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Laura Lansing Slept Here
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Wikipedia article
'Laura Lansing Slept Here' is a 1988 American made-for-television comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and directed by George Schaefer which premiered on NBC on March 7, 1988. It was written by James Prideaux and co-stars Joel Higgins, Karen Austin, Brenda Forbes and Hepburn's grandniece Schuyler Grant.
Plot
Hepburn stars as Laura Lansing, a wealthy, world-famous pampered novelist who faces the crisis of her career when her publisher rejects her latest book. Faced with retirement, she makes a bet to prove that she has not lost touch with her readers: she will live with a middle-class family in the suburbs for seven days or give up writing forever. In the home of Walter and Melody Gomphers, Lansing turns the family's life upside down with her outlandish behavior. She struggles to relate to their children, meddles in the couple's marital matters and jeopardizes the conditions of her bet.
Cast
*Katharine Hepburn as Laura Lansing
*Karen Austin as Melody Gomphers
*Brenda Forbes as Doris
*Joel Higgins as Walter Gomphers
*Lee Richardson as Larry Baumgartner
*Nicolas Surovy as Conway
*Schuyler Grant as Annette Gomphers
Reception
A reviewer from 'The New York Times' noted that Hepburn essentially "played herself" in the movie, and that "it's to Katharine Hepburn's credit that she was able to make so much out of so little."
References
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