Spending an afternoon listening to Polly Lou’s funny and irreverent stories about growing up in the small, tight-knit Jewish community of Victoria, Texas, her stagestruck mother, her party-catering days, and life in the fledgling Texas art scene, makes one feel as if you’re suddenly in the presence of a genuine Lone Star Auntie Mame (or perhaps the love child of Eudora Welty and George Burns).' 'Somewhere between a hinge in quest of lubricant and Blanche Dubois as channeled by Olive Oyl, there’s no other tonality quite like it. In a 2009 column for the Current, William Jack Sibley waxed poetic about Livingston's one-of-a-kind voice: Polly Lou really liked playing and she'll be sorely missed,' Adventure Time showrunner Adam Muto said in a tweet on Thursday. 'She had a wonderful and unmistakeable voice and was always a joy to have in recording sessions. She was cast in the series by creator and San Antonio native Pen Ward. Long before she made her mark as Tree Trunks, a yellow-green pygmy elephant who sometimes accompanied Adventure Time's protagonists Jake the Dog and Finn the Human on the series' titular adventures, Livingston was well known in Texas as a fixture in the arts world. Local icon Polly Lou Livingston, who rose to global fame for voicing the character Tree Trunks on the long-running animated series Adventure Time, has died.Īccording to her obituary, she passed away at home on January 24. Polly Lou LIvingston (left) was voted Best-Dressed Woman in the Current's 2014 Best Of issue.

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