lovers andOther Strangers, Elizabeth, Catch Me If You Can, Ruth, My Sister Eileen, and Anne Sullivan, The Miracle Worker, all in repertoryat Stanford University, Stanford, CA, and Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Film Appearances
Receptionist, Never Put It in Writing, Allied Artists, 1964
Clinic Exclusive (also known as With These Hands ...), 1971
Kathryn, L'Etincelle (also known as Tug of Love), 1984
Forewoman, The Juror, Columbia TriStar Films de Espana, S.A., 1996
Ellen, Element of Doubt, 1996
Exercise tape fan, Celebrity, Miramax, 1998

A Woman of the North, 1999
Also appeared as Pia Schmeel, Malachi McNultey Plays for You.
Television Appearances
Series
Carol Barclay, R.N., The Edge of Night (also known as Edge of Night), 1977-78
Dorothy, Sob Sisters, 1989
Jean Halifax, Bonjour la classe, 1993
Dr. Barbara Sills, The Guiding Light (also known as Guiding Light), 1999
Movies
Jane Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, 1967
Miniseries
Appeared as host, The Tourists Are Coming.
Specials
Ann Protheroe, The Murder at the Vicarage (also known as Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Series IV), Arts and Entertainment, 1986
Helen, A Dark Adapted Eye, PBS, 1994
Florence Chapman, The Cinder Path, PBS, 1994
Episodic
Dr. Roberta Gellman, "Second Opinion," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
Monica Sutter, "Performance," Law & Order, NBC, 1995
Kelly McFarland, "Harm," Law & Order, NBC, 1999
Woman in bank, "Film at Eleven," Now and Again, ABC, 2000
Also appeared as Louisa Dorsey, All My Children, ABC.
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
Eat Right for Your Type by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo with CatherineWhitney, Harper Audio, 1998

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