Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar

Teresa Griffiths
2018-08-11


6.3
59 min

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

Name Character Team
Maggie Gyllenhaal The Bell Jar Reader (voice) Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Ina Marie Smith Letters & Journals Reader (voice) Unowned
Deborah McBride Additional Voice (voice) Unowned
Willow Nash Additional Voice (voice) Unowned
Charlotte Brokenbrow Reenactment Performer Unowned
Zoe Hickson Reenactment Performer Unowned
Charlie Noakes Reenactment Performer Unowned
Tristine Skyler Self - Writer Unowned
Frieda Hughes Self - Daughter / Artist Unowned
Perry Norton Self - Schoolmate Unowned
Betsy Wallingford Self - Schoolmate Unowned
Karen V. Kukil Self - Smith College Libraries Curator Unowned
Heather Clark Self - Biographer Unowned
Neva Sachar Self - Former Mademoiselle Magazine Guest Editor Unowned
Laurie Glazer Self - Former Mademoiselle Magazine Guest Editor Unowned
J. Melvin Woody Self - Friend Unowned
Janet Rosenberg Self - Friend Unowned
Elinor Klein Self - Friend Unowned
Philip McCurdy Self - Schoolmate Unowned
Sylvia Plath Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage) Unowned
Ted Hughes Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage) Unowned