Polly Platt
| Polly Platt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mary Marr Platt January 29, 1939 Fort Sheridan, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 2011 (aged 72) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film producer, production designer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1966–2011 |
| Spouse(s) | Philip Klein (19??-early 1960s; his death) Peter Bogdanovich (1962–1971; divorced); 2 children Tony Wade (19??–1985; his death) |
| Children |
Antonia Bogdanovich Sashy Bogdanovich |
Mary Marr "Polly" Platt (January 29, 1939 – July 27, 2011) was an American film producer, production designer and screenwriter.
Platt was born Mary Marr Platt in Fort Sheridan, Illinois on January 29, 1939, later adopting the name Polly. Her father, John, was a colonel in the army, while her mother, Vivian, worked in advertising; she has a brother, John. She moved to Germany at age 6 when her father presided over the Dachau Trials. Platt later returned to the US and attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Platt worked in as a costume designer in New York and there met Peter Bogdanovich, whom she would later marry. She co-wrote with Bogdanovich his first movie Targets (1968), conceiving the plot outline of a "Vietnam veteran-turned-sniper" and served as the production designer on the film. She was also production designer on his film The Last Picture Show (1971), recommending Cybill Shepherd for her first film role, and despite the breakdown of their marriage, had the same role on What's Up Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973). Platt had suggested Bogdanovich make Larry McMurtry's novel The Last Picture Show into a film. Bogdanovich commented that: "She worked on important pictures and made major contributions. She was unique. There weren't many women doing that kind of work at that time, particularly not one as well versed as she was. She knew all the departments, on a workmanlike basis, as opposed to most producers who just know things in theory." Platt was the first female member of the Art Directors Guild. She was also production designer on A Star Is Born (1976).
She wrote the screenplays for Pretty Baby (1978), on which she was also an associate producer, as well as Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979), and A Map of the World (1999). She wrote the screenplay for the 1995 Academy Award-winning short film, Lieberman in Love, which was based on a short story by W. P. Kinsella.
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