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Pauline Shelton
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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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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1919-12-24
- event Death Date 2006-04-04
- school Known for: Crew
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Ontario, Oregon, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Polly Burson
6.3
Night Passage
1957-07-24
7
How the West Was Won
1962-11-02
7
Westward the Women
1951-12-16
7.8
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
4.9
The Redhead and The Cowboy
1951-03-15
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Last of the Great Survivors
1984-01-03
6.2
Earthquake
1974-11-15
7.6
Spartacus
1960-10-13
6.6
The Man from the Alamo
1953-08-07
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6.6
Bend of the River
1952-01-23
6.6
Guys and Dolls
1955-12-23
6.6
A Place in the Sun
1951-06-12
6.6
The Perils of Pauline
1947-07-04
6.6
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946-03-04
6.6
The Crimson Ghost
1946-10-26
6.6
Frontier Gal
1945-12-14
6.6
Unconquered
1947-10-10
6.6
Relentless
1948-06-15
6.6
The Swordsman
1948-01-02
6.6
Northwest Stampede
1948-07-28
6.6
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949-09-20
6.6
Buccaneer's Girl
1950-03-01
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Ma and Pa Kettle
1949-04-01
6.6
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950-05-19
6.6
Fancy Pants
1950-07-19
6.6
The Furies
1950-08-16
6.6
The Desert Hawk
1950-08-05
6.6
My Blue Heaven
1950-09-15
6.6
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951-03-03
6.6
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952-02-16
6.6
Westward the Women
1951-12-16
6.6
Rose of Cimarron
1952-01-28
6.6
Rodeo
1952-03-09
6.6
Scarlet Angel
1952-06-20
6.6
The Story of Will Rogers
1952-07-17
6.6
The Man from the Alamo
1953-08-07
6.6
Destry
1954-12-01
6.6
Gunsmoke
1953-05-04
6.6
Escape to Burma
1955-04-09
6.6
Night Passage
1957-07-24
6.6
The Second Greatest Sex
1955-09-30
6.6
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955-12-14
6.6
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
6.6
Pillars of the Sky
1956-09-14
6.6
The Buccaneer
1958-12-11
6.6
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959-07-29
6.6
Hell Bent for Leather
1960-02-01
6.6
Spartacus
1960-10-13
6.6
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968-07-10
6.6
Black Moon Rising
1986-01-10
6.6
The Jayhawkers!
1959-10-15
6.6
Who's That Girl
1987-08-07
6.6
The Purple Monster Strikes
1945-10-06
6.6
Niagara
1953-01-26
6.6
McLintock!
1963-11-12
6.6
Earthquake
1974-11-15
6.6
El Dorado
1966-12-17
6.6
How the West Was Won
1962-11-02
6.6
True Grit
1969-06-11
6.6
Winchester '73
1950-07-12
6.6
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954-03-05
6.6
Ivy
1947-06-26
6.6
Heller in Pink Tights
1960-03-01