Malice in Wonderland (TV film)

Malice in Wonderland
DVD cover featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Alexander
Directed by	Gus Trikonis
Written by	George Eells (novel) Jacqueline Feather David Seidler
Starring	Elizabeth Taylor Jane Alexander
Music by	Charles Bernstein
Cinematography	Philip H. Lathrop
Editing by	Allan Jacobs
Release date(s)	12 May 1985
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Malice in Wonderland is a 1985 American television movie based on the 1972 novel Hedda and Louella: A Dual Biography of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons by George Eells. Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Alexander, it tells the based-on-real-life stories of powerful Hollywood gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, once friends and later rivals. The film premiered on CBS on 12 May 1985.

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Elizabeth Taylor ... Louella Parsons
Jane Alexander ... Hedda Hopper
Richard A. Dysart ... Louis B. Mayer
Joyce Van Patten ... Dema Harshbarger
Jon Cypher ... Dr. Harry 'Docky' Martin
Leslie Ackerman ... Harriet Parsons
Bonnie Bartlett ... Ida Koverman
Thomas Byrd ... William Hopper
Joel Colodner ... Andy Kenderson
Rick Lenz ... Iceman
Mary McCusker ... Dot
John Pleshette ... Tommy Gallep
Eric Purcell ... Orson Welles
Tim Robbins ... Joseph Cotten
Mark L. Taylor ... Howard Strickling
Nancy Travis ... Ann
B.J. Ward ... June
Vernon Weddle ... Sam Goldwyn
Allen Williams ... Joel
Theodore Wilson ... Collins
Jason Wingreen ... Jack Warner
Helen Baron ... Ellen
Thomas Bellin ... Hotel Clerk
Denise Crosby ... Carole Lombard
Robert Darnell ... Heiner
Christine Dickinson ... Betty
Douglas Emerson ... Young Bill Harper
Edith Fields ... Mrs. Washburn
Lyla Graham ... Mrs. Clayton
Anne Haney ... Dema's Secretary
Mindi Iden ... Starlet
Leigh Kavanaugh ... 2nd Journalist
Amelia Laurenson ... Elizabeth Arden
Galen Thompson ... Hal
Jan Tříska ... Mike Romanoff
Keith Walker ... Albert
Gary Wayne ... Clark Gable
Noni White ... 1st Journalist