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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? is a french film of genre Drama directed by Alain Franchet with Dorothy McGowan
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966)
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Add to a movie listWho Are You, Polly Maggoo? (French: Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?) is a 1966 French film directed by William Klein.
It is a satirical art house movie spoofing the fashion world and its excesses. It stars Dorothy McGowan as supermodel Polly Maggoo being followed by a French television crew. It also stars Grayson Hall as Miss Maxwell, a fashion magazine editor modeled after Diana Vreeland, and Philippe Noiret as the TV reporter and director. Also appearing in the film are Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey and Alice Sapritch.
McGowan, the Brooklyn-born star and one-time Vogue cover girl in 1962, was one of William Klein's favorite models. After the release of the film, which was McGowan's first and only film role, she disappeared from public view and apparently neither acted nor modeled again, according to Klein.
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L'intrigue se partage entre le monde de la publicité, de la mode et de l'ORTF et un royaume d'opérette, dont le prince héritier (Sami Frey) s'éprend du mannequin Polly Maggoo (Dorothy McGowan), alors que la jeune femme fait l'objet d'un reportage télévisé.Actors
Dorothy McGowan
(Polly Maggoo)
Grayson Hall
(Miss Maxwell)
Philippe Noiret
(Jean-Jacques Georges, le journaliste)
Jean Rochefort
(Grégoire Pecque)
Sami Frey
(Le prince Igor)
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