Movie
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Overview
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.
Details
- Release date
- 1970-08-10
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Frank Perry Films Inc., Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Carrie Snodgress as Tina Balser
- Richard Benjamin as Jonathan Balser
- Frank Langella as George Prager
- Lorraine Cullen as Sylvie Balser
- Frannie Michel as Liz Balser
- Lee Addoms as Mrs. Prinz
- Peter Dohanos as Samuel Keefer
- Katherine Meskill as Charlotte Rady
- Leonard Elliott as M. Henri
- Valma as Margo
- Hilda Haynes as Lottie
- Donald Symington as Pediatrician
Crew
- Frank Perry - Director
- Eleanor Perry - Screenplay
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