Tommy's aunt, who ran the business when the men went away to war, and who now operates as his consigliere.
Born Elizabeth Shelby, Polly was aunt to Peaky Blinders gang leader Tommy Shelby, his brothers Arthur, John and Finn, and their sister Ada Thorne.
For five seasons, McCrory had brilliantly played the part of Polly Gray, the aunt of Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and ferocious matriarch of the Peaky Blinders. Heading into season 6 (now streaming on Netflix), the show had to figure out how to honor both McCrory and her character.
Elizabeth Pollyanna "Polly" Gray (née Shelby) is the mother of Michael and Anna Gray, aunt of Arthur, Thomas, John, Ada and Finn Shelby, as well as being the matriarch of the Shelby Family.
Aunt Polly, fictional character, Tom Sawyer's aunt and guardian in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). Aunt Polly is a kindhearted, rather simple old woman who takes her responsibility for Tom and his half-brother Sid very seriously.
However, he pursues and seduces her until things have begun to develop between them. Finally, Polly decides to come for him at night and sleeps with him. Does Thomas know Grace betrayed him? Polly and Thomas realize that Grace betrayed them.
Charlie was deeply in love with Mrs. Shelby, but never confessed his love for her, as she was married and had a family.
Realizing that Thomas won't get Michael out of prison soon enough, Polly takes the matter into her own hands. Campbell offers to release Michael the next morning but only in return for a sexual favor. Polly agrees to this deal. The next day, Michael tells her they told him what she did to get him out of jail.
Tommy Flanagan as Arthur Shelby Sr. (series 1), the father of the Shelby siblings and Polly's brother.
Martha Shelby was the first wife of John Shelby. She is the mother of four of John Shelby's children. Martha raised their children while he was away at war, and appears to have been a good mother and wife. She died before the first series begins.
Instead, the creator decided that killing her off was the more honorable thing to do and the death is revealed early on in the new season. “We wanted to pay tribute to the character and hopefully the actor at the same time, so we wanted that to be part of the show.”
Finn Shelby 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.
Later on in the season, Billy is seen being held by his mother, in the living room of their house in Birmingham. Arthur then comes home drunk, so Linda puts Billy to bed upstairs. Billy is last seen being held by his mother, at his supposedly dead father's funeral.
Shelby is the mother of Thomas, Arthur Jr., John, Ada and Finn Shelby, and sister of Polly. Her husband was Arthur Snr. Shelby.
Polly's Past, Revealed (Season 1, Episode 6)
Gazing down at Ada's newborn son Karl in his cradle, Polly tells her niece how her own children were taken by the police when they were 2 and 5 years old after a neighbor snitched on her for illegal dealings.
She was eventually sent to Australia where she supposedly died of "Spring Fever," a mosquito-borne illness with symptoms akin to influenza and arthritis. Her body's buried there. Thomas tells Polly that Anna was never able to settle and tried multiple times to return to England. Polly learns Anna has died.
What's their backstory? For those who forgot, Juni and Dag (look, I made their names kind of better) are the offspring of Betty's sister Polly and Cheryl's late brother Jason. Initially, when the couple found out they were pregnant, they planned to run away to The Farm together.
This article is about Juniper and Dagwood Blossom, who reside in Rivervale. You may be looking for their Riverdale counterpart, Juniper and Dagwood Blossom. Juniper and Dagwood Blossom are the twins of Polly Cooper and Jason Blossom, who, unlike his Riverdale counterpart, is alive and well.
It was later revealed that they were, in fact, third cousins. Polly's family had changed their surname to Cooper upon the death of her great-grandfather and they cut ties with the rest of the Blossoms, which Jason and Polly did not know about.
Michael Gray is the son of Polly Gray and the cousin of the Shelby siblings. He was taken away from Polly at a young age and was raised by his adoptive mother. After Thomas learns about Polly's wish to find her children again, he pays Michael's foster family a visit and invites the boy to see his biological mother.
But without McCrory, the show acted swiftly in deciding Polly's fate. In the opening of Peaky Blinders' sixth season, it's revealed that Polly has been killed by the very same people who ruined Tommy's assassination plan against Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin) in the season 5 finale.
Thomas asks Ada to speak to Polly for him, because no one can get through to her. Polly says that she doesn't want a conversation, she wants an address. After going home the next morning, Polly meets her son, Michael Gray, who has come to Birmingham to see her.
Duke Shelby is the illegitimate son of Tommy Shelby and his eldest biological child. Tommy was unaware of his existence until the fourth episode of the sixth season, titled 'Sapphire'.
That suggests that Tommy's handing on a mixture of "you're up, kidda" business stuff and straightforward "I'm gonna die, kidda" stuff. Certainly, that's what the direction and editing hints at. We see young Charles, buttoned up in his grey coat, looking distinctly miffed.
Lizzie was a working girl who continued to work for Tommy through the 1920s. Now the mother of Tommy's child, she is the lady of the manor. And she has her own very definite thoughts on what kind of a family she wants to be part of.