Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (French: Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?) is a 1966 French film directed by William Klein.

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Directed byWilliam Klein
Written byWilliam Klein
Produced byRobert Delpire
StarringDorothy McGowan
Grayson Hall
Philippe Noiret
Jean Rochefort
Sami Frey
Alice Sapritch
Michel Robin
CinematographyJean Boffety
Music byMichel Legrand
Distributed byRank Organisation
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

It is a satirical arthouse mockumentary spoofing the fashion world and its excesses. It stars Dorothy McGowan as Polly Maggoo, an American supermodel who is being followed by a French television crew, and Grayson Hall as Miss Maxwell, a fashion-magazine editor modeled after Diana Vreeland,[1] and Philippe Noiret as the TV reporter and director. Also appearing are Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey, and Alice Sapritch.

McGowan was an American model prior to the film; she modeled for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.[2] After the release of the film, McGowan's first and only, she disappeared from public view and apparently neither acted nor modeled again, according to Klein.

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  1. ^ Hamrick, Craig (2003). Barnabas & company : the cast of the TV classic Dark Shadows. New York: iUniverse, Inc. p. 193. ISBN 9780595290291. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ Cutler, E.P.; Eiseman, Leatrice (2014). Pantone on fashion : a century of color in design. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. p. 51. ISBN 9781452115351. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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