Diary of a Mad Housewife

Diary of a Mad Housewife

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

1970•1h 35m•6.1/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(42)

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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Production

Frank Perry Films Inc., Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Carrie Snodgress

Carrie Snodgress

Tina Balser

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin

Jonathan Balser

Frank Langella

Frank Langella

George Prager

Lorraine Cullen

Sylvie Balser

Frannie Michel

Liz Balser

Lee Addoms

Mrs. Prinz

Peter Dohanos

Samuel Keefer

Katherine Meskill

Charlotte Rady

Leonard Elliott

Leonard Elliott

M. Henri

Valma

Margo

Hilda Haynes

Lottie

Donald Symington

Donald Symington

Pediatrician

Lester Rawlins

Lester Rawlins

Dr. Linstrom

Alley Mills

Alley Mills

Women's Lib Girl

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

Man in Group Therapy Session

Ja'net DuBois

Ja'net DuBois

Vera

George Loros

George Loros

Malcolm

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