Breaking Up (1978)
Written by Loring Mandel, Breaking Up stars Gena Rowlands as a middle-aged housewife who, after 16 years of marriage, is asked for a divorce by husband Granville van Dusen. Once overcoming the shock and the bitterness, Rowlands must determine the future course for herself and her two children. Her efforts to set up her own fashion design business and to enter the dating pool are almost as traumatic as the initial separation. Adding to the dilemma is an increasingly large rift between Rowlands and her teen-age daughter, who holds her mom responsible for the marital discord. Breaking Up was telecast January 2, 1978 as an ABC Theatre presentation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Delbert Mann
Synopsis of Breaking Up
Written by Loring Mandel, Breaking Up stars Gena Rowlands as a middle-aged housewife who, after 16 years of marriage, is asked for a divorce by husband Granville van Dusen. Once overcoming the shock and the bitterness, Rowlands must determine the future course for herself and her two children. Her efforts to set up her own fashion design business and to enter the dating pool are almost as traumatic as the initial separation. Adding to the dilemma is an increasingly large rift between Rowlands and her teen-age daughter, who holds her mom responsible for the marital discord. Breaking Up was telecast January 2, 1978 as an ABC Theatre presentation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Breaking Up
- Ed Crowley - George
- Bruce Gray - Vic
- Stephen Joyce - Gabe
- Michael Lombard - Ira
- Meg Mundy - Louise Crawford
- Lee Remick - JoAnn Hammil
- Linda Sorenson - Mickey
- Granville van Dusen - Tom Hammil
- Jill Andre - Alice
- Vicki Dawson - Amy Hammil
- Cynthia Harris - Edie
- Frank Latimore - Robert Crawford
- Kenneth McMillan - Vancrier
- James Noble - Haberle
- Fred J. Scollay - Tony
- David Stambaugh - T.C. Hammil
- Lois Markle - Toby
- Director(s):
- Delbert Mann
- Writer(s):
- Loring Mandel
- Producer(s):
- Frederick H. Brogger
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