Woman in a Dressing Gown is a 1957 British film directed by J. Lee Thompson and stars Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quale, and Yvonne Mitchell. A powerful and progressive drama of a marriage in crisis, Woman In A Dressing Gown is an early slice of social realism. A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.