---
name: "Polly Platt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/polly-platt"
fi1m_id: "polly-platt"
imdb_id: "nm0686895"
tmdb_id: 21067
wikidata_id: "Q6531044"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "29 January 1939"
died: "27 July 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:54:53.214879+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Polly Platt

## Identity

Polly Platt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/polly-platt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** polly-platt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0686895
- **TMDB ID:** 21067
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6531044
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Platt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6531044, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21067

Producer. Born 29 January 1939 in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA. Died 27 July 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 29 January 1939, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 27 July 2011
- **Active:** 1968–1996
- **Also known as:** Mary Marr Polly Platt, Mary Marr Platt
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 1 acting, 1 writing, 3 producing, 4 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Bogdanovich](https://film.one/person/peter-bogdanovich.md), [Jack Nicholson](https://film.one/person/jack-nicholson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 1970s 88 (2), 1980s 79 (5), 1990s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $229m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Platt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6531044, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21067

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Terms of Endearment*](https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md) (81)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bottle Rocket*](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md) (78)
- **Tubi:** [*The Witches of Eastwick*](https://film.one/film/the-witches-of-eastwick.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Polly Platt was an American film producer, production designer and screenwriter. Born Mary Marr Platt on 29 January 1939 in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, she studied art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began her career in costume design for the stage before moving into film. She died on 27 July 2011 in Brooklyn, New York.

Platt served as production designer on *The Last Picture Show* (1971), *What's Up, Doc?* (1972), *Paper Moon* (1973), *Terms of Endearment* (1983, for which she received an Academy Award nomination) and *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987). She produced *Bottle Rocket* (1996) and other films including *Broadcast News* (1987). She was the first woman accepted into the Art Directors Guild.

*Sources: nytimes.com, theguardian.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Performed in (1)

- *Say Anything...* (1989), Fi1m 81, as Mrs. Flood — [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Targets* (1968), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Story, Production design, Costume design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/targets.md)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md)
- *The War of the Roses* (1989), Fi1m 75, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-war-of-the-roses.md)
- *Broadcast News* (1987), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)

### Crew (4)

- *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987), Fi1m 73, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches-of-eastwick.md)
- *Terms of Endearment* (1983), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md)
- *Paper Moon* (1973), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/paper-moon.md)
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Fi1m 89, Production design, Costume design, Costume Design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Other Side of the Wind* (2018), as Art Direction
- *Corman's World* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Have Dreams, Will Travel* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Muertas* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Sugar Town* (1999), as Maggie
- *A Map of the World* (1999), Screenplay
- *The Evening Star* (1996), Producer
- *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md)
- *Lieberman in Love* (1995), Teleplay
- *I'll Do Anything* (1994), Producer
- *The War of the Roses* (1989), Executive Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-war-of-the-roses.md)
- *Say Anything...* (1989), as Mrs. Flood · Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)
- *Let's Get Mom* (1989), Producer
- *Broadcast News* (1987), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)
- *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches-of-eastwick.md)
- *Between Two Women* (1986), Co-Producer, Production Design
- *Terms of Endearment* (1983), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md)
- *The Man with Two Brains* (1983), Production Design
- *Young Doctors in Love* (1982), Production Design
- *Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff* (1979), Screenplay
- *Pretty Baby* (1978), Story, Screenplay, Associate Producer
- *A Star Is Born* (1976), Production Design
- *The Bad News Bears* (1976), Production Design
- *Thieves Like Us* (1974), Costume Design
- *Paper Moon* (1973), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/paper-moon.md)
- *The Thief Who Came to Dinner* (1973), Costume Design, Production Design
- *What's Up, Doc?* (1972), Production Design
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)
- *Target: Harry* (1969), Costume Design
- *Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women* (1968), Production Coordinator
- *Targets* (1968), Costume Design, Production Design, Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/targets.md)
- *The Wild Angels* (1966), Stunt Double, Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1984: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Terms of Endearment*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Crystal Award 1994: Crystal Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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