Polly Moran

Polly Moran
Born	Pauline Theresa Moran June 28, 1883(1883-06-28) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 25, 1952(1952-01-25) (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Pauline Moran
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1950
Spouse	Martin T. Malone (1933-1952) (her death) ? (?-1917) (divorced)

Polly Moran (June 28, 1883 – January 25, 1952) was an American actress and comedian.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Moran started out in vaudeville, and widely toured North America, as well as various other locations that included Europe and South Africa. An attractive Irish beauty in her youth she left vaudeville in 1914 after signing for Mack Sennett at Keystone Studios where she honed the style of brash loud-mouth knock-about comedy for which she later became known. She proved effective at slapstick and remained with Sennett for several years until she was signed by MGM. She partnered with the famous Broadway star Marie Dressler in The Callahans and the Murphys (1927), and the two went on to appear in several films together such as Chasing Rainbows (1930) and Caught Short (1930). After Dressler's death in 1934 Moran's career declined, and she only starred in low budget comedies or B-movies, though she still maintained an active Hollywood social life, throwing large and well-publicized parties. Moran made a comeback after co-starring in Adam's Rib (1949).

After an earlier marriage that ended in divorce in 1917, Moran married Martin T. Malone in 1933. This second marriage ended upon her death from cardiovascular disease in 1952. She had one child, a son, who was adopted between her two marriages. Although a number of biographies give Moran's date of death as being January 25, 1952, her grave marker reads, "January 24, 1952," possibly in error.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6300 Hollywood Boulevard.

Selected filmography

• Their Social Splash (1915)
• The Pullman Bride (1917)
• The Scarlet Letter (1926)
• The Callahans and the Murphys (1927)
• London After Midnight (1927)
• The Enemy (1927)
• Rose-Marie (1928)
• Bringing Up Father (1928)
• The Unholy Night (1929)
• Chasing Rainbows (1930)
• The Girl Said No (1930)
• Caught Short (1930)
• Paid (1930)
• The Stolen Jools (1931)
• Reducing (1931)
• Politics (1931)
• Guilty Hands (1931)
• Prosperity (1932)
• Red River Range (1938)
• Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
• Petticoat Politics (1941)
• Red Light (1949)
• Adam's Rib (1949)
• The Yellow Cab Man (1950)

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Polly Moran

• Polly Moran at the Internet Movie Database
• Polly Moran at AllRovi
• Polly Moran at Find a Grave
• Polly Moran at Virtual History