Daphne Pollard
Acting
Biography
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Born: October 19, 1891
Place of Birth: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For
His First Flame
After fire chief, Fire-Eating Sam's girlfriend is married to Smoky Moe, and his house is burned down during a wedding ceremony, he gets revenge on Moe and plays a humiliating joke on him.
The Old Barn
The folks discover what appears to be a haunted barn.
Thicker Than Water
Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws the couple's savings from the bank to pay for the furniture and inadvertently pays virtually the whole amount at an auction for a grandfather clock which is soon crushed under a passing truck. Mrs Hardy then unintentionally causes serious injuries to Ollie requiring him to be rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion. The doctor conscripts Stan to be the unwilling blood donor. Problems occur with the transfusion and when Stan and Ollie leave the hospital they appear to have morphed into each other.
Our Relations
Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.
Smoked Hams
A vaudeville team convinces an agent to book their new act, which uses a Civil War theme.
A Peach of a Pair
Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.
The Golden Age of Comedy
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
Bonnie Scotland
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
Swing High
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.
What a Widow!
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a rich playboy and a lawyer who works for her.
Filmography
as archive footage
as Mrs. McGinnis
as Mumsy
as Mrs. Daphne Hardy
as Millie the Maid
as Mrs. Daphne Hardy
as Emmy
as Cook
as Emma Pollard
as Millie
as Mame Avery
as Masseuse
as Mrs. May
as The New Mrs. Martin
as Agnes
as Sybil
as Mrs. Cornelius McNitt
as The School Teacher
as Minnie
as Dora
as Tillie Toober
as The Waitress
as Tillie Tucker - Wardrobe Mistress
as The Slavey
as Sally Forthe
as Polly Polka - Dance Instructor
as Coach Minnie Marmon
as Minnie Stitch