An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley Of The Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a successful promoter who becomes her husband. After several failures to place her in commercials and a TV quiz show, he hits upon the idea for her to become a writer. In the pre-60's, her books were looked upon as trash and non-printable. But then the sexual revolution hit and an audience was born for her books. The story shows the hidden behind the scenes story of Susan's life, including her autistic son and her continuing bout with cancer that she hid up to her death.

[About a necklace]


Florence Maybelle:
If a man ever bought that for me, not only would I have sex with him, but I would ENJOY it!

Anachronisms: Jacqueline Susann watches people waiting in line at the Radio City Music Hall to see Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975). Susann died the year before this movie was released.

Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Performed by Dionne Warwick
Courtesy of Platiunum Entertainment