Isnt She Great (2000)

An unsuccessful overthetop actress becomes a successful overthetop 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 pre1960s her books were looked upon as trash and nonprintable But then the sexual revolution hit and an audience was born for her books The story shows the hidden behindthescenes story of Susanns life including her autistic son and her continuing bout with cancer which she hid up until her death