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Mommy Dead and Dearest

2017-03-11 - 82 minutes

7.38 / 10

Overview

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

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.

Screenplay

Director - Erin Lee Carr

Genres

Crime

Documentary

Videos

Mommy Dead and Dearest (HBO Do

Trailer

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Cast

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

Herself

Dee Dee Blanchard

Herself (archive footage)

Rod Blanchard

Himself - Gypsy's Father

Kristy Blanchard

Herself - Gypsy's Stepmother

Jim Arnott

Himself - Sheriff

David Blanchard

Himself - Gypsy's Neighbor (archive footage)

Michelle Dean

Herself - Freelance Journalist

Marc Feldman

Himself - Munchausen Expert

Bernard Flatersten

Himself - Pediatric Neurologist

Nicholas Godejohn

Himself - Gypsy's Boyfriend (archive footage)

Charles Goldhammer

Himself - Nick's Stepfather (archive footage)

Stephanie Goldhammer

Herself - Nick's Mother (archive footage)

Calvin Holden

Himself - Judge (archive footage)

Linda Ong

Herself - Reporter

Dan Patterson

Himself - Prosecutor

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