Polly Draper

Polly Draper

Born: June 15, 1955
in Gary, Indiana, USA
Polly Carey Draper (born June 15, 1955) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She has received several awards, including a Writers Guild of America Award (WGA), and is noted for speaking in a "trademark throaty voice." She is best known for her starring role as Ellyn Warren on ABC's drama Thirtysomething (1987–91), her directing debut is The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, as well as the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–09).

Movies for Polly Draper...

Title: The Company You Keep
Character: Fran Nicoletti
Released: February 19, 2023
Type: TV
A night of passion leads to love between con man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally. While Charlie ramps up the ‘family business’ so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in-hand — forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.
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Title: First Kill
Character: Davina Atwood
Released: June 10, 2022
Type: TV
Falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: One's a vampire, the other's a vampire hunter — and both are ready to make their first kill.
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Love is Love is Love
Title: Love is Love is Love
Character: Milly / Marlene - (segments "Sailing Lesson" and "Late Lunch")
Released: October 7, 2021
Type: Movie
Three sto­ries that explore love, com­mit­ment, and loy­al­ty between cou­ples and friends. "Two for Din­ner" where a mar­ried cou­ple tem­porar­i­ly liv­ing in two dif­fer­ent loca­tions are more sep­a­rat­ed than they think. "Sail­ing Les­son" about a long-mar­ried cou­ple who spend a day on a sail­boat rekin­dling their romance… and unex­pect­ed events arise. "Late Lunch" where a young woman who recent­ly lost her moth­er gath­ers togeth­er a group of her moth­er’s friends to share mem­o­ries, with sur­pris­ing rev­e­la­tions.
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Title: Hacks
Character: Diana
Released: May 13, 2021
Type: TV
Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.
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Shiva Baby
Title: Shiva Baby
Character: Debbie
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
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Once Upon a Main Street
Title: Once Upon a Main Street
Character: Rowena
Released: November 29, 2020
Type: Movie
Amelia Lewis is super excited when she buys an available storefront, planning to open a year-round Christmas shop. But her celebration comes to a screeching halt when she discovers that Vic Manning has also bid on the property. After continually bickering and trying to one-up each other, the two combatants learn to work together and even get the merchants on Main Street to put aside their differences for the greater good.
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Title: Tell Me a Story
Character: Madeline Winston
Released: October 31, 2018
Type: TV
The world's most beloved fairy tales reimagined as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.
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Stella's Last Weekend
Title: Stella's Last Weekend
Character: Sally
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.
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Boots
Title: Boots
Character: Suzanne
Released: November 11, 2015
Type: Movie
A teenager recounts a terrible night in the city where he ends up drunk and unhappy at a 24 hour diner. There, he has an encounter with a sweet, inviting family that leaves him feeling a little less lonely.
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Jane Wants a Boyfriend
Title: Jane Wants a Boyfriend
Character: Mom
Released: November 11, 2015
Type: Movie
A young woman with Asperger's tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
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Addiction: A 60's Love Story
Title: Addiction: A 60's Love Story
Character: Sylvia Bornstein
Released: May 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Family man Max Bornstein was a full-time dope fiend working within the underground, highly illegal pornography industry in 1968’s New York City. While running books and films to delivery points and mob headquarters around the east coast, Max had the Feds on his tail. But even in the wake of a federal investigation, his truest worry was his wife and two young children, a family kept in the dark about his dealings and the walls of it caving in around him. As he battles his consuming addiction, dissolving family unit and the growing suspicion about his drug use amongst his associates, Max watches helplessly as his well-crafted reality falls to pieces, leaving him searching for the spaces in between.
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Demolition
Title: Demolition
Character: Margot Eastwood
Released: April 8, 2015
Type: Movie
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.
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Title: The Mysteries of Laura
Released: September 17, 2014
Type: TV
Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin boys and a soon-to-be ex-husband — also a cop — who just can't seem to sign the divorce papers. Between cleaning up after her boys and cleaning up the streets, she’d be the first to admit she has her “hot mess” moments in this hilariously authentic look at what it really means to be a “working mom” today. Somehow, she makes it all work with the help of her sexy and understanding partner, and things becomes even more complicated when her husband, ironically, becomes her boss at the precinct. For Laura, every day is a high-wire balancing act.
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Obvious Child
Title: Obvious Child
Character: Nancy
Released: June 6, 2014
Type: Movie
An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.
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Title: Golden Boy
Character: Nora Clark
Released: February 26, 2013
Type: TV
Golden Boy is an American crime drama series created by Nicholas Wootton, which is produced by Berlanti Television and Warner Bros. Television. CBS placed a series order on May 13, 2012. The series ran on CBS from February 26 to May 14, 2013 and aired Tuesdays at 10:00 pm ET. On May 10, 2013, CBS canceled the series after one season.
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Side Effects
Title: Side Effects
Character: Eileen Spicer
Released: February 7, 2013
Type: Movie
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
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The Empty Room
Title: The Empty Room
Character: Kathy
Released: December 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Two teens bond during an escape from their parents' party.
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Our Idiot Brother
Title: Our Idiot Brother
Character: Ellen
Released: August 26, 2011
Type: Movie
Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.
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Too Young to Marry
Title: Too Young to Marry
Character: Beth
Released: July 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Connecticut high school students Max Doyle and Jessica Carpenter fall in love and feel making love isn't enough, so they brave everyone's objections and get married.
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The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Title: The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Character: Polly Draper
Released: October 23, 2005
Type: Movie
After making it to the top of the charts, members of the Silver Boulders, a popular tween rock band, find themselves undermined by internal squabbling as the bandmates seek different creative directions.
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A Perfect Fit
Title: A Perfect Fit
Character: Dr. Weiss
Released: April 5, 2005
Type: Movie
A psychological drama about an unstable man, tormented by nightmares, who seeks help from a shrink but is pushed over the edge into increasingly dangerous, psychotic territory by a relationship he is unable to control.
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Second Best
Title: Second Best
Character: Paula
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly successful L.A. producer.
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Title: Monk
Character: Rita Bronwyn
Released: July 12, 2002
Type: TV
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Christine Wilkes
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Title: The Guardian
Released: September 25, 2001
Type: TV
Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.
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Dinner Rush
Title: Dinner Rush
Character: Natalie Clemente
Released: September 1, 2000
Type: Movie
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
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The Tic Code
Title: The Tic Code
Character: Laura
Released: June 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both come to learn that each suffers from Tourette's Syndrome (thus the film title). The older man has developed mannerisms to cover up his own fallibilities and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease.
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18 Shades of Dust
Title: 18 Shades of Dust
Character: Marilyn
Released: September 1, 1999
Type: Movie
18 Shades of Dust - Hitman's Journal
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Hudson River Blues
Title: Hudson River Blues
Released: December 12, 1997
Type: Movie
Hoping to help their marriage, a Manhattan lawyer (Rya Kihlstedt) brings her burned-out husband (Robert Stanton) to her mother's home upstate.
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Always Say Goodbye
Title: Always Say Goodbye
Character: Donna Evans
Released: June 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Anne Kidwell is a sexy, free spirit and independent clothing designer who works hard and plays harder. She meets her match in photographer and serial bachelor Nick Evans. Both of them turn up the personal fires, but neither can commit.
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Home Song
Title: Home Song
Character: Claire Gardner
Released: March 20, 1996
Type: Movie
A family struggles to overcome the past and forgive one another when a long buried secret surfaces.
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Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Title: Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Character: Kate Easton
Released: November 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Two teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.
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The Innocent
Title: The Innocent
Character: Pamela Sutton
Released: September 25, 1994
Type: Movie
The owner of a drugstore is killed in a hold-up. The only witness who saw one of the murderers without his mask is Gregory, a nine year old autistic boy. Cop Barlow is sure they'll try to silence him. He tries to get him to draw a picture of the man he saw.
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Schemes
Title: Schemes
Character: Evelyn Hayes
Released: July 7, 1994
Type: Movie
In this intricate tale of deception, extortion, and murder, a successful architect learns that although beautiful strangers may be dangerous, it is friends who are deadly. Devastated by his wife's death, Paul begins to emerge from depression when he meets a new woman, Laura. But his newfound happiness is destroyed when his best friend, Evelyn, learns that Laura is a con-artist. Regretting her treachery and trying to redeem herself, Laura discovers Evelyn's violent obsession with Paul. Fighting blackmail and threats by Evelyn and a ruthless former lover, Laura courageously reveals the explosive news that Paul's wife was really murdered. -
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A Million to Juan
Title: A Million to Juan
Character: Olivia Smith
Released: May 15, 1994
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. Initially he uses the check to convince people to extend credit to him. In the meantime he also attracts a woman who is in a dead end relationship with a bossy businessman. At the end of the 30 days, he finds his life in turmoil, the things he got on credit are repossessed, and he is being evicted from his dwelling and being sent back to Mexico.
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Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back
Title: Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back
Character: Ella Sabin
Released: December 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Ever since Pam Cheney (Cheryl Ladd) lost her baby during labor, she has been struggling with depression. She is not only supported by her loving, but hard working husband Sean (Robert Desiderio), but also by her friends Ella (Polly Draper) and Terry Sabin (D. David Morin), who have also lost a baby at age three. One year after labor, Pam decides to finally take a proposal to adopt a toddler. Going through official agencies proves unsuccessful, partly due to Pam's age, partly due to the growing demand of adoption. She is advised to take care of an orphaned teenager instead, but Sean refuses this option.
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Heartbeat
Title: Heartbeat
Character: Adrian Towers
Released: February 8, 1993
Type: Movie
A divorced father falls in love with a pregnant woman whose husband had abandoned her when he discovered she was expecting a child.
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Title: thirtysomething
Character: Ellyn Warren
Released: September 29, 1987
Type: TV
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.
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The Pick-up Artist
Title: The Pick-up Artist
Character: Pat, Jack's Colleague
Released: September 18, 1987
Type: Movie
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
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Making Mr. Right
Title: Making Mr. Right
Character: Suzy Duncan
Released: April 3, 1987
Type: Movie
When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.
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Seven Minutes in Heaven
Title: Seven Minutes in Heaven
Character: Jeff's Mother
Released: May 9, 1986
Type: Movie
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. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.
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Title: Tales from the Darkside
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
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Title: The Hitchhiker
Character: Jennifer
Released: November 1, 1983
Type: TV
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.