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Polly Holliday, best known for her role as Flo on the beloved sitcom "Alice," has died . She was 88.

"I can only confirm that Ms. Holliday passed away on the 9th of September comfortably at her home in Manhattan," her talent manager, Dennis Aspland, told Fox News Digital.

Born in Jasper, Alabama, on July 2, 1937, Holliday found her passion for acting at an early age. While attending the University of Montevallo in the late 1950s, she took to theater and landed her first leading roles in "The Lady's Not for Burning" and "Medea."

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"I started acting long before I knew what I was doing," she previously told Actors’ Equity, per People . "At age 19 and a junior in college, I joined the cast

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