Polly Holliday, star of 'Alice' and 'The Parent Trap,' dead at 88

Polly Holliday, best known to audiences for her role as Flo the waitress on the CBS sitcom “Alice,” has died at age 88.

Her theatrical agent, Dennis Aspland, confirmed to The New York Times that Holliday died at her home in Manhattan on Tuesday.

Holliday became famous for her character Florence Jean Castleberry, aka Flo, on “Alice,” along with her catchphrase, “Kiss my grits!”

She appeared on the show for four seasons before securing a spinoff, “Flo,” that ran for two seasons.

Holliday was born on July 2, 1937, in Jasper, Alabama to Velma, a housewife, and Ernest, a trucker, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In a 1980 interview with People, Holliday recalled spending summers with her dad on the road, which helped influence her performance years later.

“We’d eat at truck stops, and there would always be a waitress like Flo with a joke ready,” she told the outlet. “The men would say all kinds of risqué things to her, but it was understood that it wasn’t serious, just a way to make everybody’s day happier.”

Apart from her breakout role, Holliday had a prolific acting career, starring in films like the “All the President’s Men,” “Gremlins,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” and the remake of “The Parent Trap” starring Lindsay Lohan.

She also had a career on stage, making her Broadway debut in “All Over Town,” directed by Dustin Hoffman, who helped land her the role in “All the President’s Men," per THR.

Later, she starred in a Broadway revival of “Arsenic and Old Lace,” as well as a revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” which earned her a Tony nomination.

Holliday leaves no immediate survivors.