An Unmarried Woman
“She laughs, she cries, she feels angry, she feels lonely, she feels guilty, she makes breakfast, she makes love, she makes do, she is strong, she is weak, she is brave, she is scared, she is… an unmarried woman.”
Paul MazurskyCast
Jill Clayburgh 
Alan Bates 
Michael Murphy 
Cliff Gorman 
Patricia Quinn Kelly Bishop
Credits
Written by: Paul Mazursky
Plot
A New York woman, Erica, is left by her husband of 16 years for a younger woman, and starts a new life as a single woman, with new love and independence, with Jill Clayburgh.
Sinekatalog’s take
A warm, funny and pioneering drama of divorce.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (7,022 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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