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The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

Thank you Neil Simon for making us laugh at falling in love... again.

19776.91h 51m

Overview

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

Directed by Herbert Ross
Written by Neil Simon
Produced by Ray Stark
Box Office0Revenue: $102.0M

Top Cast

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Elliot Garfield

Marsha Mason

Marsha Mason

Paula McFadden

Quinn Cummings

Quinn Cummings

Lucy McFadden

Paul Benedict

Paul Benedict

Mark

Barbara Rhoades

Barbara Rhoades

Donna

Theresa Merritt

Theresa Merritt

Mrs. Crosby

M

Michael Shawn

Ronnie

Patricia Pearcy

Patricia Pearcy

Rhonda

G

Gene Castle

Assistant Choreographer

Marilyn Sokol

Marilyn Sokol

Linda

Themes & Keywords

ballet dancertheater playfamily abandonmentsingle motherprecocious childmanhattan, new york cityaspiring actor

About The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1977 exploring themes of ballet dancer, theater play, family abandonment, single mother, precocious child, manhattan, new york city. Directed by Herbert Ross, it stars Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings. After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

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