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Polly Burson

Trick rider and stunt woman Polly Burson was born Pauline Shelton on December 24, 1919 in Ontario, Oregon. Born into a rodeo family, Polly spent her early years on her grandfather's ranch and started riding at the age of seven. Following an outstanding career on the rodeo circuit, Polly moved to California to break into the film business. Although it took Burson three years to break into said business, her career as a stunt woman was off and running from the mid-1940's and onward. Among the notable actresses that Polly doubled for throughout her five decade career as a stunt woman are Betty Hutton, Julie Adams, Sophia Loren, Shelley Winters, Yvonne De Carlo, Barbara Stanwyck, Dorothy Malone, Betty Grable, Lucille Ball, and Kim Darby. Burson was the recipient of a Golden Boot Award for her substantial and impressive contributions to the Western genre in 1991; said award was present to her by longtime friend and fellow stuntman Henry Wills. In addition, Polly was also inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame, and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas in November, 2002. Burson was married and divorced three times. She died at age 86 on April 4, 2006 in Ventura, California.


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Born:
Dec 24, 1919 In Ontario, Oregon, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
9
First Appeared:
In the movie The Redhead and The Cowboy 1951-03-15
Latest Project:
Movie Last of the Great Survivors 1984-01-03
Known For
Poster of Last of the Great Survivors
Poster of Night Passage
Poster of The Ten Commandments
Poster of The Redhead and The Cowboy
Filmography
Movie Last of the Great Survivors Resident 1984-01-03
Movie Earthquake Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) 1974-11-15
Movie How the West Was Won Stock Player (uncredited) 1962-11-02
Movie Spartacus Slave (uncredited) 1960-10-13
Movie Night Passage Rosa 1957-07-24
Movie The Ten Commandments Slave (uncredited) 1956-10-05
Movie The Man from the Alamo 1953-08-07
Movie The Redhead and The Cowboy Saloon Girl (uncredited) 1951-03-15
Movie Westward the Women Preacher (uncredited) 1951-12-16