Scarsdale Diet Movies

Herman Tarnower Movies

                A hard-working physician who comes up with a diet that gets immensely famous and is also effective who likes to live as a bachelor has a former girlfriend that gets too attached.

When the physician starts dating a younger woman then all hell breaks lose and the ‘former’ girlfriend confronts him and shoots him dead.

Sounds like a typical movie plot, doesn’t it? Well, it all happened for real and in real-life, the characters were Herman Tarnower, Jean Harris and Lynne Tryforos.

And as you might have guessed, Hollywood didn’t miss this opportunity and made movies and TV shows on the same.

And these movies are what we going to talk about in this post.

List of Movies on Scarsdale Diet

The People Versus Jean Harris 1981

The TV movie that is about two and a half hours in length focuses exclusively on the trial that happened after the demise of Dr Tarnower.

A highlight of this movie is that its source for the script was the trial’s actual transcript.

For those who wish to know what went down in the trial, it is a must-watch. There are many other aspects of the tale that get clarified like the role of the lawyers, judge and the jury.

Portrayals

Jean Harris

Ellen Burstyn

Mrs Harris 2005

Starring Ben Kingsley himself, Mrs Harris also includes how the relationship of Jean and Tarnower progressed.

The movie is relatively short with a time span of an hour and a half. Interestingly, it also features Ellen Burstyn who played the role of Jean in the 1981 film People Vs Jean Harris.

Portrayals

Jean Harris	Annette Bening
Herman Tarnower	Ben Kingsley
Lynne Tryforos	Chloë Sevigny

Murder Made Me Famous Documentary

The show’s second season featured the case in the 6^th episode. Documentaries have their own way of presenting facts and hence, it can be interesting for you to check it out to gain another perspective about the entire Scarsdale Diet doctor murder fiasco.

Conclusion

We hope that you liked this list of movies that were related to this tragedy. Do share your thoughts about how you think the movies differed from what unfolded in reality.

While Herman’s life was cut short tragically, it was Lynne Tryforos who had to live with it. This is what all things come down to.

When someone gets overly attached to someone, things get abnormal and overdoing this beyond a certain point may cause incidents like these.

Also, there are several references, books and documentaries about the case that you can check if you want.