Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
- Starring:
- Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella, (more)
- Director(s):
- Frank Perry
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Superstardom was predicted for Carrie Snodgress on the basis of her spectacular film debut in Diary of a Mad Housewife. Snodgress plays the long-suffering wife of pushy, insensitive attorney Richard Benjamin. Unable to withstand being treated as a trophy (and a tarnished one at that), Snodgress has a brief affair with sexy Frank Langella. Alas, Langella, like virtually every other male character in the film, is just as selfish and self-involved as Benjamin. Even when she enters group therapy, Snodgress is disenchanted by the obtuseness and chauvinism of her male psychiatrist. Nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Diary of a Mad Housewife, Carrie Snodgress dropped out of films shortly afterward to move in with rock star Neil Young - with whom she raised a child. She returned to cinema with a pivotal role in Brian de Palma's bloody thriller The Fury. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Richard Benjamin - Jonathan Balser
- Carrie Snodgress - Tina Balser
- Frannie Michel - Liz Balser
- Katherine Meskill - Charlotte Rady
- Valma - Margo
- Donald Symington - Pediatrician
- The Alice Cooper Band - Themselves
- Lester Rawlins - Dr. Linstrom
- Lee Addams - Mrs. Prinz
- Frank Langella - George Prager
- Lorraine Cullen - Sylvie Balser
- Peter Dohanos - Samuel Keefer
- Leonard Elliott - Mon. Henri
- Hilda Haynes - Lottie
- Allison Mills - Women's Liberation Girl
- Alice Cooper - Himself
- Jeanette Du Bois - Vera
- Peter Boyle - Man in Group Therapy
- Director(s):
- Frank Perry
- Writer(s):
- Eleanor Perry
- Producer(s):
- Frank Perry
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Nudity, Profanity, Adult Situations)
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- 1970 - Diary of a Mad Housewife - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - New Star of the Year - Female
- 1970 - Diary of a Mad Housewife - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1970 - Diary of a Mad Housewife - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actor
