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 – September 9, 2025

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

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.