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1970 • 1h 35min • R • Comedy, Drama

Diary of a Mad Housewife

"It can happen to any married woman anywhere, anytime...it happened to Tina."

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.

IMDb 7.0

RT 82%

Director

Frank Perry

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Eleanor Perry

Sue Kaufman

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Carrie Snodgress

Tina Balser

Richard Benjamin

Jonathan Balser

Frank Langella

George Prager

Lorraine Cullen

Sylvie Balser

Frannie Michel

Liz Balser

Lee Addoms

Mrs. Prinz

Peter Dohanos

Samuel Keefer

Katherine Meskill

Charlotte Rady

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Richard Benjamin Jonathan Balser

Frank Langella George Prager

Lorraine Cullen Sylvie Balser

Frannie Michel Liz Balser

Lee Addoms Mrs. Prinz

Peter Dohanos Samuel Keefer

Katherine Meskill Charlotte Rady

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