- Born Name: Pauline Theresa Moran
- Birthday: 1883-06-28 (Year-Month-Day)
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Polly Moran, 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 Dresslers death in 1934 Morans 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.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 Morans date of death as being January 25, 1952, her grave marker reads, January 24, 1952, possibly in error.Moran made a comeback after co-starring in Adams Rib (1949). She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6300 Hollywood Boulevard.[edit] Selected filmographyTheir 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)Prosperity (1932)Red River Range (1938)Tom Browns School Days (1940)Petticoat Politics (1941)Red Light (1949)Adams Rib (1949)The Yellow Cab Man (1950)[edit] External linksBiography portalWikimedia Commons has media related to: Polly MoranPolly Moran at the Internet Movie DatabasePolly Moran at AllmoviePolly Moran at Find a GravePersondataNameMoran, PollyAlternative namesShort descriptionActressDate of birthJune 28, 1883Place of birthChicago, Illinois, U.S.Date of deathJanuary 25, 1952 (aged 68)Place of deathLos Angeles, California, U.S.Retrieved 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