Polly Draper Filmography

Born:: June 15, 1956 in Palo Alto, CA
Occupation:: Actor, Producer, Screenwriter

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Second Best

Actors: Boyd Gaines, Jennifer Tilly, Peter Gerety, Bronson Pinchot

Synopsis: Writer Eric Weber (author of the infamous paperback How to Pick Up Girls) directs his screenplay Second Best. Set in New Jersey, the story concerns a group of fiftysomething men dealing with their feelings of inadequacy. Struggling writer Elliot (Joe Pantoliano) is the most desperate of the bunch Read More

5/20/05
A Perfect Fit

Actors: Donna Mitchell, Victoria Rowell, Michele Santopietro, Peter Vack, Emma Adele Galvin, Adrian Grenier, Leila Arcieri, Polly Draper

Synopsis: An unstable man suffering from horrific nightmares discovers that his terror has just begun when he meets the woman of his dreams in director Ron Brown's terrifying psychological thriller. When the sun sets and the moon spreads its cool blue glow across the peaceful nightscape, John Totersohn's Read More

2005
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Nat Wolff, Alex Wolff, Joshua Kaye, David Levi, Thomas Batuello

Synopsis: A pair of pint-sized rock stars wrestle with the perils of stardom, icky girls, and too much soda pop in this mockumentary comedy. Nine-year-old Nat Wolff is the singer, guitarist and songwriter for a rock band known as the Silver Bullets, which features his six-year-old brother, Alex Wolff, on Read More

2005
Monk: Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation

Synopsis: A weekend vacation at a California seaside resort turns out to be business as usual for Monk (Tony Shalhoub), Sharona (Bitty Schramm) and Benjy (Max Morrow). The trouble begins when Benjy witnesses a murder--or does he? All existing evidence suggests that Benjy was either lying or Read More

2002
Dinner Rush

Actors: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, Vivian Wu, Mike McGlone, Kirk Acevedo

Synopsis: Music may be the food of love, but a group of gangsters are singing a very different tune at a fancy New York dining room in this dark comedy. Louis (Danny Aiello) is the owner of an upscale restaurant in New York's Tribeca district where his son Udo (Edoardo Ballerini) has become the head chef. Read More

9/28/01
The Tic Code

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Gregory Hines, Polly Draper, Christopher Marquette, Desmond Robertson, James McCaffrey

Synopsis: Actress Polly Draper, best known for her role on the TV series thirtysomething, wrote and co-produced this family drama, as well as playing the female lead. Draper plays Laura, a single mother whose ten-year-old son Miles (Christopher Marquette) is already displaying a remarkable gift as a jazz Read More

8/4/00
The Larry Sanders Show: Just the Perfect Blendship

Synopsis: With Larry(Garry Shandling) struggling with his desire to ask out Gina Gershon and Hank (Jeffrey Tambor) hitting on the woman who performed his colonoscopy, it once again seems as if the cast of The Larry Sanders Show is feeling a bit lonely. Eager to date Gershon, Larry feels that it would be Read More

1998
Hitman's Journal

Actors: Danny Aiello, Polly Draper, Aida Turturro

Synopsis: Vincent (Danny Aiello), aging, war-weary hit man for the Mob, becomes the target of Tommy (William Forsythe), the hot-headed son of the new family boss. While Vincent considers his options (retirement, of course, is not one of them) and reflects on his violent life, Tommy tries to find the Read More

1998
Hudson River Blues

Actors: Rya Kihlstedt, Robert Stanton, Polly Draper, Jane Krakowski, Lois Smith

Synopsis: This comedy-drama is the feature theatrical debut of TV director Nell Cox. Manhattan lawyer Laura (Rya Kihlstedt) is on edge about her promotion to partner at her law firm, while husband Jeff (Robert Stanton) is tired of the grind producing TV commercials. They head upstate for a weekend with Read More

1997
A Little Romance

Actors: Joshua Beckett, Marcia Cross, Phillip Brock, Polly Draper, Liz Sheridan

Synopsis: Writer-director Joshua Beckett also stars in this romantic comedy, winner at the 1997 Hollywood Film Festival. Self-confident wedding photographer Nick Evans (Beckett) has a domineering Jewish mother, Muriel (Liz Sheridan) and a pregnant sister, Donna (Polly Draper). But womanizing maneuvers are Read More

1997
Home Song

Actors: Lee Horsley, Polly Draper, Stan Kirsch, Deborah Raffin, Ari Meyers

Synopsis: The first of two CBS TV movies based on the novels of LaVyrle Spencer, Home Song stars Lee Horsley as school principal Tom Gardner. Happily married to wife Claire (Polly Draper), and the father of two children, Tom is taken aback when student Kent Arins (Stan Kirsch) transfers to his school. It Read More

1996
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

Actors: Christina Ricci, Anna Chlumsky, Polly Draper

Synopsis: A teen from Los Angeles and her recently widowed mother move back to the family's Pacific Northwest home in 1980 to try to reassemble their lives. Young teen Beth at first hates country living, but then she meets the outspoken, defiant Jody and the two become fast friends. Jody has quite a Read More

1995
A Million to Juan

Actors: Paul Rodriguez, Polly Draper, Pepe Serna, Bert Rosario, Jonathan Hernandez

Synopsis: This comedy, set in the barrios East L.A. is loosely based upon Mark Twain's parable The Million Pound Bank Note. The new version tells the tale of Juan Lopez a nice, but uneducated hombre trying to earn enough money to support his little boy. Though Juan was born in the States, he lacks proper Read More

1994
The Innocent

Actors: Kelsey Grammer, Polly Draper, Dean Stockwell, Keegan Macintosh, Jeff Kober

Synopsis: An autistic boy is a police officer's only hope at catching some robbers in this made-for-TV crime drama. Kelsey Grammer stars as Detective Frank Marlow, a cop assigned to track down some thieves who committed murder. He pins his hopes on a eight-year-old autistic boy (Keegan MacIntosh) who was Read More

1994
Danielle Steel's 'Heartbeat'

Synopsis: As indicated by its title, this made-for-TV weeper was inspired by one of author Danielle Steel's innumerable best-sellers. The beautiful and talented Adrian (Polly Draper) is a writer for one of America's most popular TV soap operas. She is also pregnant, and when she refuses to abort her baby Read More

1993
Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back

Actors: Cheryl Ladd, Polly Draper, Robert Desiderio, Kathleen Wilhoite, D David Morin

Synopsis: Desperate and unable to bear a child of their own, a young couple tries to adopt the child of impoverished parents. But when those parents resist, a huge custody battle ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Heartbeat

Actors: John Ritter, Polly Draper, Nancy Morgan, Kevin Kilner, Michael Lembeck

Synopsis: A man violates his premarital agreement when he leaves his newly pregnant TV-news producer wife. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1992
The Pick-Up Artist

Actors: Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey, Jr., Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Mildred Dunnock

Synopsis: With this rote but well-cast romantic comedy, writer-director James Toback began his long association with actor Robert Downey, Jr. The latter stars as Jack Jericho, a grade school teacher and smooth operator who zealously polishes his cliched pick-up lines in front of a mirror. Jack's come-ons Read More

9/18/87
Making Mr. Right

Actors: Ann Magnuson, John Malkovich, Glenne Headly, Ben Masters, Laurie Metcalf

Synopsis: This sci-fi comedy from Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) director Susan Seidelman stars John Malkovich along with several other actors from his Steppenwolf Theatre troupe in Chicago. Malkovich stars as Dr. Jeff Peters, a scientist for the Chemtech Corporation who has invented an affable robotic Read More

4/10/87
thirtysomething [TV Series]

Actors: Ken Olin, Mel Harris, Timothy Busfield, Patricia Wettig, Peter Horton, Polly Draper

1987
Seven Minutes in Heaven

Actors: Jennifer Connelly, Maddie Corman, Byron Thames, Alan Boyce, Polly Draper

Synopsis: This modest teen comedy has the usual themes revolving around sex: how to handle it, how to relate to it, and how to do just about everything except engage in it. The focus is on two teenagers, one is the serious Natalie (Jennifer Connelly). She has her eyes set on becoming President of the U.S. Read More

5/9/86