Polly James was an American screenwriter and TV writer active in the 1940s and 1950s. Much of her work was in the Western genre. For many years she lived with sculptor

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on Camrose Drive near the

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. She was a member of the

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Selected filmography

Television

* '' Sugarfoot'' (1 episode; 1959) * '' Casey Jones'' (1 episode; 1957) * ''

The Adventures of Jim Bowie ''The Adventures of Jim Bowie'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from 1956 in television, 1956 to 1958 in television, 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana T ...

'' (3 episodes; 1957) * ''

Annie Oakley Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American marksman, sharpshooter and folk heroine who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Oakley developed hunting skills as a child to provide for her impoveris ...

'' (1 episode; 1956) * '' The Roy Rogers Show'' (1 episode; 1956) * '' The Adventures of Champion'' (1 episode; 1956) * '' The Millionaire'' (1 episode; 1955) * ''

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'' (5 episodes; 1950–52) * ''

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'' (3 episodes; 1949–50)

Film

* '' The Redhead from Wyoming'' (1953) * '' The Raiders'' (1952) * '' Mrs. Parkington'' (1944)

References

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