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Mommy Dead and Dearest

Mommy Dead and Dearest

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

20177.41h 22m

Overview

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.

Directed by Erin Lee Carr
Produced by Andrew Rossi, Erin Lee Carr
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Top Cast

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

Self

D

Dee Dee Blanchard

Self (archive footage)

R

Rod Blanchard

Self - Gypsy's Father

K

Kristy Blanchard

Self - Gypsy's Stepmother

J

Jim Arnott

Self - Sheriff

D

David Blanchard

Self - Gypsy's Neighbor (archive footage)

M

Michelle Dean

Self - Freelance Journalist

M

Marc Feldman

Self - Munchausen Expert

B

Bernard Flatersten

Self - Pediatric Neurologist

N

Nicholas Godejohn

Self - Gypsy's Boyfriend (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

child abusekillingmother daughter relationship

About Mommy Dead and Dearest

Mommy Dead and Dearest is a crime, documentary film released in 2017 exploring themes of child abuse, killing, mother daughter relationship. Directed by Erin Lee Carr, it stars Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Dee Dee Blanchard, Rod Blanchard. 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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