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Directed by Susan Seidelman. With Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Hunt. A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

She-Devil is a 1989 American dark comedy film directed by Susan Seidelman and written by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns. It stars Meryl Streep, Ed Begley, Jr. and, in her feature-film debut, comedienne Roseanne Barr. A loose adaptation of the 1983 novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by British writer Fay Weldon, She-Devil tells the story of Ruth Patchett, a dumpy, overweight housewife who exacts devilish revenge on her philandering husband after he leaves her and their children for glamorous, best-selling romance novelist Mary Fisher. The second adaption of Weldon's novel after a BBC TV mini series was first broadcast in 1986, the film was shot amid the first season break of Barr's highly successful ABC sitcom Roseanne in New York throughout spring and summer 1988. For a while, Streep, who was one of the first actresses to read the script, because she and director Susan Seidelman shared the same agent, considered taking the part of Ruth herself but later opted to play Fisher instead as she felt she had dealt with a similar subject in her previous film Evil Angels (1988). Produced by Orion Pictures, She-Devil was released on December 9, 1989, becoming a moderate critical and commercial success. Critics praised both Barr and Streep's performances but criticized the film for its tone. Streep earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy the following year.