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Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)

R 95 min  -  Comedy | Drama  -   10 August 1970 (USA)
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A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.

Director:

Frank Perry

Writers:

Sue Kaufman (novel), Eleanor Perry

Stars:

Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella and Carrie Snodgress
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Cast

Credited cast:
Richard Benjamin ...
Frank Langella ...
Carrie Snodgress Carrie Snodgress ...
Lorraine Cullen Lorraine Cullen ...
Sylvie Balser
Frannie Michel Frannie Michel ...
Liz Balser
Lee Addoms Lee Addoms ...
Mrs. Prinz
Peter Dohanos Peter Dohanos ...
Samuel Keefer
Katherine Meskill Katherine Meskill ...
Charlotte Rady
Leonard Elliott Leonard Elliott ...
M. Henri
Valma Valma ...
Margo
Hilda Haynes Hilda Haynes ...
Lottie
Donald Symington Donald Symington ...
Pediatrician (as Don Symington)
Alley Mills Alley Mills ...
Women's lib girl (as Allison Mills)
Alice Cooper ...
Himself
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Michael Bruce Michael Bruce ...
Himself... guitarist for the Alice Cooper band
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Storyline

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. Finally after George has tormented Tina in much the same manner Jonathan has, and has been unfaithful to boot, she goes back to her husband and begins group therapy. Written by alfiehitchie  

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Writer | Group Therapy | Lawyer | Housewife | Abusive Husband  | See more »

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I, Tina Balser, Housewife, Did Not Do My Chores Today. I Did...Something Else!

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Comedy | Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Diario de una esposa desesperada See more »

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Production Co:

Frank Perry Films Inc. See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Color (Technicolor)
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Quotes

Jonathan Balser: How about a little roll in the hay?
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Referenced in Desires of the Devil (1971) See more »