Mommy Dead and Dearest
“In this family, every illness was a lie - except the mother's.”
20171h 22mCrime · Documentary
Released
March 11, 2017
TMDB Score
74% match · 262 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.
DirectorErin Lee Carr
- Released
- March 11, 2017
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- HBO Documentary Films, Abstract
Top Billed Cast
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard
Self
Dee Dee Blanchard
Self (archive footage)
Rod Blanchard
Self - Gypsy's Father
Kristy Blanchard
Self - Gypsy's Stepmother
Jim Arnott
Self - Sheriff
David Blanchard
Self - Gypsy's Neighbor (archive footage)
Michelle Dean
Self - Freelance Journalist
Marc Feldman
Self - Munchausen Expert
Bernard Flatersten
Self - Pediatric Neurologist
Nicholas Godejohn
Self - Gypsy's Boyfriend (archive footage)
Charles Goldhammer
Self - Nick's Stepfather (archive footage)
Stephanie Goldhammer
Self - Nick's Mother (archive footage)
Calvin Holden
Self - Judge (archive footage)
Linda Ong
Self - Reporter
Dan Patterson
Self - Prosecutor
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