The Goodbye Girl
 The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film. Directed by Herbert Ross the film stars Richard Dreyfuss Marsha Mason Quinn Cummings and Paul Benedict. The original screenplay by Neil Simon centers on an odd trio—a struggling actor who has sublet a Manhattan apartment from a friend the current occupant (his friend's ex-girlfriend who has just been abandoned) and her precocious young daughter.Richard Dreyfuss won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Elliot Garfield.