Polly Dean Holliday Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
The normally erudite, soft-spoken and well-mannered Alabama-born actress Polly Holliday had accumulated quite an extensive theater background by the time she hit it big on 70s TV as the brash, uninhibited, gum-cracking waitress Florence Jean Castleberry (Flo for short) on the popular sitcom Alice (1976). As a long and respected member of the Asolo ...
Her first Broadway appearance following her departure from long-term TV series hits ("Alice" and "Flo") was the comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace," alongside another actress (Jean Stapleton) who was also trying to get some distance from her own long series of TV hits ("All in the Family" and "Archie Bunker's Place"). Interestingly, before "Arsenic" landed on Broadway, Stapleton appeared in the national tour with Marion Ross in the Holliday role. Ross also was aiming for her first Broadway role after a long TV run in "Happy Days" but the producers re-cast the role for Holliday when Ross was unable to be based in New York.
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Holliday attended Alabama College for Women (now the University of Montevallo, a small liberal arts college just below Birmingham, Alabama).
Was nominated for Broadway's 1990 Tony Award as best actress (featured role - play) for playing Big Mama in a revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Polly's huge, award-winning success as Flo on Alice (1976) did not endear her to the titular star of the show, Linda Lavin, who was increasingly irritated at having the attention and the show stolen from under her. It was reportedly due to this friction that Polly was encouraged to leave for her own spin-off series Flo (1980), which did not succeed. Alice (1976) remained a hit for many years after.
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Played Flo on the tv show Alice (1976), which was based on Diane Ladd's character from the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) Both were nominated for the highest awards in their medium for playing Flo, Polly for an Emmy and Diane for the Oscar. They both lost.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fair Game
2010/I
Diane Plame
The Heartbreak Kid
2007
Beryl
Stick It
2006
Judge Westreich
It Must Be Love
2004
TV Movie
Mama Bell
Home Improvement
1993-1999
TV Series
Lillian Patterson
The Parent Trap
1998
Marva Kulp, Sr.
Homicide: Life on the Street
1996
TV Series
Mrs. Rath
A Loss of Innocence
1996
TV Movie
Christina Eriksen
The Client
1995-1996
TV Series
Momma Love
Mr. Wrong
1996
Mrs. Alston
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Gloria
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
TV Movie
Ruth
Moon Over Parador
1988
Midge
The Equalizer
1988
TV Series
Sister Sara
Amazing Stories
1986
TV Series
Elma Dinnock
The Golden Girls
1986
TV Series
Lily
Konrad
1985
TV Movie
Berti Bartolotti
Stir Crazy
1985
TV Series
Captain Betty
Lots of Luck
1985
TV Movie
Lucille
Gremlins
1984
Ruby Deagle
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
1983
TV Movie
Aunt Minerva
Private Benjamin
1982-1983
TV Series
Capt. Amanda Allen
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
TV Movie
Mary Gertrude
American Playhouse
1982
TV Series
Mrs. Wooster
All the Way Home
1981
TV Movie
Aunt Hannah
Flo
1980-1981
TV Series
Flo Castleberry
Alice
1976-1980
TV Series
Flo Castleberry
You Can't Take It with You
1979
TV Movie
Miriam Kirby
The One and Only
1978
Mrs. Crawford
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
TV Movie
Mrs. Harvey
NBC Special Treat
1976
TV Series
Mrs. Cronkite
All the President's Men
1976
Dardis' Secretary
The Silence
1975
TV Movie
Mrs. Watson
Distance
1975
Mrs. Herman
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
1975
Mrs. Cozzens
The American Parade
1974
TV Mini-Series
Wedding Band
1974
TV Movie
Annabelle
The Catamount Killing
1974
Miss Pearson
Search for Tomorrow
1951
TV Series
Prison Inmate Leader (1974)
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Flo
1980
TV Series creative consultant - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases
2009
TV Movie
Herself
The 44th Annual Tony Awards
1990
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Play
$15 Million
