Polly Burson
Birthday
1919/12/24
Day of death
2006/04/04 (86 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Ontario, Oregon, USA
Also know as
Pauline Shelton
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 nota...Read more
Acting
(1957) Night Passage
as Rosa
(1962) How the West Was Won
as Stock Player (uncredited)
(1951) Westward the Women
as Preacher (uncredited)
(1956) The Ten Commandments
as Slave
(1951) The Redhead and The Cowboy
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
(1984) Last of the Great Survivors
as Resident
(1974) Earthquake
as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
(1960) Spartacus
as Slave (uncredited)
(1953) The Man from the Alamo
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