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Polly Walters

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Actor 1913–1994 On stage 1933–1942

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 Not 46th Street Theatre · Original 360 perf.
1935 The Body Beautiful Plymouth Theatre · Original 4 perf.
1936 Red, Hot, and Blue Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Howard Lindsay 183 perf.
1942 The Life of Reilly Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Roy Hargrave 5 perf.

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  • Cast: Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, Bob Hope, Polly Walters, Paul & Grace Hartman, Vivian Vance, Lew Parkerebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • C AST : Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman (as “Nails” O’Reilly Duquesne), Bob Hope, Paul Hartman, Grace Hartman, Polly Walters, Prentiss Davis, Leo Shippers, Bernard Jannsen, Bill Bennerebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • John Beal, Polly Walters, and Burgess Meredith (1. to r.) starred in this 1934 production of She Loves Me Not. [Theatre Arts Monthly; Gray-O'Reilly Action Study]theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N).txt

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