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Polly Holliday
Highest Rated: 87% The Parent Trap (1998)
Lowest Rated: 6% Mr. Wrong (1996)
Birthday: Jul 2, 1937
Birthplace: Jasper, Alabama, USA
Actress Polly Holliday played one of the brassiest characters on network television in the 1970s - the sassy, fearless hash house waitress Flo on "Alice" (CBS, 1975-1985). The larger-than-life character was the first of many formidable women Holliday would play over the course of her four-decade career, though none would attain the pop culture icon status of Flo, thanks to her room-clearing catch phrase of "Kiss my grits!" For her scene-stealing role, the Alabama-born actress earned several major awards and nominations. Holliday escaped Flo's orbit by segueing into character roles in films and on stage, but the Mel's Diner waitress remained her most memorable character, earning her a spot in the small screen circle of eternal fame.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Must Be Love | Mama Bell (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 87% | 70% | The Parent Trap | Marva Kulp, Sr. (Character) | $66.3M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Loss of Innocence | Christina Eriksen (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 6% | 26% | Mr. Wrong | Mrs. Alston (Character) | $12.8M | 1996 |
| 70% | 77% | Mrs. Doubtfire | Gloria (Character) | $219.2M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story | Ruth (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 42% | 46% | Moon Over Parador | Midge (Character) | $10.1M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Konrad | Berti Bartolotti (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lots of Luck | Lucille (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 86% | 78% | Gremlins | Mrs. Ruby Deagle (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story | Aunt Minerva (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Mary Gertrude (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All the Way Home | Aunt Hannah (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 55% | 57% | The One and Only | Mrs. Crawford (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Silence | Mrs. Watson (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings | Mrs. Cozzens (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Catamount Killing | Miss Pearson (Character) | - | 1974 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 68% | Home Improvement | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993-1994 1997 1999 |
| 91% | 90% | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 25% | No Score Yet | The Client | Momma Love (Character) | 1995-1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Sister Sara (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | The Golden Girls | Lily Lindstrom (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Florence Jean Castleberry (Character) | 1976-1980 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flo | Florence Jean Flo Castleberry (Character) | 1980-1981 |