Marsha Mason
Georgia
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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.
- $25,524,778
- David Shire
- Neil Simon, Roger M. Rothstein
Sep 25, 1981 · 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.
- Glenn Jordan
- 18
- 3 min
Roger Ebert January 01, 1981. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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 ...
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177M subscribers. Subscribed. 68. 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...
Film Details. Also Known As. It Hurts Only When I Laugh. MPAA Rating. Genre. Comedy. Adaptation. Drama. Release Date. 1981. Location. New York City, New York, USA. Technical Specs. Duration. 2h. TCM Emails. An alcoholic actress fights to come back while trying to raise her teen daughter.
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 star in a new film that spills...
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- Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
- R
