Polly Elwes
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Polly Elwes, born Mary Freya Elwes (29 February 1928 – 15 July 1987), was a BBC Television
in-vision announcer from 1957 to 1960. She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama
, now a part of the University of London
.
from 1959 to 1962. She was also a panellist on BBC TV's What's My Line?
from 1959 to 1960 and Face The Music
from 1971 to 1974. She was a contributor to the BBC TV programme What's New? in 1962–3.
from 12 March 1960 until her death on 15 July 1987. Their
home in Campden Hill Gardens, Kensington
, west London, was featured in an article in Homes and Gardens magazine in 1962. They had one daughter, Amanda.
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
in-vision announcer from 1957 to 1960. She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama
Central School of Speech and Drama
The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...
, now a part of the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
.
Television career
She was a reporter on the BBC news programme TonightTonight (TV series)
Tonight is a British television newsmagazine, produced by ITV Studios and ITN for the ITV network. Since 1999, Tonight replaced the long-running investigative series World in Action...
from 1959 to 1962. She was also a panellist on BBC TV's What's My Line?
What's My Line?
What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations....
from 1959 to 1960 and Face The Music
Face The Music (TV series)
Face the Music was a weekly BBC television programme in the form of a classical music quiz. It began in 1966 and continued until 1979, with revivals in 1983-4 and 2007.-Format:...
from 1971 to 1974. She was a contributor to the BBC TV programme What's New? in 1962–3.
Personal life
She was married to BBC TV sports broadcaster Peter DimmockPeter Dimmock
Peter Harold Dimmock CBE, CVO is a pioneering former sports broadcaster of British television during its formative years in the 1950s. He was the first host of the BBC's long-running Grandstand and also the first host of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.-Early life and career:Dimmock...
from 12 March 1960 until her death on 15 July 1987. Their
home in Campden Hill Gardens, Kensington
Kensington
Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...
, west London, was featured in an article in Homes and Gardens magazine in 1962. They had one daughter, Amanda.