''Laura Lansing Slept Here'' is a 1988 American

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starring Katharine Hepburn and directed by George Schaefer which premiered on

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on March 7, 1988. It was written by

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and co-stars

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, Karen Austin,

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and Hepburn's grandniece Schuyler Grant.

Plot

Hepburn stars as Laura Lansing, a wealthy, world-famous pampered novelist who faces the crisis of her career when her publisher rejects her latest book. Faced with retirement, she makes a bet to prove that she has not lost touch with her readers: she will live with a middle-class family in the suburbs for seven days or give up writing forever. In the home of Walter and Melody Gomphers, Lansing turns the family's life upside down with her outlandish behavior. She struggles to relate to their children, meddles in the couple's marital matters and jeopardizes the conditions of her bet.

Cast

* Katharine Hepburn as Laura Lansing * Karen Austin as Melody Gomphers *

as Doris *

as Walter Gomphers * Lee Richardson as Larry Baumgartner *

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as Conway * Schuyler Grant as Annette Gomphers

Reception

A reviewer from ''

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'' noted that Hepburn essentially "played herself" in the movie, and that "it's to Katharine Hepburn's credit that she was able to make so much out of so little."

References

External links

* 1988 television films 1988 films 1988 comedy films American comedy television films NBC network original films Films directed by George Schaefer 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{US-tv-film-stub