Emery, Pollie (1875–1958)

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Emery, Pollie (1875–1958)

English actress. Name variations: Polly Emery. Born May 10, 1875, in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died Oct 31, 1958, in London, England; dau. of Rose and Frank Emery (actor and manager); niece of G.W. Anson.

Made stage debut at Liverpool in Nine Points of the Law, then toured South Africa, Australia and New Zealand for many years; made London debut as Sarah in Trelawny of the Wells (1898), followed by Mixed Relations, Our Flat, Lady Huntworth's Experiment, Married by Degrees, The Case of Lady Camber, Who's Hooper?, Sweet William, Hocus Pocus, Tobacco Road, and Pericles, among others; films include Nothing Else Matters, If Four Walls Told, The Third String and A Sister to Assist 'Er.