Rosalind Russell
Mrs. Pollifax
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May 20, 1999 · The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax: Directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw. With Angela Lansbury, Thomas Ian Griffith, Ed Bishop, Paul Birchard. When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't realize that she has always wanted to be a spy.
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- Drama, Mystery
- Anthony Pullen Shaw
- 1999-05-20
Mrs. Pollifax in film. Mrs. Pollifax—Spy (1971), a theatrical film based on the book The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, stars Rosalind Russell in the title role, Darren McGavin as John Sebastian Farrell, and Dana Elcar as Carstairs. Russell was also credited as contributing to the story idea under a pseudonym.
- The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
- Dorothy Gilman
- Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
After the immense success of the first few books of the series, it was adapted into a Hollywood comedy film titled Mrs. Pollifax-Spy in the year 1971. This movie featured Rosalind in the lead role of Mrs. Pollifax. Author Gilman started writing this spy fiction series in the year 1966. In the same year, she also came up with its debut novel.
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Feb 17, 1971 · Mrs. Pollifax-Spy: Directed by Leslie H. Martinson. With Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff, Harold Gould. A widowed New Jerseyan woman volunteers for spy duty at the CIA, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown, and is assigned to pick up a book in Mexico City, while finding out that it is easier ...
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- Adventure, Comedy
- Leslie H. Martinson
- 1971-02-17
She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie 's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young government men like James Bond and the spies of John le Carré and Graham Greene , Emily Pollifax, her heroine, became a spy in her 60s and is very likely the only spy in literature ...
14 primary works • 20 total works. Mrs Emily Pollifax is a practical yet imaginative white-haired NJ widow with unusual hats and a brown belt in karate who volunteers for the CIA, answering to agents Carstairs and Bishop, around the world. Simple always becomes dangerous and hilarious.
