Isn't She Great (2000)

01/28/2000 1h 35m

Talent isn't everything...

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Overview

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-1960s, 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 Susann's life, including her autistic son and her continuing bout with cancer which she hid up until her death.

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Cast Ages at Release

Bette Midler

as Jacqueline Susann

Born 12/01/1945, age

Nathan Lane

as Irving Mansfield

Born 02/03/1956, age

Stockard Channing

as Florence Maybelle

Born 02/13/1944, age

David Hyde Pierce

as Michael Hastings

Born 04/03/1959, age

John Cleese

as Henry Marcus

Born 10/27/1939, age

John Larroquette

as Maury Manning

Born 11/25/1947, age

Amanda Peet

as Debbie

Born 01/11/1972, age

Dina Spybey-Waters

as Bambi Madison

Born 08/29/1965, age

Paul Benedict

as Prof. Brainiac

Born 09/17/1938

Died 12/01/2008, age

David Costabile

as Junior Editor

Born 01/09/1967, age

Frank Vincent

as Aristotle Onassis

Born 08/04/1939

Died 09/13/2017, age

Christopher McDonald

as Brad Bradburn

Born 02/15/1955, age