Diary of a Mad Housewife

1970
R
1h 35m

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A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.

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7.0/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total

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Richard Benjamin

Jonathan Balser

Frank Langella

George Prager

Carrie Snodgress

Tina Balser

Lorraine Cullen

Sylvie Balser

Frannie Michel

Liz Balser

Lee Addoms

Mrs. Prinz

Peter Dohanos

Samuel Keefer

Katherine Meskill

Charlotte Rady

Leonard Elliott

M. Henri

Valma

Margo

Hilda Haynes

Lottie

Donald Symington

Pediatrician
(as Don Symington)

Alley Mills

Women's lib girl
(as Allison Mills)

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper
(as The Alice Cooper Band)

Michael Bruce

Michael Bruce
(as The Alice Cooper Band)

Glen Buxton

Glen Buxton
(as The Alice Cooper Band)

Ja'net DuBois

Vera

Dennis Dunaway

Dennis Dunaway
(as The Alice Cooper Band)

Director
- Frank Perry
Writers
- Eleanor Perry
- Sue Kaufman
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Trivia
According to Carrie Snodgress, actor Richard Benjamin insisted that he and Carrie not have any interaction off-screen in order to have their onscreen tensions be more believable and authentic.

Quotes
Jonathan Balser: How about a little roll in the hay?

Alternate versions
Original version runs 104 minutes. Alternate TV version was prepared by director Frank Perry substituting different footage for many sequences; this version runs 95 minutes.

Connections
Featured in Film Extra: Richard Benjamin (1973)

Soundtracks
Ride With Me Baby
(uncredited)
Written by Mars Bonfire

Insanity comes quietly to the structured mind

Richard Benjamin would drive anyone crazy in 'Diary of a Mad Housewife'(1970).Benjamin and wife Carrie Snodgrass are an upper- middle class New York couple, he totally absorbed with social climbing and Ms. Snodgrass bored to death with her isolated life.Director Frank Perry(David and Lisa) does an excellent job directing this sometimes funny, sometimes sad film of a materialistic, yet emotionally empty lifestyle.Script by Eleanor Perry.