Only When I Laugh
It'll make you laugh...'til you cry.
1981 | 120m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Glenn Jordan |
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| Writer: | Neil Simon |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 25, 1981 |
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| Director: | Glenn Jordan |
| Writer: | Neil Simon |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | new york city, parent child relationship, cigarette, alcoholism, socialite, drunkenness, broadway theatre, mother daughter relationship |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Marsha Mason | Georgia |
| Kristy McNichol | Polly |
| James Coco | Jimmy |
| Joan Hackett | Toby |
| David Dukes | David |
| John Bennett Perry | Actor (Lou) |
| Guy Boyd | Man in Bar |
| Ed Moore | Dr. Komack |
| Byron Webster | Tom |
| Peter Coffield | Mr. Tarloff |
| Mark Schubb | Adam Kasabian |
| Nancy Nagler | Heidi |
| Dan Monahan | Jason |
| Ellen La Gamba | Receptionist |
| Michael A. Ross | Paul |
| Venida Evans | Nurse Garcia |
| Tom Ormeny | Kyle |
| Ken Weisbrath | Waiter |
| Jane Atkins | Doreen |
| Henry Olek | George De Vane |
| Kevin Bacon | Don |
| Ron Levine | Gary |
| Rebecca Stanley | Denise Summers |
| Nick Lapadula | Bartender |
| Phillip Lindsay | Super |
| Birdie M. Hale | Super's Wife |
| Wayne Franson | Father |
| John Vargas | Manuel |
| Kathryn Janssen | Woman in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Steve Kelley | Jeffrey Kramer (uncredited) |
| Llewellyn Lafford | Car Driver (uncredited) |
| Antic Melkior | Man in Car (uncredited) |
| Frank Slaten | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David M. Walsh | Director of Photography |
| Shirlee Strahm | Costumer |
| John Wright | Editor |
| Thomas John Kane | Unit Production Manager |
| David M. Haber | Art Direction |
| Marvin March | Set Decoration |
| E. Thomas Case | Makeup Artist |
| Kathryn Blondell | Hairstylist |
| Robert Edesa | Camera Operator |
| Jennifer Shull | Casting |
| Albert Brenner | Production Design |
| Glenn Jordan | Director |
| Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Neil Simon | Screenplay, Theatre Play |
| David Shire | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roger M. Rothstein | Producer |
| Neil Simon | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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