Polly Draper
Encyclopedia
Polly Carey Draper is an American actress
, screenwriter
, playwright
, producer
and director
. She is renowned for her ensemble role in ABC
's hit series Thirtysomething. In 1998, Draper starred in her screenwriting debut The Tic Code
, featuring Gregory Hines
which was inspired by her husband Michael Wolff
's life with Tourette syndrome
; he contributed the score. In 2005, she wrote and directed the independent film The Naked Brothers Band
, a mock documentary
starring her singer-songwriter/musician sons Nat Wolff
and Alex Wolff
. By early 2007, it became the pilot of the hit Nickelodeon TV series of the same name
which she created and produced.
Draper starred in countless off-Broadway plays and made cameos in shows such as Monk
and Law & Order: Criminal Intent
. By 1993, she portrayed the lead role in the TV movie adaption of Danielle Steel's Heartbeat
. In 2003, Draper starred in her own playwright Getting Into Heaven at The Flea Theater
. In 2010, Draper appeared on Showtime's hit series The Big C
, created and written by Darlene Hunt
which starred Laura Linney
and Oliver Platt
.
administrator, and William Henry Draper III
, a venture capitalist and civic leader of the United Nations Development Programme
. Her brother is venture capitalist Tim Draper
and her niece is actress Jesse Draper
. Draper is a Quaker. In 1989, Draper appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show
, where she met jazz pianist and composer Michael Wolff
, who served as the bandleader. They married, and have two children, Nat
(b. 1994) and Alex
(b. 1997).
and in 1980, her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama
. Draper starred as Ellyn Warren on ABC's drama thirtysomething. Draper's screenwriting debut was in Gary Winick
's The Tic Code
which is about Tourette syndrome
—a condition her husband, Michael Wolff
has; Wolff contributed the film's score. In 2003, Draper's play, Getting Into Heaven, was written to encourage equality among the lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender community
. Draper starred as Cat Vennita, a lesbian singer-songwriter, who has to care for her son Danny (Cooper Pillot
) on her own, as Vennita has a strained relationship with Danny's biological mother, Rose (Gretchen Egolf
), a bisexual drummer. The conflict revolves around Rose, who broke up with Vennita to date Danny's biological father, Jed (James Badge Dale
) again. As Draper made her debut as a singer-songwriter, the music was composed and performed by her husband.
In 2007, Draper created, was the executive producer (or more specifically, show runner and head writer), as well as the director for many episodes of Nickelodeon
's The Naked Brothers Band
, a rock-
mockumentary
starring her sons Nat
and Alex Wolff
, who wrote and performed all the show's original music; their father supervised and produced the music while portraying the role of the siblings' socially inept and accordion-playing father. The series was adapted by the independent film-turned modified pilot The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
, which Draper wrote and directed. Draper does not appear in the film—except with the thirtysomething cast in one of the scenes—or the TV series; the characters' mother is mentioned as deceased.
s for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In 1998, Draper won the Bronze Gryphon award for Best Actress at the Giffoni Film Festival
. In 2005, Draper won the Audience Award for Family Feature Film at the Hamptons International Film Festival
for her film The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
.
In 2007, Draper was nominated at the Writers Guild Award for The Naked Brothers Band episode Nat is A Stand-Up Guy in the category for Children's Episodic Shows & Specials. In 2009, won the Writers Guild Award for The Naked Brothers Band made-for-TV-movie
Polar Bears in the category of Children's Script: Long Form or Special.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. She is renowned for her ensemble role in ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's hit series Thirtysomething. In 1998, Draper starred in her screenwriting debut The Tic Code
The Tic Code
The Tic Code is an independent American drama film directed by Gary Winick and written by Polly Draper. It tells of the interactions between a single mother, the relationship she forms with a jazz musician who has Tourette syndrome, and her young son—a jazz piano prodigy—also with the disorder...
, featuring Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines
Gregory Oliver Hines was an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.-Early years:Born in New York City, Hines and his older brother Maurice started dancing at an early age, studying with choreographer Henry LeTang...
which was inspired by her husband Michael Wolff
Michael Wolff
Michael Blieden Wolff is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, actor, and jazz educator. He was the bandleader and musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show...
's life with Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical tics and at least one vocal tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane...
; he contributed the score. In 2005, she wrote and directed the independent film The Naked Brothers Band
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
The Naked Brothers Band is an American film written and directed by actress Polly Draper and stars her sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who portray members of a fictional rock group. It tells of the boys' struggles with their fame and an internal dispute that causes the band to temporarily break up...
, a mock documentary
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
starring her singer-songwriter/musician sons Nat Wolff
Nat Wolff
Nathaniel Marvin "Nat" Wolff is an American child actor, and singer-songwriter, composer, and keyboardist. He is the frontman of Nat & Alex Wolff...
and Alex Wolff
Alex Wolff
Alexander Draper "Alex" Wolff is an American child actor and musician, currently playing in Nat and Alex Wolff. He is best known for his role as himself on the Nickelodeon series The Naked Brothers Band, also starring his older brother, Nat Wolff; the series was created by the boys' mother, Polly...
. By early 2007, it became the pilot of the hit Nickelodeon TV series of the same name
The Naked Brothers Band (TV series)
The Naked Brothers Band is an American television musical comedy created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a hyperbole of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is...
which she created and produced.
Draper starred in countless off-Broadway plays and made cameos in shows such as Monk
Monk (TV series)
Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...
and Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
. By 1993, she portrayed the lead role in the TV movie adaption of Danielle Steel's Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1993 film)
Heartbeat, also known as Danielle Steel's Heartbeat, is a 1993 television film directed by Michael Miller. The film is based upon the 1991 novel of the same name written by Danielle Steel...
. In 2003, Draper starred in her own playwright Getting Into Heaven at The Flea Theater
The Flea Theater
The Flea Theater, founded in 1996, is a theatre in the TriBeCa section of New York City. It presents primarily new American theatre, and provides a venue for film stars to act on a very small stage. It is the home of "The Bat Theater Company", an Obie Award winning resident acting troupe of...
. In 2010, Draper appeared on Showtime's hit series The Big C
The Big C (TV series)
The Big C is a Showtime original television series created by Darlene Hunt which premiered on August 16, 2010. It drew the largest audience for a Showtime original series premiere in eight years. On September 20, 2010, The Big C was renewed for a second season which premiered on June 27, 2011...
, created and written by Darlene Hunt
Darlene Hunt
Darlene Hunt is an American actress and producer of television best known for creating and executive producing the Showtime series The Big C.- Career :...
which starred Laura Linney
Laura Linney
Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress of film, television, and theatre. Linney has won three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has been nominated for three times for an Academy Award and once for a BAFTA Award...
and Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt
Oliver James Platt is a Canadian-American actor. He is currently starring in the Showtime original series, The Big C with Laura Linney.-Early life:...
.
Personal life
Draper was born in Gary, Indiana, to Phyllis (née Culbertson), a Peace CorpsPeace Corps
The Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping...
administrator, and William Henry Draper III
William Henry Draper III
William Henry Draper III is a prominent American venture capitalist.-Early life and career:Draper was born in White Plains, New York, the son of Katherine and banker and diplomat William Henry Draper, Jr. He attended Yale University with George H. W. Bush, graduated in 1950, the year after George...
, a venture capitalist and civic leader of the United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP operates in 177 countries, working with nations on their own solutions to...
. Her brother is venture capitalist Tim Draper
Timothy C. Draper
Timothy Cook Draper is the founder of the global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.Draper is third in a line of venture capitalists. His father, William Henry Draper III , founded Draper & Johnson Investment Company in 1962, Sutter Hill Ventures in 1968, Draper International India in...
and her niece is actress Jesse Draper
Jesse Draper
Jessica Cook Draper is an American actress. She first became renowned as a co-star on the Nickelodeon series The Naked Brothers Band, which starred her cousins Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff and was created by her aunt Polly Draper...
. Draper is a Quaker. In 1989, Draper appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show
The Arsenio Hall Show
The Arsenio Hall Show is an American variety/talk show that aired late weeknights in syndication from January 3, 1989 to May 27, 1994. The show was created and hosted by comedian/actor Arsenio Hall.- Background :...
, where she met jazz pianist and composer Michael Wolff
Michael Wolff
Michael Blieden Wolff is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, actor, and jazz educator. He was the bandleader and musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show...
, who served as the bandleader. They married, and have two children, Nat
Nat Wolff
Nathaniel Marvin "Nat" Wolff is an American child actor, and singer-songwriter, composer, and keyboardist. He is the frontman of Nat & Alex Wolff...
(b. 1994) and Alex
Alex Wolff
Alexander Draper "Alex" Wolff is an American child actor and musician, currently playing in Nat and Alex Wolff. He is best known for his role as himself on the Nickelodeon series The Naked Brothers Band, also starring his older brother, Nat Wolff; the series was created by the boys' mother, Polly...
(b. 1997).
Career
In 1977, Draper received her B.A.A. from Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and in 1980, her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama
Yale School of Drama
The Yale School of Drama is a graduate professional school of Yale University providing training in every discipline of the theatre: acting, design , directing, dramaturgy and dramatic criticism, playwriting, stage management, sound design, technical design and production, and theater...
. Draper starred as Ellyn Warren on ABC's drama thirtysomething. Draper's screenwriting debut was in Gary Winick
Gary Winick
Gary Winick was an American film director and producer who directed films such as Tadpole and 13 Going on 30...
's The Tic Code
The Tic Code
The Tic Code is an independent American drama film directed by Gary Winick and written by Polly Draper. It tells of the interactions between a single mother, the relationship she forms with a jazz musician who has Tourette syndrome, and her young son—a jazz piano prodigy—also with the disorder...
which is about Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical tics and at least one vocal tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane...
—a condition her husband, Michael Wolff
Michael Wolff
Michael Blieden Wolff is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, actor, and jazz educator. He was the bandleader and musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show...
has; Wolff contributed the film's score. In 2003, Draper's play, Getting Into Heaven, was written to encourage equality among the lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender community
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
. Draper starred as Cat Vennita, a lesbian singer-songwriter, who has to care for her son Danny (Cooper Pillot
Cooper Pillot
Cooper Pillot is an American teen actor. He attends Friends Seminary.-Summary:Cooper was born in Manhattan, New York. He is best known for his starring role as himself, the band manager on The Naked Brothers Band...
) on her own, as Vennita has a strained relationship with Danny's biological mother, Rose (Gretchen Egolf
Gretchen Egolf
Gretchen Egolf is an American film and television actress.Egolf grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she began acting in theatre as a child. After high school, she attended the Juilliard School for drama in New York and has been living and working in New York and Los Angeles ever since...
), a bisexual drummer. The conflict revolves around Rose, who broke up with Vennita to date Danny's biological father, Jed (James Badge Dale
James Badge Dale
James Badge Dale is an American actor who starred in the AMC drama series Rubicon. He is most famous for his role of Chase Edmunds in the third season of 24 and Robert Leckie in the HBO miniseries The Pacific.-Early years:...
) again. As Draper made her debut as a singer-songwriter, the music was composed and performed by her husband.
In 2007, Draper created, was the executive producer (or more specifically, show runner and head writer), as well as the director for many episodes of Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
's The Naked Brothers Band
The Naked Brothers Band (TV series)
The Naked Brothers Band is an American television musical comedy created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a hyperbole of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is...
, a rock-
Rockumentary
The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a documentary about rock music or its musicians. The term was used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast, and by Rob Reiner in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap....
mockumentary
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
starring her sons Nat
Nat Wolff
Nathaniel Marvin "Nat" Wolff is an American child actor, and singer-songwriter, composer, and keyboardist. He is the frontman of Nat & Alex Wolff...
and Alex Wolff
Alex Wolff
Alexander Draper "Alex" Wolff is an American child actor and musician, currently playing in Nat and Alex Wolff. He is best known for his role as himself on the Nickelodeon series The Naked Brothers Band, also starring his older brother, Nat Wolff; the series was created by the boys' mother, Polly...
, who wrote and performed all the show's original music; their father supervised and produced the music while portraying the role of the siblings' socially inept and accordion-playing father. The series was adapted by the independent film-turned modified pilot The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
The Naked Brothers Band is an American film written and directed by actress Polly Draper and stars her sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who portray members of a fictional rock group. It tells of the boys' struggles with their fame and an internal dispute that causes the band to temporarily break up...
, which Draper wrote and directed. Draper does not appear in the film—except with the thirtysomething cast in one of the scenes—or the TV series; the characters' mother is mentioned as deceased.
Awards and nominations
Draper's role on ABC's thirtysomething earned her a best supporting actress nomination at the 1988 Emmy AwardEmmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
s for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In 1998, Draper won the Bronze Gryphon award for Best Actress at the Giffoni Film Festival
Giffoni Film Festival
The Giffoni International Film Festival is the largest children’s film festival in Europe, and possibly the World. It takes place in the little Italian town of Giffoni Valle Piana in Southern Italy, close to Salerno. Over 2,000 children attend the festival from 39 countries around the world...
. In 2005, Draper won the Audience Award for Family Feature Film at the Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to provide a forum for independent filmmakers from around the world to express their vision. The Festival is traditionally held for five days in mid-October in theatre venues from Montauk to Southampton and attracts roughly 15,000 visitors annually...
for her film The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
The Naked Brothers Band is an American film written and directed by actress Polly Draper and stars her sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who portray members of a fictional rock group. It tells of the boys' struggles with their fame and an internal dispute that causes the band to temporarily break up...
.
In 2007, Draper was nominated at the Writers Guild Award for The Naked Brothers Band episode Nat is A Stand-Up Guy in the category for Children's Episodic Shows & Specials. In 2009, won the Writers Guild Award for The Naked Brothers Band made-for-TV-movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
Polar Bears in the category of Children's Script: Long Form or Special.
Performances and filmography
Draper's stage performances and filmography include:| Year | Event | Title | Network/distributor/venue | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–1989 | TV series | Ryan's Hope Ryan's Hope Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC... |
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
Winnie Robin |
| 1978 | Off-Broadway | Buried Child Buried Child Buried Child is a play by Sam Shepard first presented in 1978. It won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and launched Shepard to national fame as a playwright... |
Yale Repertory Theatre Yale Repertory Theatre The Yale Repertory Theatre at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded by Robert Brustein, dean of the Yale School of Drama in 1966, with the goal of facilitating a meaningful collaboration between theatre professionals and talented students. In the process it has become one of the... |
Unknown |
| 1979 | Off-Broadway | As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility... |
Yale Repertory Theatre Yale Repertory Theatre The Yale Repertory Theatre at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded by Robert Brustein, dean of the Yale School of Drama in 1966, with the goal of facilitating a meaningful collaboration between theatre professionals and talented students. In the process it has become one of the... |
Unknown |
| 1979 | Off-Broadway | Measure for Measure Measure for Measure Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was classified as comedy, but its mood defies those expectations. As a result and for a variety of reasons, some critics have labelled it as one of Shakespeare's problem plays... |
Yale Repertory Theatre Yale Repertory Theatre The Yale Repertory Theatre at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded by Robert Brustein, dean of the Yale School of Drama in 1966, with the goal of facilitating a meaningful collaboration between theatre professionals and talented students. In the process it has become one of the... |
Unknown |
| 1980 | Off-Broadway | Split | Second Stage Theatre Second Stage Theatre Second Stage Theatre is an award-winning contemporary Off-Broadway theater company.-Mission:The theatre's mission is to give new life to contemporary American plays and to produce the world premiers of new plays by both established and emerging playwrights... |
Jean |
| 1980–1981 | Off-Broadway | The Stitch in Time | American National Theatre and Academy | Caroline Lou Bingham |
| 1981/1982 | Off-Broadway | The Freak The Freak The Freak was an unfinished dramatic comedy from Charles Chaplin. The story revolved around a young South American girl who unexpectedly sprouts a pair of wings. She is kidnapped and taken to London, where her captors cash in by passing her off as an angel. Later she escapes, only to be arrested... |
WPA Theatre/Douglas Fairbanks Theatre | Gertrude Cayce |
| 1981 | Off-Broadway | The Actor's Nightmare | Playwrights Horizons Playwrights Horizons Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.... |
Meg |
| 1982 | Off-Broadway | Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You is a play by Christopher Durang first performed on December 14, 1979, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City. It was performed on a bill with one-act plays that included works by David Mamet, Marsha Norman, and Tennessee Williams... (double-bill) |
Westside Arts Theatre | Diane Symonds |
| 1982 | Off-Broadway | Hooters | Hudson Guild Theatre | Cheryl |
| 1983 | Off-Broadway | Top Girls Top Girls Top Girls is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill. It is about a woman named Marlene, a career-driven woman who is employed at the 'Top Girls' employment agency. The play examines issues of gender discrimination present in the Thatcherite society that it is set in... |
PublicTheatre | Marlene |
| 1984 | Off-Broadway | Mr. and Mrs. | WPA Theatre | Blake Upton |
| 1985 | Off-Broadway | Want Ad | Manhattan Punch Lounge | Lucy |
| 1985 | Off-Broadway | Folie a'deux | Manhattan Punch Lounge | Danny |
| 1985 | Off-Broadway | Only a Woman | Manhattan Punch Lounge | Heather |
| 1985 | Off-Broadway | Separate Vacation/Grounds for Divorce/Sexual History | INTAR Theater | Lois |
| 1985 | Off-Broadway | The Ground Zero Club | Playwrights Horizons Playwrights Horizons Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.... |
Fiona |
| 1986 | Off-Broadway | Rum and Coke | PublicTheatre | Linda Seward |
| 1986 | Film | Adams Apple | CBS | Bernadette Pascoe |
| 1986 | Film | Seven Minutes in Heaven Seven Minutes in Heaven (film) Seven Minutes in Heaven is a 1985 teen film directed by Linda Feferman, starring Jennifer Connelly in one of her first roles.-Plot:Natalie allows her classmate Jeff , who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather , to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip... |
Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,... |
Aileen Jones |
| 1987 | Film | Making Mr. Right Making Mr. Right Making Mr. Right is a science fiction/comedy film, directed by Susan Seidelman and starring John Malkovich as Jeff Peters/Ulysses and Ann Magnuson as Frankie Stone.This film is primarily about an android and a woman's misadventures.-Plot:... |
Orion Pictures Orion Pictures Orion Pictures Corporation was an American independent production company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists. Although it was never a large motion picture producer, Orion... |
Suzy Duncan |
| 1987 | Film | The Pick-Up Artist The Pick-up Artist (film) The Pick-up Artist is a 1987 American film written and directed by James Toback. This romantic comedy starred Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey Jr. It was rated PG-13 by the MPAA.-Plot:... |
Twentieth Century-Fox | Pat |
| 1987–1991 | TV series | thirtysomething | ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
Ellyn Warren |
| 1987 | TV series | Tales from the Darkside Tales from the Darkside Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series produced by George A. Romero; it originally aired from 1983 to 1988. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales From The Crypt, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot... - The Grave Robber |
TBA | Aileen |
| 1988 | TBA | The Hitchhiker | The Verdict | TV series |
| 1988 | TBA | Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living Cinemax Comedy Experiment | Cinemax Cinemax Cinemax, sometimes abbreviated as simply "Max", is a collection of premium television networks that broadcasts primarily feature films, along with softcore erotica, original action series, documentaries and special behind-the-scenes features. Cinemax is operated by Home Box Office, Inc., a... |
TBA |
| 1989 | TV series | The Arsenio Hall Show | TBA | "self" |
| 1990 | Off-Broadway | Love Letters Love Letters (play) Love Letters is a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominated play by A. R. Gurney. The play centers on just two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III... |
Canon Theatre Canon Theatre -History:The Canon Theatre began as the Pantages Theatre in 1920 as a combination vaudeville and motion picture house. Designed by the great theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb, it was the largest cinema in Canada and one of the most elegant.The Pantages was built by the Canadian motion picture... |
Unknown |
| 1992 | Off-Broadway | Crazy He Calls Me | Walter Kerr Theatre Walter Kerr Theatre The Walter Kerr Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre. Located at 219 West 48th Street, it is owned and operated by Jujamcyn Theaters. One of the smaller auditoriums in the theatre district, it seats 975.... |
Yvette |
| 1993 | Off-Broadway | Four Dogs and a Bone | City Stage Theatre; Manhattan Theatre Club Manhattan Theatre Club Manhattan Theatre Club is a theater company located in New York City. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, Manhattan Theatre Club has grown since its founding in 1970 from an Off-Off Broadway showcase into one of the country’s most acclaimed... |
Unknown |
| 1993 | TV series | Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back is a 1993 television film produced and directed by Donald Wrye.- Plot :Ever since Pam Cheney lost her baby during labor, she has been struggling with depression. She is not only supported by her loving, but hard working husband Sean , but also by her friends Ella... |
CBS | Ella Sabin |
| 1993 | Film | Danielle Steel's Heartbeat Heartbeat (1993 film) Heartbeat, also known as Danielle Steel's Heartbeat, is a 1993 television film directed by Michael Miller. The film is based upon the 1991 novel of the same name written by Danielle Steel... |
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Adrian Townsend |
| 1993 | Film | The Innocent The Innocent (1993 film) -Cast:*Anthony Hopkins... Glass*Isabella Rossellini... Maria*Campbell Scott... Leonard*Hart Bochner... Russell*Jeremy Sinden... Captain Lofting*Corey Johnson..... (also known as Silent Witness) |
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Pamela Sutton |
| 1994 | Film | A Million to Juan A Million to Juan A Million to Juan is a romantic comedy film starring comedian Paul Rodriguez. This was also his directorial debut. The story is a modern spin on Mark Twain's story "The Million-Pound Bank Note".-Plot:... (also known as A Million to One) |
Samuel Goldwyn Company | Olivia Smith |
| 1994 | Film | Schemes | Bristol Entertainment | Evelyn Hayes |
| 1995 | Film | Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain is a 1995 drama film starring Christina Ricci and Anna Chlumsky. It takes place in the fictional town of Wheaton, Washington, but was filmed on location in Norfolk, Virginia, Vancouver, B.C, Nelson, B.C, Pleasant Grove, Utah, and Pemberton, B.C.... |
Universal Universal Studios Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios.... |
Kate Easton |
| 1996 | Film | Always Say Goodbye | TBA | Donna Evans |
| 1996 | Film | LaVyrle Spencer's Home Song | CBS | Claire Gardner |
| 1997 | Film | Hudson River Blues (also known as Family Blues) | Romance Classics | TBA |
| 1998 | TV series | The Larry Sanders Show The Larry Sanders Show The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders, and centered on the running of his TV show, and the... - Just the Perfect Blendship |
HBO | Dr. Monica Gordon |
| 1998 (Italy); 1999 (USA); 2000 (NYC) | Film | The Tic Code The Tic Code The Tic Code is an independent American drama film directed by Gary Winick and written by Polly Draper. It tells of the interactions between a single mother, the relationship she forms with a jazz musician who has Tourette syndrome, and her young son—a jazz piano prodigy—also with the disorder... |
Avalanche Releasing | Laura Caraday |
| 1998 (Italy); 1999 (USA); 2000 (NYC) | Film | The Tic Code | Avalanche Releasing | Producer |
| 1998 (Italy); 1999 (USA); 2000 (NYC) | Film | The Tic Code The Tic Code The Tic Code is an independent American drama film directed by Gary Winick and written by Polly Draper. It tells of the interactions between a single mother, the relationship she forms with a jazz musician who has Tourette syndrome, and her young son—a jazz piano prodigy—also with the disorder... |
Avalanche Releasing | Writer |
| 1999 | Off-Broadway | Closer Closer (play) Closer is the third play written by English playwright Patrick Marber. The play was premiered at the Royal National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in London in 1997, and made its North American debut at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway on 25 January 1999.... |
Unknown | Unknown |
| 1999 | Off-Broadway | Imagine Brad | Greenwich House Theater | Dana Sue Kay |
| 1999 | Off-Broadway | Trudy Blue | MCC Theater MCC Theater MCC Theater is an Off-Broadway theater company located in New York City, founded in 1986 by artistic directors Robert LuPone and Bernard Telsey along with six graduates of the New York University drama department, including Jana Herzen... |
Ginger |
| 2000 | Film | Dinner Rush Dinner Rush Dinner Rush is an independent feature film, written by Brian S. Kalata and Rick Shaughnessy. Directed by Bob Giraldi. It stars Danny Aiello as a restaurateur-bookmaker in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood and Edoardo Ballerini as his son, the restaurant's star chef... |
Access Motion Picture Group | Natalie Clemente |
| 2000–2001 | TV series | Gideon's Crossing Gideon's Crossing Gideon's Crossing is a US medical drama starring Andre Braugher. The series was loosely based on the experience of real-life physician Jerome Groopman and his book The Measure of Our Days. It premiered on October 10, 2000, and ran for one season, with its last episode airing on April 9, 2001, with... |
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
Elaine Hoffman |
| 2001 | Off-Broadway | Blur | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2002 | TV series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama... - Faith |
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Christine Wilkes |
| 2002 | TV series | Monk Monk (TV series) Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July... - Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation |
USA Network USA Network USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various... |
Rita Bronwyn |
| 2003 | Off-Broadway | Getting Into Heaven | The Flea Theater | Writer |
| 2003 | Off-Broadway | Getting Into Heaven | Flea Theater | Cat Venita |
| 2004 | Film | Second Best | Paula | |
| 2005 | Film | Shooting Livien | Rose Livien | |
| 2005 | Film | A Perfect Fit | Dr. Weiss | |
| 2005/2007 | Film | The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie The Naked Brothers Band is an American film written and directed by actress Polly Draper and stars her sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who portray members of a fictional rock group. It tells of the boys' struggles with their fame and an internal dispute that causes the band to temporarily break up... |
The Hamptons International Film Festival Hamptons International Film Festival Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to provide a forum for independent filmmakers from around the world to express their vision. The Festival is traditionally held for five days in mid-October in theatre venues from Montauk to Southampton and attracts roughly 15,000 visitors annually... /Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (TV channel) Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers... |
Producer/Executive Producer |
| 2005/2007 | Film | The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie The Naked Brothers Band is an American film written and directed by actress Polly Draper and stars her sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who portray members of a fictional rock group. It tells of the boys' struggles with their fame and an internal dispute that causes the band to temporarily break up... |
The Hamptons International Film Festival Hamptons International Film Festival Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to provide a forum for independent filmmakers from around the world to express their vision. The Festival is traditionally held for five days in mid-October in theatre venues from Montauk to Southampton and attracts roughly 15,000 visitors annually... /Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (TV channel) Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers... |
Writer |
| 2005/2007 | Film | The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie The Naked Brothers Band is an American film written and directed by actress Polly Draper and stars her sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who portray members of a fictional rock group. It tells of the boys' struggles with their fame and an internal dispute that causes the band to temporarily break up... |
The Hamptons International Film Festival Hamptons International Film Festival Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to provide a forum for independent filmmakers from around the world to express their vision. The Festival is traditionally held for five days in mid-October in theatre venues from Montauk to Southampton and attracts roughly 15,000 visitors annually... /Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (TV channel) Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers... |
Director |
| 2007–2009 | TV series | The Naked Brothers Band The Naked Brothers Band (TV series) The Naked Brothers Band is an American television musical comedy created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a hyperbole of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is... |
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (TV channel) Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers... |
Creator |
| 2007–2009 | TV series | The Naked Brothers Band The Naked Brothers Band (TV series) The Naked Brothers Band is an American television musical comedy created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a hyperbole of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is... |
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (TV channel) Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers... |
Executive Producer |
| 2007–2009 | TV series | The Naked Brothers Band The Naked Brothers Band (TV series) The Naked Brothers Band is an American television musical comedy created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a hyperbole of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is... |
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (TV channel) Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers... |
Writer |
| 2007-2009 | TV series | The Naked Brothers Band The Naked Brothers Band (TV series) The Naked Brothers Band is an American television musical comedy created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a hyperbole of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is... |
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (TV channel) Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers... |
Director |
| 2007 | Film | Too Young to Marry Too Young to Marry Too Young To Marry is a 2007 television film about romance, drama and comedy. It involves two 17-year old teenagers named Max Doyle and Jessica Carpenter . When the two think that they are in love they decide to get married despite their parents disapproval. Shortly after the two begin to realize... |
Lifetime Television Lifetime Television Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks... |
Beth |
| TBA | TV series | Not Necessarily the News | HBO | Unknown |
| Unknown | Off-Broadway | Thorn Hill | Unknown | Unknown |
| Unknown | Off-Broadway | Split | Second Stage | Unknown |
| Unknown | Off-Broadway | Actors and Actresses | Unknown | Unknown |
| Unknown | Off-Broadway | Insignificance Insignificance Insignificance may refer to:*Insignificance , a 1985 film directed by Nicolas Roeg*Insignificance , an album by Jim O'Rourke named after the film*Insignificance , a song by Pearl Jam*Insignificance... |
Hudson Guild Hudson Guild The Hudson Guild is a community-based social services organization rooted in and primarily focused on the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1897 by Dr. John Lovejoy Elliott as a settlement house, with the intention of helping to alleviate the problems of the... |
Unknown |
| TBA | Off-Broadway | Brooklyn Boy Brooklyn Boy Brooklyn Boy is a play by American playwright Donald Margulies.Novelist Eric Weiss, critically celebrated but unsuccessful, "arrives" when his new, autobiographical novel becomes a best-seller. An outsider all his life, he is suddenly on the inside of everything: town cars, television studios, the... |
South Coast Repertory South Coast Repertory South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely... |
TBA |
| 2010 | TV series | The Big C The Big C (TV series) The Big C is a Showtime original television series created by Darlene Hunt which premiered on August 16, 2010. It drew the largest audience for a Showtime original series premiere in eight years. On September 20, 2010, The Big C was renewed for a second season which premiered on June 27, 2011... |
Showtime | Lorena, Marlene's daughter |
Awards
| Year | Festival | Award | Movie/TV Show | Genre | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Emmy Award Emmy Award An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various... for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
thirtysomething | drama | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978... |
Children's Jury for Golden Bear Award | The Tic Code The Tic Code The Tic Code is an independent American drama film directed by Gary Winick and written by Polly Draper. It tells of the interactions between a single mother, the relationship she forms with a jazz musician who has Tourette syndrome, and her young son—a jazz piano prodigy—also with the disorder... |
drama | Won! |
| 2005 | Hamptons International Film Festival Hamptons International Film Festival Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to provide a forum for independent filmmakers from around the world to express their vision. The Festival is traditionally held for five days in mid-October in theatre venues from Montauk to Southampton and attracts roughly 15,000 visitors annually... |
Audience Award for Family Feature Film | The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie The Naked Brothers Band is an American film written and directed by actress Polly Draper and stars her sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who portray members of a fictional rock group. It tells of the boys' struggles with their fame and an internal dispute that causes the band to temporarily break up... |
documentary/rockumentary/mockumentary musical comedy | Won! |
| 2007 | Writers Guild Award for Children's Episodic Shows & Specials | The Naked Brothers Band: Nat is A Stand Up Guy | documentary/rockumentary/mockumentary musical comedy | Nominated | |
| 2009 | The Historic Hudson Theatre at the Millenium Broadway Hotel | 61st Writers Guild Award for Children's Script - Long Forms or Specials | The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears | documentary/rockumentary/mockumentary musical comedy | Won! |