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Diary of a Mad Housewife

6.219701h 35mRMovieComedyDrama

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.

DirectorFrank Perry
WriterEleanor Perry
ProducersFrank Perry·Ronald H. Gilbert

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Cast · Directed by Frank Perry

CSCarrie Snodgress
Carrie Snodgress
Tina Balser
RBRichard Benjamin
Richard Benjamin
Jonathan Balser
FLFrank Langella
Frank Langella
George Prager
LC
Lorraine Cullen
Sylvie Balser
FM
Frannie Michel
Liz Balser
LA
Lee Addoms
Mrs. Prinz
PD
Peter Dohanos
Samuel Keefer
KM
Katherine Meskill
Charlotte Rady
LELeonard Elliott
Leonard Elliott
M. Henri
V
Valma
Margo
HH
Hilda Haynes
Lottie
DSDonald Symington
Donald Symington
Pediatrician

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