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Polly Rowles (1914–2001)

Actress | Soundtrack

After moving from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Hollywood she signed a movie contract with Universal. In the 1930s, she appeared in a few films while at that studio and launched her stage career by 1938. Her Broadway debut was as Calpurnia in an Orson Welles' production of "Julius Caesar." She maintained a busy career onstage in the USA as well as in England... See full bio »

Born:

Mary Elizabeth Rowles
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 87) in Concord, New Hampshire, USA
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1986 Sweet Liberty
Mrs. Delvechio
 
1986 Power
Lucille DeWitt
 
1982 My Body, My Child (TV movie)
Grace
 
1975 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (TV movie)
Miss Jones
 
1974 Somerset (TV series)
Freda Lang
 
1966 The Group
Mrs. Andrews
 
1965 The Nurses (TV series)
Mrs. Grassberg
 
1965 For the People (TV series)
Ellen Whaley
– The Right to Kill (1965) … Ellen Whaley
 
1964-1965 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Mrs. Grossberg / Nurse Grossberg
– The Patient Nurse (1965) … Nurse Grossberg
– Time for You and Time for Me (1964) … Mrs. Grossberg
– A Postcard from Yucatan (1964) … Mrs. Grossberg
– White on White (1964) … Mrs. Grossberg
 
1964 The Reporter (TV series)
Grace
– Extension Seven (1964) … Grace
 
1961-1962 The Defenders (TV series)
Helen Donaldson
– The Iron Man (1962) … Helen Donaldson
– The Attack (1961) … Helen Donaldson
– The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms (1961) … Helen Donaldson
– The Boy Between (1961) … Helen Donaldson
– Killer Instinct (1961) … Helen Donaldson
 
1959-1961 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Mabelle Rainey / Stella Ames
– Watching Out for Dulle (1961) … Mabelle Rainey
– When in Rome (1960)
– Apple of His Eye (1959) … Stella Ames
 
1961 Naked City (TV series)
Mrs. Larne
– Tombstone for a Derelict (1961) … Mrs. Larne
 
1960 Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (TV movie)
Madame de Guisse
 
1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Legend of Lovers (1960)
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– Diary of a Nurse (1959)
 
1958 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Case for Room 310 (1958)
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Janet Archer / Susan
– Kiss and Tell (1956) … Janet Archer
– Man on a Tiger (1956) … Susan
 
1954-1956 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Aunt Lucy
– The Genie of Sutton Place (1956) … Aunt Lucy
– Fatal in My Fashion (1954)
 
1951-1956 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Daisy
– The Man on Roller Skates (1956) … Daisy
– Hilda McKay (1951)
 
1954-1956 Justice (TV series)
Peg
– The Trapped (1956) … Peg
– Gamble with Life (1954)
 
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Nell Cutts
– The Older Sister (1956) … Nell Cutts
 
1955 Star Tonight (TV series)
– Gang Up (1955)
 
1954-1955 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– Life and Taxes (1955)
– The Glass Parlor (1955)
– Forty Weeks of Uncle Tom (1954)
 
1951-1955 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Lucy
– The Iron Cobweb (1955) … Lucy
– Dark Victory (1951)
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Mother
– Family Meeting (1955) … Mother
 
1954 Center Stage (TV series)
– The Human Touch (1954)
 
1953-1954 Jamie (TV series)
Aunt Laurie
– Camp (1954) … Aunt Laurie
– Jamie and the Pet Shop (1954) … Aunt Laurie
– Jamie Takes Violin Lessons (1954) … Aunt Laurie
– Jamie Has Teacher Trouble (1954) … Aunt Laurie
– Laurie Makes Dough (1954) … Aunt Laurie
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1952-1953 Danger (TV series)
– Prodigal Returns (1953)
– The Way of Freedom (1952)
 
1953 The Plymouth Playhouse (TV series)
Aunt Laurie
– Jamie (1953) … Aunt Laurie
 
1952 The Doctor (TV series)
– The Trusting Heart (1952)
 
1951-1952 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– We Were Children (1952)
– Night at the Vulcan (1951)
 
1951-1952 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
– The Fascinating Stranger (1952)
– The Royal Family (1951)
– Light Up the Sky (1951)
 
1951 The Web (TV series)
– Solid Gold (1951)
 
1937 Springtime in the Rockies
Sandra Knight
 
1937 Some Blondes Are Dangerous
Mrs. Lewis
 
1937 Vogues of 1938
Betty Mason
 
1937 West Bound Limited
Janet Martin
 
1937 Wings Over Honolulu
Rosalind Furness
 
1936 Love Letters of a Star
Lydia Todd
 
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1937 Springtime in the Rockies (performer: "There'll Be a Hayridin' Wedding in June" - uncredited)
 
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1961 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Herself
– Much Ado About Music (1961) … Herself
 

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