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Polly Walters

ActorBorn 1913, died 1994On stage 1933 to 19424 productions on this page

Polly Walters
Elmer Fryer (1898-1944)

Polly Walters (born Maud Walters; January 15, 1913 – March 15, 1994) was an American actress. She is best known for appearing in Smart Money (1931), Blonde Crazy (1931), Young Bride (1932). Walters's work in films often had her in roles of "wisecracking telephone operators and other dizzy dames in early Warner Bros. talkies". On Broadway, she portrayed Curley Flagg in She Loves Me Not (1933), Lulu Johnson in The Body Beautiful (1935), Peaches La Fleur in Red, Hot and Blue (1936) and Miss Hook in The Life of Reilly (1942). She also was a dancer in vaudeville. Walters died on March 15, 1994, in New York City at the age of 81.

On stage

4 productions, 9 years
1933
She Loves Me NotBroadway 46th Street Theatre. Original
360 performances
1935
The Body BeautifulBroadway Plymouth Theatre. Original
4 performances
1936
Red, Hot, and BlueBroadway Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by Howard Lindsay
183 performances
1942
The Life of ReillyBroadway Broadhurst Theatre. Original. Directed by Roy Hargrave
5 performances

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