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− | + | Jozy Pollock is an actress, songwriter, and Christian minister for prisons. She was born in 1935 in the United Kingdom. She is the author of ''Backstage Pass To Heaven'' (2017), | |
− | Jozy Pollock is an English actress, dancer, songwriter. As a young girl she was called "The Hula-Hoop Queen" | + | a book which is a story of a Jetsetter, Jozy Pollock, who went from hanging out with the rich and famous to ministering to the notorious in the penal system. |
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+ | Jozy Pollock jokes that she gave up the hula hoop for the cross. | ||
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+ | She was Britain’s hula hoop queen, but her career came to a halt when she married the famous magician Channing Pollock. | ||
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+ | She appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and performed in Las Vegas as Channing’s assistant. | ||
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+ | After accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior, Jozy gave up a life of glamour and volunteered with the prison chaplain services at East Lake Juvenile Hall in downtown Los Angeles. | ||
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+ | She became the first Protestant female chaplain at Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail. | ||
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+ | Noelle Aimee Kozell directed a documentary about Jozy’s twenty years in prison ministry entitled ''On Faith Alone: The Jozy Pollock Story''. | ||
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+ | Throughout her life, she has met and befriended celebrities and understands from personal experience that many celebrities do not have the peace and love that comes from having a personal relationship with God. | ||
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+ | from ''Redeeming the Screens'' (Please see Bibiography for Jeanne C. DeFazio https://www.wikichristian.org/wiki/en/Jeanne_C._DeFazio) | ||
+ | ==Early Life and Early Career== | ||
+ | Jozy Pollock is an English actress, dancer, songwriter. As a young girl she was called "The Hula-Hoop Queen". She married great American magician Channing Pollock (who would become later a movie actor). Together, they moved to U.S., making live performances and TV shows with her husband. | ||
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+ | She later entered into the elite of rock 'n' roll musicians with friends like May Pang, John Lennon, Neil Sedaka. From that social group, she was engaged to singer Nigel Olsson (also Elton John's drummer) for whom she wrote a few songs. | ||
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+ | from ''Backstage Pass to Heaven'' by Jozy Pollock | ||
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+ | ==Prison Minister== | ||
+ | Jozy Pollock devoted twenty years as a prison minister. She became the first Protestant female chaplain at Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail. | ||
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+ | From her efforts ministering to prisoners, she became the subject of the documentary ''On Faith Alone: The Jozy Pollock Story''(2003). | ||
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+ | ==Film, Music and Books== | ||
+ | ===Filmography=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" | ||
+ | |+ Filmography | ||
+ | ! Film !! Year !! Role | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Canaan Land || 2020 || Mother Grace | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Sweet Beat || 1959 || Actress (Jose Boulton) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories || 2013 || funeral guest | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Right Left Us || Pre-production || Jozy | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Music=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" | ||
+ | |+ MUSIC | ||
+ | !Title !! Year !! Role | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''Father, forgive them'' || 2001 || Words & Music | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''Thank you, Jesus'' || 2001 || Word & Music | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''Girl, we've got to keep on''|| 1975 || Words & Music | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''Something lacking in me'' || 1975 || Words & Music | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Books=== | ||
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+ | ====''Backstage Pass to Heaven''==== | ||
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+ | by Jozy Pollock | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
+ | ===Documentary Film about Jozy Pollock and the Prison Ministry=== | ||
+ | ''On Faith Alone: The Jozy Pollock Story'' (2003) | ||
+ | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348856/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 | ||
+ | ===Copyrights=== | ||
+ | ====''Father, forgive them''==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | words & music: Billy Preston, 1946- d.b.a. Stonington Music, & Jozy Pollock | ||
+ | PA0001093281 / 2001-12-19 | ||
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+ | ====''Thank you, Jesus''==== | ||
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+ | words & music: Billy Preston, 1946- d.b.a. Stonington Music, & Jozy Pollock | ||
+ | PA0001093282 / 2001-12-19 | ||
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+ | ====''Girl, we've got to keep on''==== | ||
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+ | Nigel Olsson, David Foster, Jozy Pollock | ||
+ | EU0000638043 / 1975-12-22 | ||
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+ | ====''Something lacking in me''==== | ||
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+ | Nigel Olsson, David Foster, Jozy Pollock | ||
+ | EU0000638041 / 1975-12-22 | ||
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+ | ====''Backstage Pass to Heaven''==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jozy Pollock | ||
+ | TXu002070079 / 2018-02-06 | ||
+ | (Source: US Copyright) |
Latest revision as of 23:01, 20 July 2023
Jozy Pollock is an actress, songwriter, and Christian minister for prisons. She was born in 1935 in the United Kingdom. She is the author of Backstage Pass To Heaven (2017), a book which is a story of a Jetsetter, Jozy Pollock, who went from hanging out with the rich and famous to ministering to the notorious in the penal system.
Jozy Pollock jokes that she gave up the hula hoop for the cross.
She was Britain’s hula hoop queen, but her career came to a halt when she married the famous magician Channing Pollock.
She appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and performed in Las Vegas as Channing’s assistant.
After accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior, Jozy gave up a life of glamour and volunteered with the prison chaplain services at East Lake Juvenile Hall in downtown Los Angeles.
She became the first Protestant female chaplain at Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail.
Noelle Aimee Kozell directed a documentary about Jozy’s twenty years in prison ministry entitled On Faith Alone: The Jozy Pollock Story.
Throughout her life, she has met and befriended celebrities and understands from personal experience that many celebrities do not have the peace and love that comes from having a personal relationship with God.
from Redeeming the Screens (Please see Bibiography for Jeanne C. DeFazio https://www.wikichristian.org/wiki/en/Jeanne_C._DeFazio)
Contents
Early Life and Early Career
Jozy Pollock is an English actress, dancer, songwriter. As a young girl she was called "The Hula-Hoop Queen". She married great American magician Channing Pollock (who would become later a movie actor). Together, they moved to U.S., making live performances and TV shows with her husband.
She later entered into the elite of rock 'n' roll musicians with friends like May Pang, John Lennon, Neil Sedaka. From that social group, she was engaged to singer Nigel Olsson (also Elton John's drummer) for whom she wrote a few songs.
from Backstage Pass to Heaven by Jozy Pollock
Prison Minister
Jozy Pollock devoted twenty years as a prison minister. She became the first Protestant female chaplain at Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail.
From her efforts ministering to prisoners, she became the subject of the documentary On Faith Alone: The Jozy Pollock Story(2003).
Film, Music and Books
Filmography
Film | Year | Role |
---|---|---|
Canaan Land | 2020 | Mother Grace |
Sweet Beat | 1959 | Actress (Jose Boulton) |
Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories | 2013 | funeral guest |
Right Left Us | Pre-production | Jozy |
Music
Title | Year | Role |
---|---|---|
Father, forgive them | 2001 | Words & Music |
Thank you, Jesus | 2001 | Word & Music |
Girl, we've got to keep on | 1975 | Words & Music |
Something lacking in me | 1975 | Words & Music |
Books
Backstage Pass to Heaven
by Jozy Pollock
References
Documentary Film about Jozy Pollock and the Prison Ministry
On Faith Alone: The Jozy Pollock Story (2003) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348856/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Copyrights
Father, forgive them
words & music: Billy Preston, 1946- d.b.a. Stonington Music, & Jozy Pollock PA0001093281 / 2001-12-19
Thank you, Jesus
words & music: Billy Preston, 1946- d.b.a. Stonington Music, & Jozy Pollock PA0001093282 / 2001-12-19
Girl, we've got to keep on
Nigel Olsson, David Foster, Jozy Pollock EU0000638043 / 1975-12-22
Something lacking in me
Nigel Olsson, David Foster, Jozy Pollock EU0000638041 / 1975-12-22
Backstage Pass to Heaven
Jozy Pollock TXu002070079 / 2018-02-06 (Source: US Copyright)