Richard Benjamin
Jonathan Balser
Search results
Diary of a Mad Housewife is a 1970 American comedy-drama film about a frustrated wife portrayed by Carrie Snodgress. Snodgress was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe award in the same category.
Feb 15, 1971 · Diary of a Mad Housewife: Directed by Frank Perry. With Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella, Carrie Snodgress, Lorraine Cullen. A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.
- (2.2K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Frank Perry
- 1971-02-15
Frank Perry's "Diary of a Mad Housewife" is about a long-suffering young woman who has somehow gotten herself married to the most supercilious dope in Manhattan. He's egotistical, cruel, insecure, immature, and bitchy. He sides with "his" children against his wife.
Diary of a Mad Housewife. A New York lawyer (Richard Benjamin) drives his wife (Carrie Snodgress) to a nervous breakdown, a daytime lover (Frank Langella) and group therapy.
- (17)
- Frank Perry
- R
- Richard Benjamin
New York housewife Tina Balser resents the manipulation of her nagging husband, Jonathan, a status-seeking attorney, and the complaints of her spoiled daughters, Sylvie and Liz. At a gallery opening egocentric author George Prager propositions her, and she subsequently becomes his mistress.
- Frank Perry, Charles Okun
- Richard Benjamin
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.
- 95 min
People also ask
Is Diary of a Mad Housewife streaming?
What is the plot of Diary of a Mad Housewife?
Is Diary of a Mad Housewife based on a true story?
Who plays a prisoner in Diary of a Mad Housewife?
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.
