Background
Pollan was born in Long Island, New York, the daughter of Corinne Elaine "Corky" (Staller), a magazine editor, and Stephen Michael Pollan, a financial consultant and writer
Pollan was born in Long Island, New York, the daughter of Corinne Elaine "Corky" (Staller), a magazine editor, and Stephen Michael Pollan, a financial consultant and writer
She attended the Dalton School in Manhattan, New New York She studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio, and later at the Lee Strasberg Institute.
She is best known for portraying Ellen Reed on the sitcom Family Ties from 1985 to 1987. She was raised in Woodbury, New New York She is of Russian Jewish descent and was raised in the faith.