Polly Williams was born in Sussex, England on 5th January 1950. She was
the third child of the actor and dramatist
Hugh Williams from his second
marriage to the Australian-born actress and dramatist
Margaret Vyner. She was
educated at Cobham Hall in Kent and at finishing school in Madrid,
Spain. She had a career as an actress and model. Her brothers were the
poet
Hugo Williams and the actor
Simon Williams. She died in the London Clinic,
following a long battle with cancer on 24th June 2004, aged 54. She is
survived by her widower the actor
Nigel Havers, two sons from her first
marriage and a stepdaughter from her second.