Polly Holliday

Polly Holliday is one of those character actors whose name you might not catch but whose face you never forget. Her sassy waitress Flo on the sitcom Alice earned her two Golden Globes, and that single role basically defined a whole comic archetype of the no-nonsense diner waitress. What strikes me is that she came to it via the stage and Florida State, the long apprenticeship before the breakout. She worked steadily into her later years and passed away in 2025 at 88. To me she represents the kind of dependable supporting talent that quietly holds shows together while the leads get the magazine covers.

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Name (English)

Polly Holliday

Name (Japanese)

ポリー・ホリデイ

Reading

ぽりー・ほりでい

Born

July 2, 1937

Origin

Jasper, Alabama, United States

Occupation

actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

University

Florida State University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly%20Holliday
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AA%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289743

Tags

• Alabama
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.