In the 1991 film
Fried Green Tomatoes, the character played by Kathy Bates attempts to seduce her husband by wrapping herself in saran wrap, a method promoted in The Total Woman.
In a 1977 episode ("Trouble in Chapter 17") of James Garner's NBC-TV series
The Rockford Files, the character of Anne Louise Clement (Claudette Nevins) appears to be closely based on Marabel Morgan:
- Plot summary: "Jim is reluctantly drawn into being bodyguard for a famous author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife is the cause of death threats against her."