Only When I Laugh

Only When I Laugh (1981)

It'll make you laugh...'til you cry.

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1981-09-25
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 17 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Glenn Jordan
star 6/10
From 17 Ratings

Summary

A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the demands of all around her with humor and insight, while staying off the booze.

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  • Marsha Mason

    as Georgia
  • Kristy McNichol

    as Polly
  • James Coco

    as Jimmy
  • Joan Hackett

    as Toby
  • David Dukes

    as David
  • John Bennett Perry

    as Actor (Lou)
  • Guy Boyd

    as Man in Bar
  • Ed Moore

    as Dr. Komack
  • Byron Webster

    as Tom
  • Peter Coffield

    as Mr. Tarloff
  • Mark Schubb

    as Adam Kasabian
  • Nancy Nagler

    as Heidi
  • Dan Monahan

    as Jason
  • Ellen La Gamba

    as Receptionist
  • Michael A. Ross

    as Paul
  • Venida Evans

    as Nurse Garcia
  • Tom Ormeny

    as Kyle
  • Ken Weisbrath

    as Waiter
  • Jane Atkins

    as Doreen
  • Henry Olek

    as George De Vane
  • Kevin Bacon

    as Don
  • Ron Levine

    as Gary
  • Rebecca Stanley

    as Denise Summers
  • Nick Lapadula

    as Bartender
  • Phillip Lindsay

    as Super
  • Birdie M. Hale

    as Super's Wife
  • Wayne Franson

    as Father
  • John Vargas

    as Manuel
  • Kathryn Janssen

    as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
  • Steve Kelley

    as Jeffrey Kramer (uncredited)
  • Llewellyn Lafford

    as Car Driver (uncredited)
  • Antic Melkior

    as Man in Car (uncredited)
  • Frank Slaten

    as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Costume & Make-Up Ann Roth Costume Design
Directing Glenn Jordan Director
Camera David M. Walsh Director of Photography
Writing Neil Simon Screenplay
Art Albert Brenner Production Design
Production Jennifer Shull Casting
Costume & Make-Up Shirlee Strahm Costumer
Production Neil Simon Producer
Editing John Wright Editor
Production Roger M. Rothstein Producer
Production Thomas John Kane Unit Production Manager
Costume & Make-Up E. Thomas Case Makeup Artist
Art David M. Haber Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Kathryn Blondell Hairstylist
Camera Robert Edesa Camera Operator
Art Marvin March Set Decoration
Writing Neil Simon Theatre Play
Sound David Shire Original Music Composer

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