Polly Craus

Polly Craus August
Personal information
Born(1923-02-17)February 17, 1923
McKinney, Texas, United States
DiedOctober 7, 2006(2006-10-07) (aged 83)
Burbank, California, United States
Sport
SportFencing

Mary Ellen "Polly" Craus August (February 17, 1923 – October 7, 2006) was an American fencer who also worked in the movie industry in Hollywood.[1] In 1949, she was the US Women's Individual Foil Champion.[1] She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

The Craus family moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s. She started studying fencing with Ralph Faulkner in 1939.[1] She credited fencing with helping her deal with her dyslexia.[1]

She was also very interested in working in the movie industry. In 1940 and 1941, she studied drama at Los Angeles City College, but left school and worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros. as a script supervisor and production assistant; one of the films she worked on was A Streetcar Named Desire.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Craus, Mary Ellen [Polly] (1923–2006)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Polly Craus Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  3. ^ Polly Craus at IMDb


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