Mommy Dead and Dearest

Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)

In this family, every illness was a lie - except the mother's.

  • Genre: Crime, Documentary
  • Release Date: 2017-03-11
  • User Rating: 7.4/10 from 228 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 22min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: HBO Documentary Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Erin Lee Carr
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From 228 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Gypsy-Rose Blanchard-Anderson

    as Herself
  • Dee Dee Blanchard

    as Herself (archive footage)
  • Rod Blanchard

    as Himself - Gypsy's Father
  • Kristy Blanchard

    as Herself - Gypsy's Stepmother
  • Jim Arnott

    as Himself - Sheriff
  • David Blanchard

    as Himself - Gypsy's Neighbor (archive footage)
  • Michelle Dean

    as Herself - Freelance Journalist
  • Marc Feldman

    as Himself - Munchausen Expert
  • Bernard Flatersten

    as Himself - Pediatric Neurologist
  • Nicholas Godejohn

    as Himself - Gypsy's Boyfriend (archive footage)
  • Charles Goldhammer

    as Himself - Nick's Stepfather (archive footage)
  • Stephanie Goldhammer

    as Herself - Nick's Mother (archive footage)
  • Calvin Holden

    as Himself - Judge (archive footage)
  • Linda Ong

    as Herself - Reporter
  • Dan Patterson

    as Himself - Prosecutor
Production Andrew Coffman Co-Producer
Directing Erin Lee Carr Director
Camera Bryan Sarkinen Director of Photography
Sound Ian Hultquist Original Music Composer
Production Andrew Rossi Producer
Production Erin Lee Carr Producer
Production Sheila Nevins Executive Producer
Editing Andrew Coffman Editor
Production Alison Byrne Co-Producer
Production Sara Bernstein Supervising Producer

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