Polly Chase
born: 08 April 1916
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America		 died: 28 November 1957
Riverside County, California,
United States of America
(cirrhosis of the liver, age 41)
American actress, the first of two daughters born to BeBe and Charley Chase and is the niece of James Parrott.  She was nicknamed 'Polly' by her parents.
According to Brian Anthony & Andy Edmonds' book "Smile When The Raindrops Fall", in 1935, at the age of 19, she became the object of desire from Stan Laurel.  Her father, Charley, was less than pleased and warned Laurel to keep his distance from her.  Stan ignored the warning and subsequently received a punch in his face by Charley!
Real name: Pauline May Parrott Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography;
plus all films with Charley Chase.

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1935		 Okay Toots!
Office switchboard operator
[*disputed]

1935		 Poker At Eight
Nightclub patron on dancefloor

1935		 The Four Star Boarder
Greeting dock extra		  

1935		 Nurse To You!
Receptionist nurse

1935		 Manhattan Monkey Business
[?]

1935		 Public Ghost #1
Secretary		 DVD screencapture - Lord Heath - Laurel & Hardy - Another Nice Mess - http://www.lordheath.com/

1936		 The Count Takes The Count
Waitress

1936		 Vamp Till Ready
Party guest

1936		 At Sea Ashore
[?]

1936		 Hill-Tillies
Reporter

1936		 Neighborhood House
[?]		  

1936		 Kelly The Second
[?]

1936		 Our Relations
Pirate's club patron		  

1937		 Nobody's Baby
[?]
▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1937		 From Bad To Worse
Woman on train		  

1937		 The Big Squirt
Girl		  

1938		 A Nag In The Bag
Betty, the carhop		  

Acknowledgements:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLNX-CJT
https://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu106unit#page/n572/mode/1up (1920 Census, line 35)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29940-23707-22?cc=1804002
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-29949-12125-11?cc=1804002
Smile When The Raindrops Fall by Brian Anthony & Andy Edmonds (book)
Lou Sabini, James Neibaur (information)
Jesse Brisson (identification in Poker At Eight, Nurse To You!, Manhattan Monkey Business, At Sea Ashore, Nobody's Baby; disputes credit for Okay Toots!)

This page was last updated on: 05 October 2023