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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.
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.
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.
Polly Platt (1939–2011), American production designer and film producer. ... New Zealand-Australian writer. [308] Lynn Wright (1952–2022), American politician.
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. In Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff , high-school Latin teacher Evelyn Wyckoff loses her job because she has an affair with the school's black janitor.
From November 2013 until January 2016, the NYC Housing, Preservation and Development agency, which is responsible for oversight of the city’s vast stock of multi-unit residential buildings, issued more than 10,000 violations for dangerous lead paint conditions in units with children under the age of six, the age group most at risk of ingesting lead paint.
Nehemiah Platt (1797–1851), New York politician; Nicholas Platt (born 1936), American diplomat; Oliver Platt (born 1960), American actor; Orville H. Platt (1827–1905), American politician, proponent of the Platt Amendment; Polly Platt (1939–2011), American film producer, production designer and screenwriter; Polly Platt (author) (1927 ...
Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt [1] and Easy Boss, [2] was an American politician who was a two-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1873–1877) and a three-term U.S. Senator from New York in 1881 and 1897 to 1909.