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Polly Rowles

Shows · Polly Rowles

Actor 1914–2001 On stage 19371982

Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Rowles (January 10, 1914 – October 7, 2001) was an American actress.

On stage 18 productions, 45 years

1937 Julius Caesar Mercury Theatre · Revival · directed by Hiram Sherman 157 perf.
1948 Anne of the Thousand Days Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by H. C. Potter 288 perf.
1949 King Richard III Booth Theatre · Revival · directed by Richard Barr 23 perf.
1950 The Golden State Fulton Theatre · Original 25 perf.
1951 The Small Hours National Theatre · Original 20 perf.
1952 Gertie Plymouth Theatre · Revival 5 perf.
1952 Time Out for Ginger Lyceum Theatre · Original 248 perf.
1955 The Wooden Dish Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Louis Calhern 12 perf.
1956 Auntie Mame Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Morton Da Costa 639 perf.
1956 Goodbye Again Helen Hayes Theatre · Revival 7 perf.
1959 Look After Lulu Henry Millers Theatre · Original · directed by Cyril Ritchard 39 perf.
1960 A Mighty Man Is He Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Reginald Denham 5 perf.
1962 No Strings 54th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Joe Layton 580 perf.
1966 The Best Laid Plans Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Storch 3 perf.
1966 The Killing of Sister George Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Val May 205 perf.
1968 Forty Carats Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 780 perf.
1973 The Women 46th Street Theatre · Revival · directed by Morton Da Costa 63 perf.
1982 Steaming Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Roger Smith 65 perf.

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Worked with more than once9 names

Wendell K Phillips 2 productions
Tom Poston 2 productions
Robert Duke 2 productions
Patricia Wheel 2 productions
Marian Hailey 2 productions
Kathleen Bolton 2 productions
Joyce Lear 2 productions
John Randolph 2 productions
John Cecil Holm 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 6 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature6 passages

  • Cast: Richard Kiley, Diahann Carroll, Polly Rowles, Noelle Adam, Bernice Massi, Don Chastain, Alvin Epstein, Mitchell Greggebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • With: Julie Harris, Glenda Farrell, Murray Hamilton, Polly Rowles, Michael Nouriebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt
  • - producedbySheldon R. Usbliner Gand David Blo ‘starring Gene Barry with Lenora Rene D7Jamin Bartlett, Polly Rowles, Marc Jordan, and David-James Carroll opened January 11, 1978 National Theatre, Washington, DCtheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • Beckman/Dubufay/Gastoni/Francis/Hooch/Harry/Barnard Hughes+ Polly Rowles Dubufay/Dunbar/Bubber/Sidney/Howardina'stheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • Will Hare, Bette Henritze, Stefan Schnabel, Polly Rowles, Barnard Hughes, Madeleine Sherwoodtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • Michael Tylo, Polly Rowles, Patricia Reilly i “Ring Round the Moon” Right: Edmund Lyndeck, Carolyn Lagerfelt, Tom Spackman, Michael Allinson in “The Devil’s Disciple”theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

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  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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