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Karl Malden, Hayley Mills, Agnes Moorehead, Kevin Corcoran, Donald Crisp, Richard Egan, Adolphe Menjou, Nancy Olson, and Jane Wyman in Pollyanna (1960)

Anne Seymour: Mrs. Amelia Tarbell

Pollyanna

Anne Seymour credited as playing...

Mrs. Amelia Tarbell

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  • Mrs. Amelia Tarbell: You go get the luggage. Be careful with the fresh eggs. They're wrapped in paper.
  • Ben Tarbell: Yes, dear.
  • Mrs. Amelia Tarbell: Oh, and Ben?
  • Ben Tarbell: Yes, dear?
  • Mrs. Amelia Tarbell: I want you to write a letter to the president of this railway. There were men smoking in the parlor car. Disgraceful! I've taken his number.
  • Ben Tarbell: Yes, dear.
  • Nancy Furman: Miss Pollyanna?
  • Pollyanna: Yes? Aunt Polly?
  • Nancy Furman: No, I'm Nancy. I work for your aunt and I came here to fetch you.
  • Pollyanna: Oh. How do you do?
  • Nancy Furman: This is Thomas, the gardener.
  • Pollyanna: How do you do?
  • Mr. Thomas: Hello, young lady.
  • Nancy Furman: Oh, Thomas will take your luggage for you. Put it in the back seat. Oh, good afternoon, Mrs. Tarbell.
  • Mrs. Amelia Tarbell: Is that Jenny Harrington's child?
  • Nancy Furman: Yes, it is.
  • Mrs. Amelia Tarbell: Doesn't look a thing like any of the Harringtons. What's your name, girl?
  • [Pollyanna says nothing]
  • Nancy Furman: Speak up!
  • Pollyanna: Pollyanna Whittier, mam.
  • Mrs. Amelia Tarbell: You're a very fortunate little girl. Most children who have lost their parents would be sent to an orphange.
  • [Pollyanna looks away]
  • Mrs. Amelia Tarbell: You know that, don't you?
  • Pollyanna: Yes, mam.
  • Mrs. Amelia Tarbell: Thank your lucky stars for a good woman such as your aunt taking you in.

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