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Synopsis
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.
Title | Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar |
Companies | Yeti Television, Little Trees Films, BBC |
Countries | United Kingdom |
Keywords | new york city, husband wife relationship, docudrama, mental health, childhood friends, woman director, portrait of an artist, female writer, book writing, social prejudice, us literature, literature history |

Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
Ina Marie Smith
Letters & Journals Reader (voice)Deborah McBride
Additional Voice (voice)Willow Nash
Additional Voice (voice)Charlotte Brokenbrow
Reenactment PerformerZoe Hickson
Reenactment PerformerCharlie Noakes
Reenactment Performer
Tristine Skyler
Self - Writer
Frieda Hughes
Self - Daughter / ArtistPerry Norton
Self - SchoolmateBetsy Wallingford
Self - SchoolmateKaren V. Kukil
Self - Smith College Libraries CuratorHeather Clark
Self - BiographerNeva Sachar
Self - Former Mademoiselle Magazine Guest EditorLaurie Glazer
Self - Former Mademoiselle Magazine Guest EditorJ. Melvin Woody
Self - FriendJanet Rosenberg
Self - FriendElinor Klein
Self - FriendPhilip McCurdy
Self - Schoolmate
Sylvia Plath
Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)