Isn't She Great
An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley Of The Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a successful promoter who becomes her husband. After several failures to place her in commercials and a TV quiz show, he hits upon the idea for her to become a writer. In the pre-60's, her books were looked upon as trash and non-printable. But then the sexual revolution hit and an audience was born for her books. The story shows the hidden behind the scenes story of Susan's life, including her autistic son and her continuing bout with cancer that she hid up to her death
Drama, Comedy
Universal Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Toho Company, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Marubeni, Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG), Lobell/Bergman Productions
Bette Midler as Jacqueline Susann, Nathan Lane as Irving Mansfield, Stockard Channing as Florence Maybelle, David Hyde Pierce as Michael Hastings, John Cleese as Henry Marcus, John Larroquette as Maury Manning, Amanda Peet as Debbie, Dina Spybey-Waters as Bambi Madison