"An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann."
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
David Costabile
as Junior Editor
Frank Vincent
as Aristotle Onassis
Ricky Mabe
as Guy at 14
Christopher McDonald
as Brad Bradburn
Robin Wilcock
as Stage murderer
Terrence Labrosse
as Radio Actor
Pauline Little
as Leslie Barnett
William Hill
as Passerby
Mal Z. Lawrence
as Mort
Adam Heller
as Howie
Ellen David
as Sylvia
Dan Ziskie
as Guy's Doctor
Anna Lobell
as Receptionist
Brett Gillen
as Man With Bicycle
Olga Merediz
as Mrs. Ramirez
Jacklin Webb
as Nurse
Clebert Ford
as Claude
Sonia Benezra
as Manicurist
Richard Litt
as Buddy
Maurice Carlton
as Orderly #1
Edward B. Goldstein
as Eddie in Lindy's
Larry Block
as Herbie
Jack Eagle
as Waiter
Le Clanché du Rand
as Lissy Hastings
Elizabeth Lawrence
as Missy Hastings
Helen Stenborg
as Aunt Abigail
John Cunningham
as Nelson Hastings
Charles S. Doucet
as Teamster
John Sanford Moore
as Bob Shawcross
Richard McConomy
as Harry Gladrey
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
as Irma Gladrey
Steven McCarthy
as Book Nook Clerk
James Villemaire
as Jim Morrison
Karyn Quackenbush
as TV Cook
Sam Street
as Truman Capote
Andrew Bergman
Director
Paul Rudnick
Screenplay
Mark Gordon
Executive Producer
Ted Kurdyla
Gary Levinsohn
Mike Lobell
Producer
Barry Malkin
Editor
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Burt Bacharach
Original Music Composer
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Adam Shankman
Choreographer
Michael Korda
Book
Alex Barder
Associate Producer
Cathy Schulman
Rosina Bucci
Casting
Kathleen Chopin
John S. Lyons
Stuart Wurtzel
Production Design
Raymond Dupuis
Art Direction
Amy Burt
Set Decoration
Jean-François Campeau
Susan C. MacQuarrie
Julie Weiss
Costume Designer