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