People vs. Jean Harris
This dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the refined private school headmistress who was convicted of the murder of her unfaithful lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, the famed "Scarsdale Diet" author.
Release Date: 1981-05-07
Crime
Drama
Romance
TV Movie
Casts
Ellen Burstyn
as Jean Harris
Martin Balsam
as Joel Aurnou
Richard Dysart
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
Peter Coyote
as George Bolen
Priscilla Morrill
as Juanita Edwards
Sarah Marshall
as Suzanne Van der Vreken
Millie Slavin
as Narrator (voice)
Al Ruscio
as Det. Siciliano
Milton Selzer
as Dr. Roth
Alvin Ing
as Dr. Louis Roh