She-Devil (1989 film)

She-Devil
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySusan Seidelman
Screenplay by
Based onThe Life and Loves of a She-Devil
by Fay Weldon
Produced by
  • Jonathan Brett
  • Susan Seidelman
Starring
CinematographyOliver Stapleton
Edited byCraig McKay
Music byHoward Shore
Production
company
Distributed byOrion Pictures
Release date
  • December 8, 1989 (1989-12-08)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$16 million[1]
Box office$15.4 million (US)[2]

She-Devil is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Susan Seidelman and written by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns. It stars Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr (in her film debut) and Ed Begley Jr. A loose adaptation of the 1983 novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by British writer Fay Weldon, She-Devil tells the story of Ruth Patchett, a dumpy, overweight housewife, who exacts devilish revenge after her philandering husband leaves her and their children for glamorous, best-selling romance novelist Mary Fisher.

Produced by Orion Pictures, She-Devil was released on December 8, 1989, and grossed $15.5 million at the box office. Streep earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy the following year.

  1. ^ "She Devil (1989)". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "She-Devil at Box Office Mojo". Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2010.