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Mommy Dead and Dearest

20177.4 / 1082 min

Crime, Documentary

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.

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

Crew

Erin Lee Carr

Director

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Erin Lee Carr

Producer

Andrew Rossi

Producer

Bryan Sarkinen

Director of Photography

Andrew Coffman

Editor

Ian Hultquist

Original Music Composer

Alison Byrne

Co-Producer

Sara Bernstein

Supervising Producer

Andrew Coffman

Co-Producer