Polly Adams (American actress)
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Polly Adams is an American actress, voiceover artist, newscaster, and activist. Adams originated the role of Nina on Broadway in the Nobel Prize winning play Zalmen or The Madness of God by Elie Wiesel. Adams originated the role of Mrs. Gill in the acclaimed New York production of The Nibroc Trilogy[1] by Arlene Hutton. On All My Children Adams originated the role of one of the first female lawyers on television, District Attorney Louisa Dorsey.
As a voiceover artist, Adams voiced the female voice for the infamous Paco Rabanne commercial banned by NBC for being ‘too sexy’. Adams was the first female announcer hired in 1970 by the longest running public television station WNET THIRTEEN in New York City, New York and appeared as the first solo on-air host for the 16 part PBS series, "The Tourists are coming, The tourists are Coming" in 1976.
Polly Adams is an active SAG-AFTRA union member and activist. As a board member for the union, Adams was a part of the SAG-AFTRA merger G-I Committee that was able to accomplish the historic union merger in 2012[2] that had previously failed three times. As a former New York AFTRA local and national board member, she served on numerous national negotiating committees for Prime Time, commercial and PBS contracts.
Life and career[edit]
Polly Adams is an American actress born in Nashville, Tennessee. Married to architect John Klausz (1979 - 1997) and has two sons.
Following Adams debut on Broadway in the Noble Prize winning play, she joined the first national tour of Lost in Yonkers playing Gert. Adams was a founding member of New York City’s acclaimed Ensemble Studio Theatre.
Polly Adams works in television in the United States. She's appeared on Law and Order, Law and Order: Criminal Intent and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Now and Again, and soap operas The Edge of Night and All My Children. Her film credits include: The Juror (1976), Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998) People I Know (2002), David & Layla (2005), We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011) and She’s Funny That Way (Film) by Peter Bogdanovitch (2014).[3]
Adams currently serves on the SAG-AFTRA National Disciplinary Review Committee, the National Committee for Commercial Performers, and the National Low Budget Film Committee. Adams represents the union on the New York Central Labor Council.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | She’s Funny That Way | Delta’s (Kathryn Hahn) Mother | Peter Bogdonavich, director[4] |
| 2011 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Mary Wolford (with Tilda Swinton) | Lynne Ramsay[5] |
| 2010 | Separation Anxiety | Lily | Cole Simon[6] |
| 2008 | We Pedal Uphill | Nancy | Roland Tec[7] |
| 2006 | United 93[8] | Deborah Welsh | Paul Grenngrass[5] |
| 2005 | David and Layla | Judith Fine (with Callie Thorne) | Jay Jonroy[9] |
| 2003 | Uptown Girls | Executive (with Brittany Murphy and Austin Pendleton) | Boaz Yakin[5] |
| 2002 | People I Know | Mara Samuelson (with Al Pacino) | Daniel Algrant[5] |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Exercise Tape Fan | Woody Allen[5] |
| 1996 | The Juror | Forewoman (with Alec Baldwin) | Brian Gibson[5] |
| 1996 | New York Crossing | Streetperson (with Giancarlo Giannini) | Vinicius Mainardi[3] |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Law & Order SVU | Jury Foreperson | Episode: “Pornstar’s Requiem”[10] |
| 2009 | Law & Order | Judge Ida Zeller | Episodes: “Doped,” Crimebusters,” and “Pledge”[10] |
| 2005 | Law & Order Criminal Intent | Norma Sutz | Episode: “Diamond Dogs"[10] |
| 2003 | Law & Order | Gabrielle Simone | Episode: “Absentia”[10] |
| 2001 | Law & Order Criminal Intent | Roscoe | Episode: “The Pardoner’s Tale"[10] |
| 2001 | Now and Again | Woman in Bank | Episode: “Film at Eleven”[10] |
| 2000 | Law & Order SVU | Mrs. Walton | Episode: “Closure: Part 2”[10] |
| 1999 | Law & Order | Kelly McFarland | Episode: “Harm"[10] |
| 1999 | Guidling Light | Dr. Barbara Sills | Recurring[11] |
| 1981 | All My Children | Louisa Dorsey | Recurring[11] |
| 1977-78 | Edge of Night | Carol Barclay, R.N. | Recurring[12] |
| 1975 | The Tourists Are Coming | Host | WNET[13] |
Theater[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Lost in Yonkers | Gert | First National Tour/Gene Saks, director[14] |
| 1976 | Zalmen, or the Madness of God | Nina | Lyceum Theatre; Alan Schneider, director[15] |
| Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Radicalization of Rolfe | Frau Schmidt | 2016 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award [16] |
| The Nibroc Trilogy | Mrs. Gill (World Premiere) | 78th Street Theatre Lab; Arlene Hutton, writer; Eric Nightengale, director[17] |
| Lunch With Lynn | Polly (with Mary Beth Hurt) | Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon, Marsha Norman, writer[18] |
| Moving Bodies | Lucille Feynman | Ensemble Studio Theatre First Light Festival; Chris Smith, director[19] |
| Vacuum | Patricia | FringeNYC; Chris Goutman, director[20] |
| By Proxie | Joan | Ensemble Studio Theatre, Amy Fox, writer[21] |
| The Free Zone | Lea | Ubu Repertory Theatre[22] |
| The Shortchanged Review | Jane Shanningan | Ensemble Studio Theatre[23] |
| Porch | Amy Herbert | Encompass Theatre, Jeffrey Sweet, writer[24] |
| Sedalia Run | Cammie Shark (with Jenny O'Hara) | Ensemble Studio Theatre[25] |
| Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Well | Ann Kron | B Street Theatre, Lisa Kron, writer[26] |
External Links[edit]
- Polly Adams on IMDb
- Playbill performer listing
- Broadway World actor news listing
- United 93 Netflix listing
- 2016 FringeNYC
References[edit]
- ↑ The Nibroc Trilogy Polly Adams does a wonderful job with May’s kind, dignified mother, Mrs. Gill.
- ↑ SAG-AFTRA Merger
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Member Actors". The 9th Floor.
- ↑ "She's Funny That Way". Fandango. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Polly Adams". BFI.
- ↑ "Ssparation Anxiety". Glass City Films.
- ↑ Scheib, Ronnie (March 20, 2009). "We Pedal Uphill: Stories from the States: 2001-2008". Variety. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ↑ Netflix listing
- ↑ Niesselson, Lisa (July 19, 2007). "David & Layla". Variety. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 "TV.com".
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "All Star Pics".
- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of television : series, pilots, and specials. New York: New York Zoetrope. p. 124. ISBN 978-0918432698. Search this book on
- ↑ "Polly Adams". TV Guide.
- ↑ Hilsman, Hoyt (July 10, 1992). "Variety". Variety. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Playbill". Playbill.com. August 25, 2018.
- ↑ "FringeNYC Announces Overall Excellence Award Winners".
- ↑ Bellafante, Gina (April 11, 2007). "Three Plays Portray a Couple Bound by Love and Conflict". The New York Times. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ↑ Willis, John (1996). Theatre World 1993-1994. New York: Appause books. p. 124. ISBN 978-1557832351. Search this book on
- ↑ Weber, Bruce (April 4, 2000). "THEATER REVIEW; Baffled by the Physics of the Heart". The New York Times. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ↑ Kompanek, Chris (August 22, 2012). "2012 FringeNYC Roundup #7". Theatermania.com.
- ↑ Willis, John (2009). Theatre World: Volume 63, 2006-2007. New York: Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. p. 258. ISBN 978-1557837288. Search this book on
- ↑ Hampton, Willborn (March 20, 1993). "Review/Drama; Harsh Tale of Bigotry From Vichy France". The New York Times.
- ↑ Moody, Michael Dorn (1976). The Shortchanged Review. New York: Dramatists Play Service. p. 3. ISBN 978-0822210245. Search this book on
- ↑ Sweet, Jeffery (1985). Porch. New York: Samuel French. p. 4. ISBN 0 573 62428 3. Search this book on
- ↑ Guernsey, Otis L. (2000). Theatre Yearbook 1989-90. New York: Applause Theatre Books Publishers. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-55783-091-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Burgua, Bill (November 9, 2010). ""Well" At B Street B3 Series Examines the Human Condition With Lots of Humor". Sacremento Press. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
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