Diary of a Mad Housewife

Diary of a Mad Housewife

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 10, 1970

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.

Diary of a Mad Housewife

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 10, 1970

Diary of a Mad Housewife
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 rating 7.0
Producers Universal Pictures, Frank Perry Films Inc.
Original title Diary of a Mad Housewife
Directors Frank Perry
Writers Sue Kaufman, Eleanor Perry

Cast

Carrie Snodgress

as Tina Balser

Richard Benjamin

as Jonathan Balser

Frank Langella

as George Prager

Lorraine Cullen

as Sylvie Balser

Frannie Michel

as Liz Balser

Lee Addoms

as Mrs. Prinz

Peter Dohanos

as Samuel Keefer

Katherine Meskill

as Charlotte Rady

Leonard Elliott

as M. Henri

Valma

as Margo

Hilda Haynes

as Lottie

Donald Symington

as Pediatrician

Lester Rawlins

as Dr. Linstrom

Alley Mills

as Women's Lib Girl

Alice Cooper

as Himself

Peter Boyle

as Man in Group Therapy Session

Ja'net DuBois

as Vera