Polly Platt, who was nominated for an Oscar for art direction for “Terms of Endearment,” has died. She was 72.
Sashy Bogdanovich says her mother died Wednesday in New York of Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Platt started working in movies with her husband, writer-director Peter Bogdanovich, and continued in film after their divorce in 1971.
She produce “Broadcast News,” ”War of the Roses” and “Say Anything” through a long collaboration with James L. Brooks and Gracie Films.
She is survived by two daughters and three grandsons.
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