A star of the '70s and '80s sitcom that featured a Phoenix diner, has died.
Polly Holliday played Flo the waitress on the TV show "Alice" and will be remembered for a famous insult.
FLO: Is that all you have to say to me?
MEL: Yeah. Is that all you got to tell me?
FLO: No, Mel ,there’s one more thing:
MEL: What?
FLO: Kiss my grits!
The Alabama-born Holliday was a star of stage and screen. She was nominated for a Tony award for a revival of “Cat On a Hot Tin Roof” after her best-known role as Flo on TV, for which she won a Golden Globe in 1980.
She also appeared in the movies “All The President’s Men” and “Gremlins," and played the mother-in-law on the TV show "Home Improvement."
Holliday was 88.
More Arts + culture news
-
To commemorate those lost and affected by the 9/11 terror attacks 25 years ago, the North Valley Symphony Orchestra is partnering with North Valley Chorale for a special benefit concert on Sunday. -
Racheal Gunn’s notoriously bad performance became a global meme that started out as funny — and turned pretty hateful. And now, Netflix is out with a new documentary about her: “Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly.” -
Evelina Fernández grew up in Phoenix, but her memories of this city are less than fond. -
There are many symphonies and orchestras throughout metro Phoenix, but Scott Helms leads one that is on something of a mission. -
Phoenix-based artist Daniel Ragsdale Combs has earned four decades of awards for his work. Now, he’s a new member of the Colored Pencil Society of America.
