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Polly Rowles (1914–2001)

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 ... See full bio »
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Known For

The United States Steel Hour
The United States Steel Hour Mabelle Rainey / Stella Ames
(1959-1961)
Springtime in the Rockies
Springtime in the Rockies Sandra Knight
(1937)
Sweet Liberty
Sweet Liberty Mrs. Delvechio
(1986)
West Bound Limited
West Bound Limited Janet Martin
(1937)
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 1986 Sweet Liberty
Mrs. Delvechio
 1986 Power
Lucille DeWitt
 1982 My Body, My Child (TV Movie)
Grace
 1974 Somerset (TV Series)
Frieda Lang
- Episode #1.1062 (1974) ... Frieda Lang
- Episode #1.1008 (1974) ... Frieda Lang
 1966 The Group
Mrs. Andrews
 1965 The Nurses (TV Series)
Mrs. Grossberg
- Episode #1.7 (1965) ... Mrs. Grossberg
 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 Benefactor (1962) ... Helen Donaldson
- The Iron Man (1962) ... Helen Donaldson
- The Hickory Indian (1962) ... Helen Donaldson
- The Empty Chute (1962) ... Helen Donaldson
- The Locked Room (1962) ... Helen Donaldson
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 1959-1961 The United States Steel Hour (TV Series)
Mabelle Rainey / Stella Ames
- Watching Out for Dulie (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 Too Young to Go Steady (TV Series)
Mary Blake
- Pilot (1959) ... Mary Blake
 1959 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
Nurse Principal
- Diary of a Nurse (1959) ... Nurse Principal
 1959 Omnibus (TV Series) (segment)
- Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway (1959) ... (segment)
 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 Repertory Theatre (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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