Polly Burson

Personal Info

Know For

Crew

Gender

Female

Birthday

1919-12-24 (87 years old)

Deathday

2006-04-04

Place of Birth

Ontario, Oregon, USA

Polly Burson

Biography

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, ...

Acting

1957

1962

How the West Was Won

as Stock Player (uncredited)

1951

Westward the Women

as Preacher (uncredited)

1956

The Ten Commandments

as Slave (uncredited)

1951

The Redhead and The Cowboy

as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

1974

Earthquake

as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)

1960

Spartacus

as Slave (uncredited)

Production

1952

1955

1951

A Place in the Sun

as Stunt Double

1947

Unconquered

as Stunts

1946

Miss Susie Slagle's

as Stunt Double

1959

1946

The Crimson Ghost

as Stunt Double

1948

Relentless

as Stunts

1952

Scarlet Angel

as Stunts

1949

Ma and Pa Kettle

as Stunt Double

1950

The Furies

as Stunt Double

1953

Gunsmoke

as Stunt Double

1950

Buccaneer's Girl

as Stunt Double

1950

Fancy Pants

as Stunt Double

1951

1952

Rose of Cimarron

as Stunt Double

1950

My Blue Heaven

as Stunt Double

1955

1958

The Buccaneer

as Stunts

1947

The Perils of Pauline

as Stunt Double

1968

1959

1948

The Swordsman

as Stunts

1948

1986

1960

Spartacus

as Stunts

1987

1945

Frontier Gal

as Stunts

1950

The Desert Hawk

as Stunt Double

1952

Rodeo

as Stunts

1957

Night Passage

as Stunts

1956

Pillars of the Sky

as Stunt Double

1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk

as Stunt Double

1954

Destry

as Stunts

1953

Niagara

as Stunts

1963

McLintock!

as Stunts

1974

Earthquake

as Stunts

1966

El Dorado

as Stunts

1969

True Grit

as Stunts

1950

1947

Ivy

as Stunt Double

1960

Heller in Pink Tights

as Stunt Double

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