Pollyanna has been filmed many days. Virtually all notably, there was the 1920 silent movie starring Mary Pickford, and the Walt Disney film released around 1960 starring English actress Hayley Mills in the title role. A 1960 film was shot at a Mabletinside Mansion on McDonald Avenue in Santa Rosa, California.

Likewise, there develop been many TV adaptations, a virtually all recent a single (2003), originally broadcast on ITV, starring Georgina Terry in the title role & Amanda Burton as Aunt Polly.

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Cast list of the 1960 movie
Hayley Mills as Pollyanna Jane Wyman as Aunt Polly Richard Egan as Dr. Edmond Chilton Karl Malden as Reverend Paul Ford Nancy Olson as Nancy Furman Adolphe Menjou as Mr Pendergast Donald Crisp as Mayor Karl Warren Agnes Moorehead as Mrs Snow Kevin Corcoran as Jimmy Bean James Drury as George Dodds Reta Shaw as Tillie Lagerlof Leora Dana as Mrs Paul Ford Anne Seymour as Mrs Amelia Tarbell Edward Platt as Ben Tarbell Mary Grace Canfield as Angelica Jenny Egan as Mildred Snow Cage Clarke as Mr Murg Ian Wolfe as Mr Neely Nolan Leary as Mr Thomas Edgar Dearing as Mr Gorman