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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 · 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.
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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.
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.
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- Paperback
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
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1970 comedy-drama film based on Sue Kaufman's novel. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
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.
