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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Películas (56)
Who's That Girl
1987 · Stunts
Black Moon Rising
1986 · Stunts
Last of the Great Survivors
1984 · Resident
Earthquake
1974 · Earthquake Survivor (uncredited), Stunts
True Grit
1969 · Stunts
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Stunt Double
El Dorado
1966 · Stunts
McLintock!
1963 · Stunts
How the West Was Won
1962 · Stock Player (uncredited), Stunts
Spartacus
1960 · Slave (uncredited), Stunts
Heller in Pink Tights
1960 · Stunt Double
Hell Bent for Leather
1960 · Stunts
The Jayhawkers!
1959 · Stunts
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Stunt Double
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Stunts
The Buccaneer
1958 · Stunts
Night Passage
1957 · Rosa, Stunts
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Slave (uncredited), Stunts
Pillars of the Sky
1956 · Stunt Double
Guys and Dolls
1955 · Stunts
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955 · Stunts
The Second Greatest Sex
1955 · Stunts
Escape to Burma
1955 · Stunts
Destry
1954 · Stunts
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Stunt Double
The Man from the Alamo
1953 · Stunts
Gunsmoke
1953 · Stunt Double
The Story of Will Rogers
1952 · Stunts
Scarlet Angel
1952 · Stunts
Rodeo
1952 · Stunts
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Stunts
Rose of Cimarron
1952 · Stunt Double
Bend of the River
1952 · Stunts
Westward the Women
1951 · Preacher (uncredited), Stunts
A Place in the Sun
1951 · Stunt Double
The Redhead and the Cowboy
1951 · Saloon Girl (uncredited)
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951 · Stunts
My Blue Heaven
1950 · Stunt Double
The Desert Hawk
1950 · Stunt Double
The Furies
1950 · Stunt Double
Fancy Pants
1950 · Stunt Double
Winchester '73
1950 · Stunts
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950 · Stunt Double
Buccaneer's Girl
1950 · Stunt Double
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949 · Stunts
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949 · Stunt Double
Northwest Stampede
1948 · Stunts
Relentless
1948 · Stunts
The Swordsman
1948 · Stunts
Unconquered
1947 · Stunts
The Perils of Pauline
1947 · Stunt Double
Ivy
1947 · Stunt Double
The Crimson Ghost
1946 · Stunt Double
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946 · Stunt Double
Frontier Gal
1945 · Stunts
The Purple Monster Strikes
1945 · Stunts
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