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Polly Dean Holliday (born July 2, 1937) is an American retired actress who appeared on stage, television and in film. She is best known for her portrayal of sassy waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the 1970s sitcom Alice , which she reprised in its short-lived spin-off, Flo .
Beth Howland as Vera, Linda Lavin as Alice, and Polly Holliday as Flo on Alice (1976) She left Barney Miller to star in the lead role in Alice, which was a sitcom success that ran from 1976 to 1985 thru the CBS network. The series was based on the Martin Scorsese–directed Ellen Burstyn film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Lavin portrayed ...
It starred Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury and Polly Holliday. It was produced by Dick Atkins and Michael Lepiner; directed by Academy Award winner Delbert Mann; and written by Earl Hamner, Jr., creator of The Waltons, based on the short story "The Silent Stars Go By" by Bess Streeter Aldrich. The film was filmed on location in 1983 in Vermont ...
Cast: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday. Rating: PG. Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes 86% | IMDb 7.3/10. While we consider this one a Halloween classic, it does take place around the ...
Linda Lavin, a Broadway star and Tony winner, has died. She was 87. Lavin, who guest-starred on Barney Miller before getting her own TV series, Alice, died on Sunday, Dec. 29, PEOPLE can confirm ...
These include an entire subplot featuring Daniel's conflict with his nosy neighbor, Gloria Chaney (Polly Holliday), in which, after Daniel dresses as Mrs. Doubtfire, he fools Gloria into killing her flowers by spraying dog urine on them, and a final confrontation in which Gloria sees Daniel in his Mrs. Doubtfire bodycostume but without the face ...
Linda Lavin, the Tony- and Golden Globe-winning actor best known as a wisecracking waitress with a heart of gold on the hit 1970s sitcom "Alice," has died at 87.
Polly Holliday left the show to star in her own spin-off series, Flo. In the episode airing February 24, 1980, Flo leaves to take a hostess job in Houston. On the way to Houston, Flo stops at her hometown, Fort Worth, Texas (which she refers to by its moniker "Cowtown"). Flo decides to buy and run a failing roadhouse bar there, which she ...