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Release. September 14, 1980. ( 1980-09-14) The Women's Room is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Lee Remick, Ted Danson, Colleen Dewhurst and Tovah Feldshuh.
- Drama
1980. 2 hr 27 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Marilyn French's bestseller spanning 19 years in the life of a divorcée (Lee Remick). Colleen Dewhurst, Patty Duke Astin, Gregory Harrison. Bliss: Kathryn...
Star-laden but sudsy adaptation of Marilyn French's feminist novel spanning the '50s and '60s, with Lee Remick as a troubled divorcee whose quest for fulfillment after dumping her caddish spouse (Ted Danson), the man she married while still in school, takes her back to college -- to the cheers...
- Glenn Jordan
- Lew Horn
The Women's Room is set in 1950s America and follows the fortunes of Mira Ward, a conventional and submissive young woman in a traditional marriage, and her gradual feminist awakening. The novel met stark media criticism when published but went on to be an international best seller.
- Marilyn French
- 1977
The Women's Room. Mira Adams (Lee Remick) is a young housewife who tires of the infidelities of her husband, Norman (Ted Danson), and gets a divorce. Enrolling in graduate school, Mira...
- Drama
- Lee Remick
- Glenn Jordan
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This critically-acclaimed film chronicles nineteen years in the life of a divorcee (played by Lee Remick), from the repressive 1950s through the liberated 1980s. Women's Room earned three Emmy nominations: one for Best Drama Special, and one each for costars Patty Duke Astin and Colleen Dewhurst.
Lee Remick is Myra, a thirtyish housewife who decides to abandon her cheating husband (a pre-Cheers Ted Danson) and dull suburban lifestyle, and return to graduate school. There, she becomes involved in the burgeoning women's movement and eventually finds sexual fulfillment in the arms of a younger man (Gregory Harrison).