Polly Elwes, born Mary Freya Elwes (29 February 1928 – 15 July 1987),Polly Elwes at the Internet Movie database accessed 19 February 2010
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in-vision announcer from 1957 to 1960. She attended the

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, now a part of the

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Television career

Elwes was a reporter on the BBC news programme ''

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'' from 1959 to 1962. She was also a panellist on BBC TV's ''

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'' from 1959 to 1960 and '' Face the Music'' from 1971 to 1974. She was also a contributor to the BBC TV programme ''What's New?'' in 1962–63.

Personal life

She was the daughter of the barrister Sir Richard A Elwes (1901–1968) and Mary Freya Sykes (1904–1994) and granddaughter of the tenor

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. She was married to BBC TV sports broadcaster

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from 12 March 1960 until her death. In 1962 their home in Campden Hill Gardens,

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, west London, was featured in an article in ''

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'' magazine."The home of Peter Dimmock and Polly Elwes" ''Homes & Gardens'' Magazine 1962 - Accessed 19 February 2009
/ref> They had three daughters, Amanda, Christina and Freya. Elwes died on 15 July 1987, at her home in Newbury,

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, after 11 years of bone cancer.Glasgow Herald on-line archive 16 July 1987, accessed 24 July 2012
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elwes, Polly BBC people Radio and television announcers 1928 births 1987 deaths Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama