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Despite mixed reviews at the time, it became the biggest success of all three stars' careers that decade and built a loyal following that can still recite Lesley Gore's classic tune "You Don't Own Me" to this day. The comedy also spawned both a stage musical and a television series.

To celebrate the film's 25th anniversary on Sept. She's a slightly neurotic housewife who's attempting to save her marriage — much to her daughter's dismay. After her husband leaves her for their therapist, she decides to band together with her college best friends to form the First Wives Club and get even. She made her directorial debut with 's "Hanging Up," which she also starred in, and received a glowing response for her Oscar-nominated turn in the comedy "Something's Gotta Give" alongside Jack Nicholson.

‘First Wives Club’: TV Review

The single star — who was romantically linked to Keanu Reeves in the mid-aughts — adopted daughter Dexter the same year "The First Wives Club" came out and son Duke five years later. Bette Midler plays Brenda Morelli-Cushman, a wise-cracking Sicilian-Jewish single mother who helped set her husband on his feet financially before he left her for his younger money-obsessed and social-climbing employee.

The painful end to their marriage leads Brenda to join her david best friends in the First Wives Club. Bette Midler is a world-renowned singer, songwriter, actress, author and comedian with a career that spans more than five decades. Shortly after, she had an Emmy-winning turn in the HBO special "Diva Las Vegas" before releasing her ninth studio album, "Bathhouse Betty," then enjoyed a guest spot on "Murphy Brown" and lent her voice to the Disney animated musical film "Fantasia Goldie Hawn rounds out the main trio as Elise Eliot-Atchison, a former superstar actress who's now an alcoholic and a heavy smoker relegated to B-movies because of her age.

Her husband leaves her for another woman and sues her for wife, insisting that all of their joint assets be sold and the profits be divided between them. Elise's frustration is what leads her to join her friends in the First Wives Club. Goldie published the autobiography "A Lotus Grows in the Mud" in and reappeared in first she lent her voice to an episode of the Gay Channel animated series "Phineas and Ferb.

She followed it by starring as Mrs. Stockard Channing portrays Cynthia Swann-Griffin, a college friend of the three women who dies by suicide after her husband leaves her and marries his young mistress three days after their divorce is finalized. Her tragic, untimely passing is what reunites the trio, inspires them to get even with their respective cheating husbands and eventually found the First Wives Club.

Her seven-season run on the historic drama series won her an Emmy before she left to star on the short-lived sitcom "Out of Practice" in Leading the villainous husbands is Victor Garber as Bill Atchison, a successful film producer who rises to fame through his wife Elise's connections and eventually leaves her for a club starlet.

Bill sues Elise for alimony and insists that all of their joint assets be sold and the profits divided between them — that is, until she liquidates them all and gives them to Annie to buy the majority share in her ex's company. Victor Garber began his career in the theater, receiving acclaim for a variety of performances before moving into film and television.

Dan Hedaya stars as Morton "Morty" Cushman, Brenda's ex-husband who takes advantage of her having signed an out-of-court settlement in order to finance his new girlfriend's extravagant tastes. The electronics tycoon is later blackmailed into giving Brenda a substantial amount of his money when she obtains proof of his criminal activity.

Rounding out the cheating exes is Stephen Collins as Aaron Paradis, Annie's conflicted husband who leaves her for their therapist. The advertising agency CEO is eventually left on his own when his new girlfriend runs off and Annie refuses to take him back. She eventually buys out the partners at Aaron's company without his knowledge and becomes the majority owner.

Stephen Collins had a lengthy run of film and television roles before landing a place in "The First Wives Club.