Polly Adams
Born: 1939-08-27 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Pauline "Polly" Adams is an English actress. She is best known for her work on the stage both in England and in the United States, and for her portrayal of Mrs. Brown in the 1990s television series Just William. She made her Broadway debut in a 1975 revival of London Assurance as Grace Harkaway, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She has appeared in several productions in London theatres, appearing at such theatres as the Old Vic, the Oxford Stage Company, the Hampstead Theatre, the Royal National Theatre, the Greenwich Theatre, the Haymarket Theatre, the Lyric Hammersmith, the Globe Theatre, the Queen's Theatre, the Piccadilly Theatre, the Savoy Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her theatre credits include Ida in The Chiltern Hundreds, Time and the Conways, A Month in the Country, Pygmalion, Tis Pity She’s a Whore, A Small Family Business, Tons of Money, Plunder, The Philanderer, Engaged, Troilus and Cressida and Don Juan Comes Back From The War, The Government Inspector, Benefactors, The Real Thing, Present Laughter, The Importance of Being Earnest, Hay Fever, The Merchant of Venice, Private Lives, The Complaisant Lover, and Relatively Speaking. She worked on television in the UK, appearing in shows including The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Element of Doubt, Just William, A Dark-Adapted Eye, The Cinder Path, Blisters , Inspector Alleyn, Bonjour la Classe, The Camomile Lawn, Sob Sisters, Executive Stress, The Murder at the Vicarage, Faint-Hearted Feminist, Winter Sunshine, Goodbye Darling , Tribute to the Lady, Upstairs, Downstairs, The First Churchills, The Spoils of Poynton, Pride and Prejudice, and Compact and Sea Song.
Filmography
2007
- Kingdom as Amelia
2006
- Falling Apart as Clare's Mum
2005
- Kisna as Lady Katherine
1999
1996
- Element of Doubt as Ellen
1994
- The Cinder Path as Florence Chapman
1993
- Bonjour la Classe as Jean Halifax
1992
- The Camomile Lawn as Sarah
1989
- Sob Sisters as Dorothy
1986
- Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage as Ann Protheroe
1984
- L'Étincelle as Kathryn
1980
- Bedroom Farce as Jan
1977
- The Sunday Drama as Eloise Gainsborough
1976
- Loyalties as Margaret Orme
- Private Lives as Sibyl Chase
1972
- Villains as Mother
1971
- Upstairs, Downstairs as Mrs. Polly Merivale
- Clinic Exclusive as Ann
1970
- Ben Travers Farces as Benny
- The Spoils of Poynton as Maggie
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Jackie
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Carol
- Pride and Prejudice as Jane Bennet
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Margaret Orme
1964
- Never Put It in Writing as Receptionist
1962
- Suspense as Miss Eaton
1961
- Drama 61-67 as Jan