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Polly Adler

American madam and author (1900–1962)

  • Fame50.1
  • Momentum1.1
  • Wikipedia6.1K
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Lived 1900–1962, aged 62United States
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  • Era
    1900–1962
    Aged 62
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Updated 2026-08-06

Pearl "Polly" Adler 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.

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