Polly Bailey

AKA: Polly Van
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1882-07-29

Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {34}

Mrs. Belsher (uncredited)

1950-05-11 6.927

Stars in My Crown

An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction. ...
Genre :Drama, Western

Hooper (as Polly Van)

1921-06-17 0

Wedding Bells

Rosalie Wayne (Talmadge) meets Reginald Carter (Ford) after he introduces himself while chasing her dog with one of his oxfords, and she marries him in haste. Reggie comes down with the measles follow ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Nora (as Polly Van)

1925-09-04 0

Tearin' Loose

Jim Dorn, owner of the Bar X Ranch, is accused of crime he actually committed by Bud Deering, his girlfriend Ann's brother. ...
Genre :Western

1942-03-13 0

Wedded Blitz

Errol is a character actor who wears various makeups, costumes, and disguises when he goes home. His neighbors mistakenly suspect his glamorous young wife is playing around with strange men. ...
Genre :Comedy

Scrub Woman (uncredited)

1946-05-10 6.6

Bedlam

London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Woman at Slot Machine (uncredited)

1949-05-20 6

The Lady Gambles

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the ...
Genre :Drama

Crying Mother

1937-01-27 7

Man Of The People

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks. ...
Genre :Drama

1947-07-16 6.51

They Won't Believe Me

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Woman (uncredited)

1950-09-29 7.088

Mister 880

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Romance

Fat Woman (uncredited)

1942-03-01 6.583

Nazi Agent

Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thr ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Apple Seller

1939-10-26 3.5

The Housekeeper's Daughter

A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop. ...
Genre :Comedy

(as Polly Van)

1917-09-30 4.5

The Chief Cook

The film opens in the lobby of a small hotel, where the desk clerk/owner (Budd Ross) is addressing three members of staff: the cook, the waiter and the bellboy. It is obvious from their reactions, pa ...
Genre :Comedy

Minnie

1940-09-27 6.7

Spring Parade

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a hap ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

1936-02-21 6.4

Klondike Annie

A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Western

Woman at Station

1940-03-15 5.778

Young Tom Edison

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Glutz - Woman in Clinic (uncredited)

1940-02-02 5.611

I Take This Woman

On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Janitress (uncredited)

1934-05-25 7.503

The Thin Man

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts. ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Mrs. Carter

1943-06-11 0

All by Myself

Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jea ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Townswoman (uncredited)

1947-04-25 6.1

The Sea of Grass

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals. ...
Genre :Drama, Western, Romance

Tenement Woman (uncredited)

1940-12-27 6.551

Kitty Foyle

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

(uncredited)

1935-10-10 5

It's in the Air

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and ...
Genre :Comedy

Landlady

1940-05-31 7.5

La Conga Nights

In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The story centers around a dizzy music lover, who has grown rich through real estate deals. Also figuring ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Beggar Woman

1943-08-19 5.75

A Lady Takes a Chance

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Landlady in Hallway (uncredited)

1941-10-24 6.333

The Gay Falcon

Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees t ...
Genre :Mystery

Manageress

1946-03-02 5.2

From This Day Forward

A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together wi ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, War

Woman (uncredited)

1950-08-16 6.907

No Way Out

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Thriller

The Reitter Cook (uncredited)

1938-02-06 5.2

Midnight Intruder

A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect. ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy, Romance

Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)

1944-10-20 5.5

The Climax

Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer remi ...
Genre :Music, Horror, Thriller

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

1947-05-01 7

The Egg and I

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumblin ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

The Mother (as Polly Van)

1917-04-01 5.5

The Hero

The Hero is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Billy West & Oliver Hardy. ...
Genre :Comedy

The Cook (uncredited)

1946-12-20 6.305

The Locket

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Thriller

Polly

1917-01-01 6

Back Stage

Props, the stage man, and his assistant at the Orpheum Theater, Plunkville divide their time equally between drinking and attention to duty. Trouble starts when the new acts arrive. The Wiggle sisters ...
Genre :Comedy

Minor Role (uncredited)

1950-05-17 6.7

Annie Get Your Gun

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, Romance, Western

Wife (uncredited)

1947-08-04 6.6

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western