Polly Moran
Pauline Theresa Moran (June 28, 1883 – January 24, 1952) billed as Polly Moran, was an American actress of vaudeville, stage and screen and a comedian.
The Unknown
as Landlady / Servant in Audience (uncredited)On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder – a performer who uses his...
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Flesh and the Devil
as Family Retainer with bouquet (uncredited)When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training,...
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Adam's Rib
as Mrs. McGrathA woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of...
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That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of...
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London After Midnight
as Miss Smithson, the New MaidThe abandoned Balfour House, the owner of which was found dead five years earlier, comes back...
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The Stolen Jools
as Norma Shearer's MaidFamous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended...
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The Passionate Plumber
as AlbineParis plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony...
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Show People
as The MaidHollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great...
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Hollywood Party
as Henrietta ClempJimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake...
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Alice in Wonderland
as Dodo BirdIn Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called...
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The Blackbird
as Flower Lady at Music Hall (uncredited)Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French...
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London After Midnight
as Miss Smithson, the New Maid (archive footage)A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After...
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The Scarlet Letter
as Jeering Townswoman (uncredited)In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love....
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A Lady of Chance
as Hotel maidA con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama.
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Tom Brown's School Days
as Sally HarowellWhen private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's...
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Paid
as Polly (uncredited)Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she...
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The Girl Said No
as PollyA comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of...
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Two Wise Maids
as Prudence MatthewsThe two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers...
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Way for a Sailor
as PollyA devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
as SelfPola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen...
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as SelfAn all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
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The Trail of '98
as Lars' Nagging Wife (uncredited)Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes...
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While the City Sleeps
as Mrs. Minnie McGinnisA tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an...
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Madcap Ambrose
as Rosie BloomAmbrose likes his mother's assistant, but when she inherits a fortune, the obstacles to their...
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Red River Range
as Mrs. MaxwellThe Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex...
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The Affairs of Anatol
as Orchestra LeaderSocialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of...
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The Callahans and the Murphys
as Mrs. MurphyThe story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.
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Came the Dawn
as Mama GimplewortPapa, Mama, Daughter and Son Gimplewort move into their new house. Two movers are talking to...
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Prosperity
as Lizzie PraskinsLongtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
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The Big Parade of Comedy
as Sarah in 'China Bound' (archive footage)Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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Reducing
as Polly RocheCulture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister...
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The Thirteenth Hour
as PollyA detective goes in search for the villain responsible for several burglaries and a murder.
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Guilty Hands
as Aunt MaggieA district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé...
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The Yellow Cab Man
as Bride's MotherPirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is...
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Way Out West
as PansyWise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is...
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The Show
as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of...
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Their Social Splash
as Polly - the Unruly GuestPretty Dixie Chene is abut to be married to Slim Summerville besides a swimming pool stocked...
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The Christmas Party
as Herself (uncredited)In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his...
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So This Is College
as PollyScheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.
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The Unholy Night
as Polly, MaidWhen a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at...
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She Loved Him Plenty
as uncredited“ Polly Moran, known as Becky O'Brien in this picture, conducts a pawn shop with Ben Turpin and...
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Meet the Missus
as Widow Ella JonesGran Higgins falls under the spell of a love-starved widow.
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The Divine Woman
as Mme. Pigonier[For 9 minute surviving fragment] Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9...
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Hot for Paris
as PollyA romantic adventure musical film directed by Raoul Walsh....The film is believed to be lost.
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Crazy House
as SingerBenny Rubin takes a tour of the Lame Brain Sanitarium and meets some of its strange patients.
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It's a Wise Child
as BerthaIn this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter...
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Speedway
as WaitressBill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds...
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Her Painted Hero
as A Stage-Struck MaidenA stage-struck young woman becomes an heiress, and hopes to use her new-found wealth to fulfill...
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The Enemy
as BaruskaCarl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist...
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Ambush
as Cora, diner ownerFour bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only...
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Chasing Rainbows
as PollyThe road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on...
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Down to Their Last Yacht
as Nella FitzgeraldLeft only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets...
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Bringing Up Father
as Maggie JiggsThe wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing...
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
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Remote Control
as PollyA radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.
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Caught Short
as Polly SmithLandladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the...
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Telling the World
as LandladyThe journalist Don Davis becomes involved in a murder case, where Chrystal Malone is part of it....
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Shadows of the Night
as EntertainerGray plays a reporter trying to unravel a murder involving organized crime. Lorraine plays the...
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Luck
as Dumb Dora - Fight EnthusiastA young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one...
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Politics
as Ivy HigginsA widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
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The Pullman Bride
as Sheriff Nell - the Pullman Drunk's WifeThe Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and...
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The Rounder
as MaryA drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with...
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Rose-Marie
as Lady JaneSergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie,...
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Buttons
as PollyWorking as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the...
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Petticoat Politics
as Widow JonesPa Higgins has decided to retire but winds up being forced to run for mayor. Ladd is both...
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Ladies in Distress
as Lydia BonneyAlison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her...
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Those Three French Girls
as Elmer's Wife (uncredited)An addled Englishman's efforts to save three young women from eviction land them all in jail and...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
as HickJimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of...
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Sheriff Nell's Tussle
as Sheriff Nell McCarthy - Still the Pride of TriggervilleA slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him....
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Dangerous Females
as Tibby CramRoommates panic and plan when they hear a radio report of a murderer loose in their neighborhood.
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Honeymoon
as PollyTwo men are rivals for the same girl. When she finally agrees to marry one, the other--appearing...
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