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The Women's Room (film)

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'The Women's Room' is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Lee Remick, Ted Danson, Colleen Dewhurst and Tovah Feldshuh. In spite of Esther Shapiro's (ABC's vice president for miniseries) struggle with the (predominantly male) network to release the film despite its feminist content, "'The Women's Room' finally aired, and it received a huge 45 share (the highest rated movie on TV that week), prompted a raft of positive mail, and won an Emmy".

Premise



A married mother of two leaves her philandering husband and enrolls in graduate school.

Cast



* Lee Remick as Mira Adams

* Colleen Dewhurst as Val

* Patty Duke as Lily

* Kathryn Harrold as Bliss

* Tovah Feldshuh as Iso

* Tyne Daly as Adele

* Lisa Pelikan as Kyla

* Heidi Vaughn as Samantha

* Mare Winningham as Chris

* Ted Danson as Norman

* Gregory Harrison as Ben Volper

* Jenny O'Hara as Mrs. Martinelli

* Christopher Pennock as Harley

* Al Corley as Tad Ford

Critical reception



Critic Tom Shales found the film to be annoying and a "stinker.""The Women's Room: TV Preview: Wrathful Melodrama on the Evils that Men Do Whining Made-for TV Melodrama" by Tom Shales, 'The Washington Post', September 13, 1980 John J. O'Connor found the film to be a successful adaptation of the book and thoroughly enjoyed the movie, stating that "No one will be bored.""TV View: 'The Women's Room'--Devastatingly on Target" by John J. O'Connor, 'The New York Times', September 14, 1980

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