Pauline James is an English former actress who had a career in theatre, film, television, and radio.
10 Facts About Polly James
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Pauline Polly James was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, as Pauline Devaney.
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Polly James's father had managed a cotton mill in Nelson while her parents lived in Oswaldtwistle.
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Polly James played Audrey Hargreaves in Coronation Street in 1967.
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Polly James is best known for her role as Beryl Hennessey in the first four series of the British sitcom The Liver Birds, mostly alongside Nerys Hughes.
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Polly James played Cicely Courtneidge in the biographical musical of the actress Once More with Music in 1976, and appeared as a soubrette in Alan Clarke's 1982 production of Baal.
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Polly James played the role of Jane Hampden on "The Awakening" episode of Doctor Who in 1984.
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Polly James appeared in the West End musicals I and Albert and Anne of Green Gables.
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In 1971, Polly James appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in The Merchant of Venice with Judi Dench.
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Polly James appeared as Jenny Wren in the 1976 BBC adaptation of Dickens's Our Mutual Friend.