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Only When I Laugh is a 1981 American comedy-drama film based on Neil Simon's 1970 play The Gingerbread Lady. The story is about an alcoholic Broadway actress who reenters society after a long stay in a rehab clinic.
Sep 25, 1981 · Only When I Laugh: Directed by Glenn Jordan. With Marsha Mason, Ed Moore, Joan Hackett, James Coco. A Broadway actress fresh out of rehab navigates sobriety, her career, demanding daughter, and supporting her troubled friends' personal crises.
Only When I Laugh is a British television sitcom made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It aired between 29 October 1979 and 16 December 1982 and is set in the ward of an NHS hospital. The title is in response to the question, "Does it hurt?".
Only When I Laugh: Directed by Glenn Jordan. With Marsha Mason, Ed Moore, Joan Hackett, James Coco. A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter.
Neil Simon's “Only When I Laugh” is basically a movie about a woman who is recovering from alcoholism, although the film also provides us with a lonely homosexual, a disturbed teenager, a fortyish woman losing her husband, and a “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” scene in which protagonist Marsha Mason is assaulted and raped. It comes billed as ...
Nov 5, 2009 · Only When I Laugh - (Original Trailer) An alcoholic actress (Marsha Mason) fights to come back while trying to raise her teen daughter (Kristy McNichol) in Neil Simon's Only When I Laugh (1981).
Neil Simon's magic touch shimmers at its very best in this story about a Broadway actress, Georgia Hines (Marsha Mason), who six years earlier gave up custody of her daughter, Polly (Kristy...
Thirty-eight year old Georgia Hines, a divorced Broadway actress, has just been released from rehab for alcohol abuse after a three-month stint. Despite not particularly liking the taste of alcohol, she used it as a means to deal with her professional and personal insecurities.
Stress levels skyrocket when Georgia's angst-ridden teenager, Polly (Kristy McNichol), needs a place to live, and her ex-husband (David Dukes) pressures her to...
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An actress decides to give up custody of her daughter in order to “straighten out her life.”. 260 IMDb 6.4 1 h 59 min 1981. R. Comedy · Drama · Dark · Emotional. Available to rent or buy.