Roseann Quinn Roseann Quinn Roseann Quinn (November 17, 1944 – January 2, 1973) was an American schoolteacher in New York City who was stabbed to death in 1973. Her murder inspired Judith Rossner's best-selling 1975 novel "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", which was adapted as a 1977 film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Diane Keaton. Quinn's murder also inspired the 1977 account "" by "New York Times" journalist Lacey Fosburgh. The case was the subject of a Season 3 episode of Investigation Discovery's series A Crime to Remember in 2015 ("Last Night Stand"). Quinn was born in 1944 in the Bronx to
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film) the video, Madonna plays a woman who, like Theresa, engages in self-destructive behavior by drinking heavily and sleeping around with random men before she is ultimately murdered by a man she had selected for a one-night stand. Tuesday Weld received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and William A. Fraker received a nomination for Best Cinematography at the 50th Academy Awards. Diane Keaton was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Drama) and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. She was not nominated for an Academy Award for this film, but she won Best