Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Harris
Original poster
Based on	Very Much a Lady by Shana Alexander
Screenplay by	Phyllis Nagy
Directed by	Phyllis Nagy
Starring	Annette Bening Ben Kingsley
Music by	Alex Wurman
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Elizabeth Karlsen Pam Koffler Christine Vachon John Wells
Producer	Chrisann Verges
Cinematography	Steven Poster
Editors	Curtiss Clayton Lee Percy
Running time	95 minutes
Production companies	HBO Films John Wells Productions Killer Films Number 9 Films
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	September 16, 2005 (2005-09-16)
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Mrs. Harris is a 2005 American-British made-for-television drama film written and directed by Phyllis Nagy.^[1] The teleplay, based on the book Very Much a Lady by Shana Alexander, focuses on the tempestuous relationship between Herman Tarnower, noted cardiologist and author of the New York Times bestseller The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet, and headmistress Jean Harris. Produced by Killer Films, Number 9 Films, and John Wells for HBO Films, it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2005, before its broadcast on HBO on February 25, 2006.

The film stars Annette Bening as Jean Harris, Ben Kingsley as Herman Tarnower, Cloris Leachman as Tarnower's sister, and Chloë Sevigny as his secretary and lover. The film also features a cameo performance by Ellen Burstyn as one of Tarnower's previous girlfriends; Burstyn played Jean Harris in the made-for-television movie, The People vs. Jean Harris (1981).