Polly Ann Young

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Polly Ann Young

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Colorado, United States
Death: January 21, 1997 (88)
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Earle Young and Gladys Belzer
Wife of James Carter Hermann
Sister of Elizabeth Jane Young; Loretta Young and John Royal Young
Half sister of Georgiana Montalban

Occupation: Actress
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About Polly Ann Young

Polly Ann Young was an American film actress. Between 1917 and 1941 she featured in 34 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 Poverty Row horror movie Invisible Ghost where she played alongside Bela Lugosi.

Actresses Loretta Young and Sally Blane were her sisters, and, of the three, Polly Ann was the least successful.

Young married Carter Hermann in 1935, and they had four children. Her husband died in the 1970s and she died 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 Montalban, wife of actor Ricardo Montalban.

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Polly Ann Young's Timeline

1908
October 25, 1908
Colorado, United States
1997
January 21, 1997
Age 88
Los Angeles, CA, United States