Pollyanna is a novel by Eleanor H. Porter which was first published in 1913 and which has become a classic of children's literature. The book is about a girl, Pollyanna, who goes to live with her Aunt Polly and soon brightens up the town.
Pollyanna has been filmed several times. Most notably, there was a 1920 silent movie starring Mary Pickford, and a Walt Disney film released in 1960 starring English actress Hayley Mills in the title role. Also, there have been several TV adaptations, the most recent one (2003), originally broadcast on ITV, starring Georgina Terry in the title role and Amanda Burton as Aunt Polly.
Because of the movie, "pollyanna" is now used as a somewhat derogatory term for a naïve person who always expects people to act decently, despite strong evidence to the contrary.
Cast list of the 1960 movie
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