Polly Platt

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
01/29/1939
Birthplace:
Germany
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biography
Platt is an acclaimed production designer best known for her work on films directed by former husband Peter Bogdanovich: "Targets" (1968), "The Last Picture Show" (1971). "What's Up, Doc?" (1972) and "Paper Moon" (1973). She went on to work on such diverse projects as the remake of "A Star is Born" (1976), "Young Doctors in Love" (1982) and "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987). Platt wrote the screenplay for Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby" (1978) but was unhappy with casting decisions and has distanced herself from the final film. She earned her first executive producer credit on James Brooks' Continued
Credits
screenplay
2000
Producer
1996
Producer
1996
Producer
1989
Executive Producer
1987
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milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Spent early childhood in postwar Germany
1947 
Developed polio and spent several months in the children's ward of American-run hospital in Munich (date approximate)
1960 
Birth of first child, a daughter given up for adoption (date approximate)
1960 
First marriage to poet Philip Klein; within eight months he died in automobile accident (date approximate)
1962 
Met and later married director Peter Bogdanovich
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