Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
07/09/1994
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Movie Information
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Dorothy Parker
Campbell Scott
as Robert Benchley
Matthew Broderick
as Charles MacArthur
Peter Gallagher
as Alan Campbell
Jennifer Beals
as Gertrude Benchley
Andrew McCarthy
as Eddie Parker
Wallace Shawn
as Horatio Byrd
Martha Plimpton
as Jane Grant
Sam Robards
as Harold Ross
Lili Taylor
as Edna Ferber
James Le Gros
as Deems Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Paula Hunt
Nick Cassavetes
as Robert Sherwood
David Thornton
as George S. Kaufman
Heather Graham
as Mary Kennedy Taylor
Tom McGowan
as Alexander Woollcott
Chip Zien
as Franklin P. Adams
Gary Basaraba
as Heywood Broun
Jane Adams
as Ruth Hale
Stephen Baldwin
as Roger Spalding
Matt Malloy
as Marc Connelly
Rebecca Miller
as Neysa McMein
Amelia Campbell
as Mary Brandon Sherwood
David Gow
as Donald Ogden Stewart
Leni Parker
as Beatrice Kaufman
Jean-Michel Henry
as Harpo Marx
Stanley Tucci
as Fred Hunter
Mina Badie
as Joanie Gerard
Randy Lowell
as Alvan Barach
Keith Carradine
as Will Rogers
Jon Favreau
as Elmer Rice
Gabriel Gascon
as Georges Attends
Harry Strandjofski
as Home Movie Director
Bruce Dinsmore
as Assistant Director
Matt Holland
as Propman
Joe De Paul
as Producer
Arthur Holden
as Ward
Jack Langedijk
as Valentine's Day Director
Howard Rosenstein
as Actor
Eleanor Noble
as Actress
Jesse Evans
as Mail Clerk
Peter Benchley
as Frank Crowninshield
Phillip Patton
as Speakeasy Bartender
Sam Stone
as Cab Driver (1922)
Natalie Strong
as Nurse
Malcolm Gets
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Barbara Jones
as Long Island Hostess
Maurice Podbrey
as Long Island Investor
Walter Massey
as Phillip the Producer
Gisèle Rousseau
as Polly Adler
Ellen David
as New Yorker Secretary
Domini Blythe
as Actress in Mirror
Gregory Hlady
as Russian Director
Mark Camacho
as Writer #1
Bill Rowat
as Writer #2
Robert Higden
as Writer #3
Vanya Rose
as Marcy
Cary Lawrence
as June
Richard Jutras
as Cab Driver (1958)
James Bradford
as Host at Tribute
Michael McGill
as Reporter #1
Harry Hill
as Reporter #2
Roc LaFortune
as Bartender (1958)
Cyndi Lauper
as Picnic Guest (uncredited)
