Richard Benjamin
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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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Frank Perry
- 1971-02-15
A film critic's analysis of a comedy-drama about a masochistic housewife who has affairs with two selfish men. He praises the lead actress Carrie Snodgress and questions the husband's character played by Richard Benjamin.
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
Originally published in 1967, this fun and clever story follows Tina Balser, a sophisticated housewife who lives in Manhattan and seems to have everything—money, two beautiful daughters, and a husband who is a successful lawyer.
- (1.8K)
- Paperback
A bored housewife has an affair with a writer who treats her like her abusive husband. She joins group therapy to find herself in the sexual revolution era.
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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.
