Why did Polly Holliday leave the show? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

pma29223@yahoo.c · 12-11-2015, 09:45 PM

She was really good on the show.

Yong Fang · 12-11-2015, 11:48 PM

Lots of threads on this subject, but supposedly Linda Lavin did not like getting upstaged by a co-star, and basically people were watching "Alice" for Flo, and Holliday was getting more of the fan mail, and probably "Kiss my Grits" entered the popular culture.

CBS decided to give Holliday her own show, which separated her from Lavin. Unfortunately, Holliday's show died after a season while Alice went on another five or six years. Holliday's replacement, Diane Ladd (who was in the movie that Alice sprang from) lasted a year and left (probably because of Lavin) and then Celia Weston, who stayed until the end of the show's run.

pma29223@yahoo.c · 12-12-2015, 12:08 AM

Thanks for your response.

12-11-2015, 09:45 PM	#1
pma29223@yahoo.c Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 25, 2008 Location: SC Posts: 13	Why did Polly Holliday leave the show? She was really good on the show.

12-11-2015, 11:48 PM	#2
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Lots of threads on this subject, but supposedly Linda Lavin did not like getting upstaged by a co-star, and basically people were watching "Alice" for Flo, and Holliday was getting more of the fan mail, and probably "Kiss my Grits" entered the popular culture. CBS decided to give Holliday her own show, which separated her from Lavin. Unfortunately, Holliday's show died after a season while Alice went on another five or six years. Holliday's replacement, Diane Ladd (who was in the movie that Alice sprang from) lasted a year and left (probably because of Lavin) and then Celia Weston, who stayed until the end of the show's run.

12-12-2015, 12:08 AM	#3
pma29223@yahoo.c Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 25, 2008 Location: SC Posts: 13	Thanks for your response.