Polly Platt was born on January 29, 1939 in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA as Mary Marr Platt. She was a producer and production designer, known for Pretty Baby (1978), Targets (1968) and Say Anything... (1989). She was married to Tony Wade, Peter Bogdanovich and Phillip Klein. She died on July 27, 2011 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
While writing the film that became Pretty Baby (1978), a biographical account of professional photographer E. J. Bellocq in mid-1910s New Orleans, she originally envisioned Jane Fonda as Hattie, Jodie Foster as Violet, and Robert Redford as the photographer.
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She was executive vice president of James L. Brooks' production company, "Gracie Films," from 1985 to 1995.
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She studied art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began her career as a costume designer for theater.
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She is survived by her brother, Jack Platt; 2 daughters, Antonia Bogdanovich and Alexandra "Sashy" Bogdanovichl a stepdaughter, Kelly Wade; a stepson, Jon Wade; 3 grandchildren; and 4 step-grandchildren.
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Was the first female member of the Art Directors Guild.
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She helped to create the plot for Bogdanovich's movie Targets (1968). She also suggested to her husband that he should make Larry McMurtry's novel "The Last Picture Show" into a film.
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Her father John was an army colonel and her mother Vivian worked in advertising. At age 6, she moved to Germany where her father presided over the post-World War II Dachau Nazi war-crimes trials.
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Continued to collaborate on movie projects with her director husband Peter Bogdanovich, even after their divorce in 1971.
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Polly studied art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh before beginning her career as a costume designer for the stage.
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Her father was a judge at the Nuremberg war crimes trial in Germany.
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