Polly Craus

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]

Polly Craus August

Personal information
Born	(1923-02-17)February 17, 1923 McKinney, Texas, United States
Died	October 7, 2006(2006-10-07) (aged 83) Burbank, California, United States
Sport
Sport	Fencing

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]