Ronne Troup is an American actress and educator whose acting roles include Pauline "Polly" Williams Douglas on the sitcom My Three Sons.
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Biography
Troup is the daughter of musician and actor Bobby Troup, and his first wife, Cynthia Hare, and the stepdaughter of actress/singer Julie London. She attended North Hollywood High School and is a graduate of UCLA, where she studied English and elementary education.
Troup's current husband is Bob Bayles.
Career
In 1964, Troup was working as a television background extra appearing (uncredited) in some fourth-season black-and-white episodes of My Three Sons in classroom scenes featuring co-star Don Grady. She later worked as an uncredited extra in classroom scenes on Gidget (1965).
She appeared, uncredited, as a club patron in the James Darren film For Those Who Think Young (1964). She appeared, in another uncredited role, as a teen party guest in the Bob Hope film I'll Take Sweden (1965). In 1966, she made her film debut as part of the all-girl ensemble in Columbia Films' The Trouble with Angels, where she is prominent in the graduation scene. In December 1966 (at age 21), she was cast as Sister Bertrille and had begun filming the pilot for The Flying Nun when she was dropped after the studio's first choice, Sally Field, finally agreed to accept the role.
In 1968, she played the role of Leslie Hayden in Danger Island, the cliffhanger serial that was featured on the Banana Splits Adventure Hour children's program on Saturday mornings.