Soapdish is a 1991 comedy film which tells a backstage story of the cast and crew of a popular television soap opera. The film is a send up of the silly plots and characters on daytime dramas and of backstage shenanigans. The film was a success, bringing in $86 million worldwide.
It was directed by Michael Hoffman, from a screenplay by Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman. Soapdish was produced by Sally Field's then-husband Alan Greisman.
The central character, a vain aging actress, was played by Sally Field. Also in the cast were Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Garry Marshall, Teri Hatcher, Kathy Najimy and Carrie Fisher.
