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Platt was born Mary Marr Platt in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on January 29, 1939, later choosing to be known as 'Polly'. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Her father, John, was a colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army , while her mother, Vivian, worked in advertising; she had a brother, John.
The first season of The Real Housewives of New York City, an American reality television series, is broadcast on Bravo. It aired March 4, 2008 until May 27, 2008, and is primarily filmed in New York City, New York. Its executive producers are Andrew Hoegl, Barrie Bernstein, Lisa Shannon, Pam Healy and Andy Cohen.
Pretty Baby is a 1978 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, written by Polly Platt, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon.Set in 1917, it focuses on a 12-year-old girl being raised in a brothel in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, by her prostitute mother.
John Dall (born John Dall Thompson; May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971) [1] [Note 1] was an American actor. Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for portraying the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), and the companion of trigger-happy femme fatale Peggy Cummins in the 1950 film noir Gun Crazy.
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff is a 1979 American drama film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. [1] The screenplay by Polly Platt is based on the 1970 novel of the same title by William Inge . [ 2 ] Inge wrote two novels, both set in the fictional town of Freedom, Kansas.
She eventually ended up in New York City. “It took me 10 years to become established in New York,” she told PEOPLE in 1978. ... The 'Alice' cast in 1979. From left: Polly Holliday, Vic Tayback ...
Polly Platt (9 January 1927 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania – 26 December 2008) was an American author specializing in books related to Americans living or working in France. She also had a professional background working as a consultant, seminar leader, and public speaker.
Polly Platt was the film's production designer, in addition to developing the story, and it was her idea to set the ending at a drive-in movie theater. Interviewed in 2003, Bogdanovich explained that filming on or near the freeway was not permitted, so the freeway shooting spree was filmed guerilla-style in a two-day period.