Occupation Actress Name Polly Rowles | Role Television actress TV shows The Defenders, Jamie | |
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Full Name Mary Elizabeth Rowles Born January 10, 1914 ( 1914-01-10 ) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died October 7, 2001, Concord, New Hampshire, United States | ||
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Polly Rowles (January 10, 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 7, 2001, Concord, New Hampshire) was an American actress best known for such films and television series as The Defenders, Sweet Liberty and Power. She also appeared as Vera Charles in the original Broadway production of Auntie Mame (1956-58) with Rosalind Russell in the title role.
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Television work included soap opera characters in roles on The Nurses, Somerset, and The Edge of Night.
Rowles was also known as Inspector No. 12 in a series of television commercials for Hanes underwear.
Filmography
Actress
1986
Sweet Liberty as
Mrs. Delvechio
1986
Power as
Lucille DeWitt
1982
My Body, My Child (TV Movie) as
Grace
1981
The Edge of Night (TV Series) as
Mrs. Willis
- Episode #1.6453 (1981) - Mrs. Willis (credit only)
1975
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (TV Movie) as
Miss Jones
1974
Somerset (TV Series) as
Frieda Lang
- Episode #1.1062 (1974) - Frieda Lang
- Episode #1.1008 (1974) - Frieda Lang
1966
The Group as
Mrs. Andrews
1965
The Nurses (TV Series) as
Mrs. Grossberg
- Episode #1.7 (1965) - Mrs. Grossberg
1965
For the People (TV Series) as
Ellen Whaley
- The Right to Kill (1965) - Ellen Whaley
1964
The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) as
Mrs. Grossberg / Nurse Grossberg
- The Patient Nurse (1965) - Nurse Grossberg
- Time for You and Time for Me (1964) - Mrs. Grossberg
- A Postcard from Yucatan (1964) - Mrs. Grossberg
- White on White (1964) - Mrs. Grossberg
1964
The Reporter (TV Series) as
Grace
- Extension Seven (1964) - Grace
1961
The Defenders (TV Series) as
Helen Donaldson
- The Benefactor (1962) - Helen Donaldson
- The Iron Man (1962) - Helen Donaldson
- The Hickory Indian (1962) - Helen Donaldson
- The Empty Chute (1962) - Helen Donaldson
- The Locked Room (1962) - Helen Donaldson
- The Point Shaver (1962) - Helen Donaldson
- Storm at Birch Glen (1962) - Helen Donaldson
- The Search (1962) - Helen Donaldson
- The Bedside Murder (1962) - Helen Donaldson
- The Best Defense (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- Gideon's Follies (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Prowler (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Attack (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- Perjury (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Treadmill (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Trial of Jenny Scott (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Accident (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Boy Between (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Young Lovers (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Riot (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- Death Across the Counter (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- Killer Instinct (1961) - Helen Donaldson
- The Quality of Mercy (1961) - Helen Donaldson
1959
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) as
Mabelle Rainey / Stella Ames
- Watching Out for Dulie (1961) - Mabelle Rainey
- When in Rome (1960)
- Apple of His Eye (1959) - Stella Ames
1961
Naked City (TV Series) as
Mrs. Larne
- Tombstone for a Derelict (1961) - Mrs. Larne
1960
Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (TV Movie) as
Madame de Guisse
1960
Play of the Week (TV Series)
- Legend of Lovers (1960)
1959
Too Young to Go Steady (TV Series) as
Mary Blake
- Pilot (1959) - Mary Blake
1959
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
Nurse Principal
- Diary of a Nurse (1959) - Nurse Principal
1959
Omnibus (TV Series) as
Mrs. David Dean
- Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway (1959) - Mrs. David Dean
1958
Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series)
- Case for Room 310 (1958)
1956
The Alcoa Hour (TV Series) as
Janet Archer / Susan
- Kiss and Tell (1956) - Janet Archer
- Man on a Tiger (1956) - Susan
1954
Studio One (TV Series) as
Aunt Lucy
- The Genie of Sutton Place (1956) - Aunt Lucy
- Fatal in My Fashion (1954)
1951
Kraft Theatre (TV Series) as
Daisy
- The Man on Roller Skates (1956) - Daisy
- Hilda McKay (1951)
1954
Justice (TV Series) as
Peg
- The Trapped (1956) - Peg
- Gamble with Life (1954)
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Nell Cutts
- The Older Sister (1956) - Nell Cutts
1955
Star Tonight (TV Series)
- Gang Up (1955)
1954
Ponds Theater (TV Series)
- Life and Taxes (1955)
- The Glass Parlor (1955)
- Forty Weeks of Uncle Tom (1954)
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) as
Lucy
- The Iron Cobweb (1955) - Lucy
- Dark Victory (1951)
1955
The Elgin Hour (TV Series) as
Mother
- Family Meeting (1955) - Mother
1954
Center Stage (TV Series)
- The Human Touch (1954)
1953
Jamie (TV Series) as
Aunt Laurie
- Camp (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Jamie and the Pet Shop (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Jamie Takes Violin Lessons (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Jamie Has Teacher Trouble (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Laurie Makes Dough (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Bicycle Built for Jamie (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Television Comes to Jamie (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Aunt Laurie's Birthday (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Laurie Goes on a Diet (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Jamie Becomes a Journalist (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- The Arrival of Cousin Fred (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Jamie's Birthday (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Laurie Enters Contest (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Love Comes to Annie Moakum (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Love Comes to Annie Mokum (1954) - Aunt Laurie
- Grandpa's Class Reunion (1953) - Aunt Laurie
- The Glasses (1953) - Aunt Laurie
- Jamie Tents Out (1953) - Aunt Laurie
- Jamie (1953)
1952
Danger (TV Series)
- Prodigal Returns (1953)
- The Way of Freedom (1952)
1953
The Plymouth Playhouse (TV Series) as
Aunt Laurie
- Jamie (1953) - Aunt Laurie
1953
You Are There (TV Series) as
Sister Maria Celeste
- The Ordeal of Galileo (1953) - Sister Maria Celeste
1952
The Doctor (TV Series)
- The Trusting Heart (1952)
1951
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series)
- We Were Children (1952)
- Night at the Vulcan (1951)
1951
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series)
- The Fascinating Stranger (1952)
- The Royal Family (1951)
- Light Up the Sky (1951)
1951
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV Series) as
Rose Barker
- Smith Serves (1951) - Rose Barker
1951
The Web (TV Series)
- A Man Dies (1951)
- Solid Gold (1951)
1951
Celanese Theatre (TV Series)
- Susan and God (1951)
1937
Springtime in the Rockies as
Sandra Knight
1937
Some Blondes Are Dangerous as
Mrs. Lewis
1937
Vogues of 1938 as
Betty Mason
1937
West Bound Limited as
Janet Martin
1937
Wings Over Honolulu as
Rosalind Furness
1936
Love Letters of a Star as
Lydia Todd
Soundtrack
1937
Springtime in the Rockies (performer: "There'll Be a Hayridin' Wedding in June" - uncredited)
Self
1961
The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) as
Self
- Much Ado About Music (1961) - Self
1953
The Arthur Murray Party (TV Series) as
Self - Actress
- Episode #4.10 (1953) - Self - Actress
References
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