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Polly confirms her age on her 46th birthday in season 3 or 4 if I’m not mistaken. While she does look older, 60 is a bit rough to say lol. She just looks like her real age which is 55
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Polly originates from the criminal Gypsy family the Shelbys. She's the daughter of Mr. Shelby and Birdie Boswell. Her brother is Arthur Shelby Sr.Polly tells her son Michael Gray that his grandmother was a Gypsy Princess. Polly always wears the Black Madonna. When she was young and the police were after her father, he used to take the family out, living in the wood. When she was sixteen she got pregnant, however the father did not return and she was forced to abort the child on her own terms....
Series 1 · 1919
After John, Arthur, and Thomas return from the war, they retake control of the Peaky Blinders, with Thomas eventually assuming leadership. However, Polly remains the matriarch and heart of the family. Thomas keeps many things close to his chest, such as the fact that his men accidentally acquired the wrong crate during a routine pick-up, taking a crate that contained Lewis machine guns. Polly is the only one that Thomas will confide in. When she is eventually able to wheedle the information o...
Series 2 · 1922
Polly has become withdrawn and depressed and visits a medium because she had a dream about her daughter. The woman, Mrs. Pryce of the Patch, tells her that her daughter is dead, and Polly breaks down into tears. However, Esme later warns her that the Gypsy woman is a charlatan. Thomas is able to discover what happened to Polly's children. The girl died of spring fever, but he locates the boy, Michael. Thomas will not give Polly the address where Michael is and tells Polly that her son must ch...
The relationship between Thomas and Polly is a close one. She is perhaps his closest advisor with things related both to the family business, Shelby Company Limited, and the Peaky Blinders. She holds a high ranking position within the Peaky Blinders due to her close relationship with her nephew, and on multiple occasions he puts Polly in interim charge. He also states on one occasion that if he does not return, she is to assume charge permanently. Polly can read Tommy like a book.
After recurring dreams of her daughter's death, Polly seeks answers about her children and their current whereabouts. This eventually leads her son, Michael, back to her. She quickly becomes affectionate with him, devoting her life to him. She introduces him to the family business and the Peaky Blinders. She does, however, shield him within the Peaky Blinders in order to keep his hands clean.
Mr. Gray
Polly tells Michael about his father. She says that he's a Gypsy, and died drunk, squeezed between a boat and a dock. She tells him when her past husband was sober, he was kind and gentle. He could sing, play the piano, had a beautiful smile, and has got the same beautiful eyes as Michael's. His trouble was he fell in with the wrong crowd when he was a boy.
Business: She's a certified accountant and company treasurer of Shelby Company Limited. She managed the Peaky Blinders when the Shelby boys were absent during the Great War.Leadership: She is the matriarch of the Shelby Family and, as mentioned, is often in charge of the Peaky Blinders while her nephew, Tommy, is away on family business.Second Sight: She believes she sees spirits and can speak with the dead.Finn Shelby (played by Alfie Evans-Meese in series 1 and Harry Kirton in series 2 – series 6) is the youngest member of the Peaky Blinders, a son of Arthur Shelby Sr. and Mrs. Shelby and the youngest brother of Arthur, Thomas, John, and Ada Shelby. He is later married to Mary Shelby.
"Episode 2.1" is the first episode of the second series of Peaky Blinders and the seventh episode overall. It aired on October 2, 2014. When Birmingham crime boss Tommy Shelby's beloved Garrison pub is bombed, he finds himself blackmailed into murdering an Irish dissident. The cliffhanger from...
Polly and her estranged son, Michael, catch up after about twelve years apart. Always the maternal figure, Polly finally has her biological son in her life. Arthur and John burst in Polly's door playing at cowboys, still making fun of Digbeth Kid. Thomas introduces the boys to their cousin, Michael. Thomas welcomes him to the Shelby family.
Oct 10, 2014 · After last week’s explosive (literally) season opener, the Shelby clan were in a bit more of an introspective mood in week two, as figurehead Thomas (Cillian Murphy, the youngest looking...
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Feb 1, 2022 · Chief among the ladies is Polly Gray (Helen McCrory), aunt to Tommy and his siblings and the official treasurer of the Peaky Blinders' bookie business.
