Polly adler biography

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    • Polly Adler

    American madam and author (1900–1962)

    Polly Adler

    Adler c. 1953

    BornApril 16, 1900

    Yanow, Belarus

    DiedJune 9, 1962(1962-06-09) (aged 62)

    Hollywood, California, U.S.

    NationalityAmerican
    Occupation(s)madam, author

    Pearl "Polly" Adler (April 16, 1900 – June 9, 1962)[1][2] was an American madam and author, best known for her work A House Is Not a Home, which was adapted into a film of the same name. In 2021, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Debby Applegate published a comprehensive account of Adler's life and times entitled Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age with Doubleday.

    Early life

    Of Russian-Jewish origin, Pearl Adler was the eldest of nine children of Gertrude Koval and Morris Adler, a tailor who travelled throughout Europe on business. Her early education was from the village rabbi.[1][3][4]

    The family lived at Yanow, a city of I