You might not know the name Polly Platt on first glance, but you know the movies she was involved with both as a production designer (The Last Picture Show, A Star is Born) and producer (Broadcast News, Say Anything, Bottle Rocket). Platt passed away on Wednesday morning from complications due to ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). The former wife of director Peter Bogdanovich, she was Oscar nominated for her production design on Terms of Endearment. Let's remember Platt with a clip from that James L. Brooks film ahead.
Platt was also a screenwriter, working with Bogdanovich on Targets and Louis Malle on Pretty Baby. She and Bogdanovich divorced during the filming of The Last Picture Show. Polly Platt was 72.
ยท R.I.P. Polly Platt [Deadline]