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Polly: in TV, change and challenge. Bonnie Auntie Laurie SOPHISTICATED POLLY ROWLES IS HAPPY IN HEART-WARMING ROLE T O THE MAN on the street, Polly Rowles is Aunt Laurie, the ever- loving, understanding, bread-winning aunt of Jamie (Brandon de Wilde) — an identification she appreciates as a real-life bread-winner and as an actress who started her career mak¬ ing movies “no one ever heard of.” Off stage, she’s a lot less simple than Aunt Laurie and a lot more sophisticated. Like most permanent members of a TV series, she likes the comfort of the steady pay check and the fact that, though the characters and continuity remain constant, the script changes weekly. On Broadway, Miss Rowles last ap¬ peared opposite Melvin Douglas in “Time Out for Ginger.” “Melvin and I used to have long discussions about how to keep a part alive after you’ve played it a few months. You have to keep plugging emotionally and spirit¬ ually to keep the play fresh. The only real answer—for the actor—is a repertory theater, where you act in new shows every few days.” While TV is a partial substitute for the repertory theater, Polly’s most interesting experience was playing Blanche du Bois (“A Streetcar Named Desire”) on New York’s “subway cir¬ cuit ”—the small, neighborhood houses far from Broadway’s glitter. Or Toss A Ripe Tomato “You play to people who aren’t theater-goers, and if you can’t make your role understandable, they eat peanuts, read newspapers or go to sleep.” As preparation for TV, where people can switch channels, Polly found this training invaluable. Miss Rowles, a graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology, started her career in Hollywood. She also has had her own radio show and played on the London stage. Having tried all medi¬ ums, and many sections of the coun¬ try, she’s partial to the East and TV. “The most important thing that happened to me in California,” she says, “was meeting Gene Autry. Now, I get passes to the Rodeo, which gives me great prestige with my 11 -year- old daughter.” 'She gives the weather forecast!'