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Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
Film / 2018

Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar

Directed by Teresa Griffiths
DocumentaryHistoryTV movie

★ 6.3/10Audience rating

The story of the making of The Bell Jar, the unique, semi-autobiographical novel written by American writer Sylvia Plath (1932-63), published in February 1963, shortly before her death.

The story

The story of the making of The Bell Jar, the unique, semi-autobiographical novel written by American writer Sylvia Plath (1932-63), published in February 1963, shortly before her death.

Cast

Maggie GyllenhaalThe Bell Jar Reader (voice) Ina Marie SmithLetters & Journals Reader (voice) Deborah McBrideAdditional Voice (voice) Willow NashAdditional Voice (voice) Charlotte BrokenbrowReenactment Performer Zoe HicksonReenactment Performer Charlie NoakesReenactment Performer Tristine SkylerSelf - Writer Frieda HughesSelf - Daughter / Artist Perry NortonSelf - Schoolmate Betsy WallingfordSelf - Schoolmate Karen V. KukilSelf - Smith College Libraries Curator
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Heather ClarkSelf - Biographer Neva SacharSelf - Former Mademoiselle Magazine Guest Editor Laurie GlazerSelf - Former Mademoiselle Magazine Guest Editor J. Melvin WoodySelf - Friend Janet RosenbergSelf - Friend Elinor KleinSelf - Friend Philip McCurdySelf - Schoolmate Sylvia PlathSelf - Writer (voice) (archive footage) Ted HughesSelf - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

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