Isn't She Great

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.

Cast

Bette Midler

as Jacqueline Susann

Nathan Lane

as Irving Mansfield

Stockard Channing

as Florence Maybelle

David Hyde Pierce

as Michael Hastings

John Cleese

as Henry Marcus

John Larroquette

as Maury Manning

Amanda Peet

as Debbie

Dina Spybey-Waters

as Bambi Madison

Paul Benedict

as Prof. Brainiac

Jeff Ross

as Shecky

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