1. Daphne Pollard first arrived in Los Angeles during a company tour in September 1901 and was singled out in enthusiastic reviews.
11 Facts About Daphne Pollard
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Daphne Pollard appeared soon after in The Bohemian Girl at the Los Angeles Theater, at $60 per show.
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In October 1908, Daphne Pollard appeared with a New York company that performed musical and dramatic shows such as The Thief, The Chorus Lady, The Witching Hour, and Girls, among others.
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Daphne Pollard appeared with the Ziegfeld Follies and in Winter Garden Theatre shows.
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In 1914 Daphne Pollard was the petite star of The Girl Behind the Counter at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway.
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Daphne Pollard followed this success with performances in A Knight for a Day and The Passing Show of 1915.
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Daphne Pollard remained with the show when it moved to the Folies Bergere in Paris at the end of the year.
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Lombard and Daphne Pollard became close friends during the time they were working for Sennett.
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Daphne Pollard, who was a real [Sennett] bathing girl because in every picture she made they turned the hose on her, was the best sport of the whole gang.
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Daphne Pollard went on to work for RKO-Pathe, Universal Pictures, and finally Vitaphone.
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Daphne Pollard died in Los Angeles in 1978, aged 86.