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POLLY MORAN AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1883 JUNE 28 -1952 JANUARY 25

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 POLLY MORAN AMERICAN ACTRESS  BORN 1883 JUNE 28 -1952 JANUARY 25 Pauline Theresa Moran  (June 28, 1883 – January 25, 1952) billed as  Polly Moran , was an American actress of vaudeville, stage and screen and comedian. Career [ edit ] Born in Chicago, Illinois, Moran started in  vaudeville , and widely toured North America, as well as various other locations that included Europe and South Africa. An attractive beauty of Irish descent, she left vaudeville in 1914 after signing for  Mack Sennett  at  Keystone Studios  as one of his  Sennett Bathing Beauties . [1]  There she honed the style of the brash, loud-mouthed, knock-about comedian by which she later became known. She proved effective at  slapstick [1]  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 app...

About Dolores Moran (JANUARY 27,1924 – FEBRUARY 5,1982)

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  About Dolores Moran  (JANUARY 27,1924 – FEBRUARY 5,1982) Dolores Moran was born on January 27, 1924 in Stockton, California. On February 5, 1982. She was the daughter of James G. "Jim" Moran and his wife, Mary Esther Moran. She had a sister, Marjorie. She passed away in Woodland Hills, California, after a battle with cancer, at the age of 58. Dolores Moran was a beautiful, very well-endowed teenager who won a bunch of teen beauty contests, such as becoming the Queen of Butte County Fair. The prize was a trip to Yosemite National Park, where she was photographed by NAtional Geographic photographers. In 1941, Dolores was spotted by a Warner Brothers talent scout at a Sacramento Elks Lodge picnic, and signed a contracting with Warner Brothers, at the age of 17. She was given singing and dancing lessons, and appeared twice a week doing tap routines in army camp shows. The year 1943 was a good year for Dolores. Dolores Moran had become a popular pin-up girl with soldiers and app...