Postcards from the Edge (1990)

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Plot

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

Cast

Meryl StreepSuzanne Vale

Shirley MacLaineDoris Mann

Dennis QuaidJack Faulkner

Gene HackmanLowell Kolchek

Richard DreyfussDr. Frankenthal

Christian RohdeDoctor Frankenthal

Rob ReinerJoe Pierce

Mary WickesGrandma

Conrad BainGrandpa

Annette BeningEvelyn Ames

Simon CallowSimon Asquith

Gary MortonMarty Wiener

CCH PounderJulie Marsden

Robin BartlettAretha

Ryohei TsunodaCarol

Anthony HealdGeorge Lazan

Thomas BloemWardrobe Mistress

Dana IveyWardrobe Mistress

Oliver PlattNeil Bleene

Heinz SchubertCarl

Writers and directors

Mike NicholsDirectorf. 1931

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Carrie FisherWriterf. 1956

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

Despite there only being fifteen years between them, I actually thought that Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep made the mother/daughter thing work quite well here. The former, "Doris", is a wealthy an…16. Aug 2026

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