Polly Ann Young

Polly Ann Young
Circa 1940
Born	(1908-10-25)October 25, 1908 Denver, Colorado, United States
Died	January 21, 1997(1997-01-21) (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1917–1941
Spouse(s)	Carter Hermann (m. 1935; d. 1981)
Children	4
Relatives	Loretta Young (sister) Sally Blane (sister)

Polly Ann Young (October 25, 1908 – January 21, 1997) was an American actress.

Biography

Actresses Loretta Young and Sally Blane were her sisters. Between 1917 and 1941 she featured in over 40 movies, some of them minor uncredited roles. Among her most notable movie roles, was as John Wayne's leading lady in The Man From Utah (1934). Her last film was the 1941 Poverty Row horror movie Invisible Ghost where she played alongside Bela Lugosi.

Young married Carter Hermann in 1935, and they had four children. Her husband died in the 1980s and she died in 1997 of cancer in Los Angeles, California, aged 88. Her sisters Sally and Loretta also died of cancer. She was a half-sister to Georgiana Young, wife of actor Ricardo Montalban.

Selected filmography

• Invisible Ghost (1941)
• Road Show (1941)
• The Last Alarm (1940)
• Turnabout (1940)
• Murder on the Yukon (1940)
• Port of Hate (1939)
• Wolf Call (1939)
• The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
• Mystery Plane (1939)
• The Border Patrolman (1936)
• I Cover Chinatown (1936)
• Hitchhike to Heaven (1936)
• The Crimson Trail (1935)
• Thunder In the Night (1935)
• Happiness C.O.D. (1935)
• His Fighting Blood (1935)
• The White Parade (1934)
• Elinor Norton (1934)
• The Man From Utah (1934)
• Sons of Steel (1934)
• Stolen Sweets (1934)
• Disorderly Conduct (1932)
• The Circus Show-Up (1932)
• Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
• Lady With A Past (1932)
• The One Way Trail (1931)
• Up For Murder (1939)
• Children of Pleasure (1930)
• Going Wild (1930)
• Our Blushing Brides (1930)
• They Learned About Women (1930)
• Rich People (1929)
• A Good Loser (1920)
• Rich People (1929)
• Bellamy Trial (1929)
• The Masks of the Devil (1928)
• The Sheik (1921) (as a child actress)
• Sirens of the Sea (1917) (as a child actress)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polly Ann Young.

• Polly Ann Young at the Internet Movie Database