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Daphne Pollard (19 October 1892 in Fitzroy, Melbourne – 22 February 1978 in Los Angeles) was an Australian actress in American films, mostly short comedies. She was also a vaudeville performer and dancer.
Born as Daphne Trott, she came to New York City with a company in October 1908. They performed musical and dramatic shows such as The Thief, The Chorus Lady, The Witching Hour, and Girls. The productions were staged at the Grand Opera House. Among her fellow actors were Harry Macdonough, Frank Doane, Charles Halton, Edward Craven, and Joseph Herbert. Pollard appeared with the Ziegfeld... MORE
Daphne Pollard (19 October 1892 in Fitzroy, Melbourne – 22 February 1978 in Los Angeles) was an Australian actress in American films, mostly short comedies. She was also a vaudeville performer and dancer.
Born as Daphne Trott, she came to New York City with a company in October 1908. They performed musical and dramatic shows such as The Thief, The Chorus Lady, The Witching Hour, and Girls. The productions were staged at the Grand Opera House. Among her fellow actors were Harry Macdonough, Frank Doane, Charles Halton, Edward Craven, and Joseph Herbert. Pollard appeared with the Ziegfeld Follies and in Winter Garden Theatre shows. In 1909 Pollard was with a group which entertained at Keith and Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theater.
Pollard came to Los Angeles at the age of 16 in July 1907. She played a role in The Bohemian Girl at the Los Angeles Theater that September, at $60/show. Pollard appeared to Humane Officers as no more than seven years of age. She looked very young because she was small and not well-developed for her age. She told officers that she was sixteen years old the previous August.
Pollard traveled to America with her sister, Ivy, who was twenty or more years of age. As a LESS
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