Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

125 mins | Drama | Sept. 7, 1994

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

125 mins | Drama | Sept. 7, 1994

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Fine Line Features, Miramax
Original title Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Directors Leslie Grierson, Buck Deachman, Alan Rudolph, Allan F. Nicholls
Writers Randy Sue Coburn, Alan Rudolph

Cast

Jennifer Jason Leigh

as Dorothy Parker

Campbell Scott

as Robert Benchley

Matthew Broderick

as Charles MacArthur

Peter Gallagher

as Alan Campbell

Jennifer Beals

as Gertrude Benchley

Andrew McCarthy

as Eddie Parker

Wallace Shawn

as Horatio Byrd

Martha Plimpton

as Jane Grant

Sam Robards

as Harold Ross

Lili Taylor

as Edna Ferber

James Le Gros

as Deems Taylor

Gwyneth Paltrow

as Paula Hunt

Nick Cassavetes

as Robert Sherwood

David Thornton

as George S. Kaufman

Heather Graham

as Mary Kennedy Taylor

Tom McGowan

as Alexander Woollcott

Chip Zien

as Franklin P. Adams

Gary Basaraba

as Heywood Broun

Jane Adams

as Ruth Hale

Stephen Baldwin

as Roger Spalding

Matt Malloy

as Marc Connelly

Rebecca Miller

as Neysa McMein

Amelia Campbell

as Mary Brandon Sherwood

David Gow

as Donald Ogden Stewart

Leni Parker

as Beatrice Kaufman

Jean-Michel Henry

as Harpo Marx

Stanley Tucci

as Fred Hunter

Mina Badie

as Joanie Gerard

Randy Lowell

as Alvan Barach

Keith Carradine

as Will Rogers

Jon Favreau

as Elmer Rice

Gabriel Gascon

as Georges Attends

Harry Standjofski

as Home Movie Director

Bruce Dinsmore

as Assistant Director

Matt Holland

as Propman

Joe De Paul

as Producer

Arthur Holden

as Ward

Jack Langedijk

as Valentine's Day Director

HoJo Rose

as Actor (as Howard Rosenstein)

Eleanor Noble

as Actress

Jesse Evans

as Mail Clerk

Peter Benchley

as Frank Crowninshield

Phillip Patton

as Speakeasy Bartender

Sam Stone

as Cab Driver (1922)

Natalie Strong

as Nurse

Malcolm Gets

as F. Scott Fitzgerald

Barbara Jones

as Long Island Hostess

Maurice Podbrey

as Long Island Investor

Walter Massey

as Phillip the Producer

Gisèle Rousseau

as Polly Adler

Ellen David

as New Yorker Secretary

Domini Blythe

as Actress in Mirror

Hryhoriy Hlady

as Russian Director

Mark Camacho

as Writer #1

Bill Rowat

as Writer #2

Robert Higden

as Writer #3

Vanya Rose

as Marcy

Cary Lawrence

as June

Richard Jutras

as Cab Driver (1958)

James Bradford

as Host at Tribute

Michael McGill

as Reporter #1

Harry Hill

as Reporter #2

Roc LaFortune

as Bartender (1958)

Cyndi Lauper

as Picnic Guest (uncredited)