Polly Dean Holliday (born July 2, 1937; Jasper, Alabama) is an American actress. She has successfully appeared on stage, television and in film. She is best remembered for her portrayal of sassy waitress "Flo" on the 1970s sitcom Alice, and its short-lived spinoff, Flo.
Prior to acting, Holliday worked as a piano teacher in her native Alabama and then in Florida. She began her acting career as a member of the Asolo Theatre Company in Sarasota, Fl...
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Polly Dean Holliday (born July 2, 1937; Jasper, Alabama) is an American actress. She has successfully appeared on stage, television and in film. She is best remembered for her portrayal of sassy waitress "Flo" on the 1970s sitcom Alice, and its short-lived spinoff, Flo.
Prior to acting, Holliday worked as a piano teacher in her native Alabama and then in Florida. She began her acting career as a member of the Asolo Theatre Company in Sarasota, Florida, where she stayed for 10 years.
She became internationally known for her American sitcom role of Florence Jean Castleberry ("Flo") on the television series Alice. Her character coined the popular catch phrase Kiss mah grits!. The phrase became part of the American vocabulary and Holliday later received her own show, entitled Flo. Her notable roles in films include All the President's Men, Mrs. Doubtfire, the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap and particularly her role as Mrs. Ruby Deagle in the 1984 box office smash Gremlins.
In 1973, she...
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