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Diary of a Mad Housewife
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Synopsis
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 (1978). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Lorraine Cullen Sylvie Balser
Peter Dohanos Samuel Keefer
Leonard Elliott M. Henri
Leonard Elliott Mon. Henri
Hilda Haynes Lottie
Frank Langella George Prager
Katherine Meskill Charlotte Rady
Frannie Michel Liz Balser
Allison Mills Women's Lib Girl
Allison Mills Women's Liberation Girl
Carrie Snodgress Tina Balser
Donald Symington Pediatrician
Valma Margo
Richard Benjamin Jonathan Balser
Alice Cooper Himself
The Alice Cooper Band Themselves

Production Crew

Sue Kaufman Book Author
Ellis W. Carter Cinematographer
Gerald Hirschfeld Cinematographer
Flo Transfield Costume Designer
James Hagerman Costume Designer
Ruth Morley Costume Designer
Frank Perry Director
Grant Whytock Editor
Sidney Katz Editor
Charles Okun First Assistant Director
Frank Perry Producer
Peter Dohanos Production Designer
Eleanor Perry Screenwriter
Robert Drumheller Set Designer
Sam Robert Set Designer
Charles Federmack Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1970
Runtime: 94
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy Drama

Produced by
Universal

Awards
1970 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1970 - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy - Golden Globe
1970 - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy - Hollywood Foreign Press Association