

Diary of a Mad Housewife
DirectorFrank Perry
“It can happen to any married woman anywhere, anytime...it happened to Tina.”
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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Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) Original Trailer [HD]
Cast

Carrie Snodgress
Tina Balser

Richard Benjamin
Jonathan Balser

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
M. Henri
Valma
Margo
Hilda Haynes
Lottie

Donald Symington
Pediatrician
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