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Death Becomes Her

19926.8 / 10104 min

Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Overview

In one small bottle... The fountain of youth. The secret of eternal life. The power of an ancient potion. Sometimes it works... sometimes it doesn't.

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

Cast

Meryl Streep

Madeline Ashton Menville

Goldie Hawn

Helen Sharp

Bruce Willis

Dr. Ernest Menville

Isabella Rossellini

Lisle von Rhuman

Ian Ogilvy

Chagall

Adam Storke

Dakota

Alaina Reed Hall

Psychologist

Nancy Fish

Rose

Michelle Johnson

Anna

Mary Ellen Trainor

Vivian Adams

William Frankfather

Mr. Franklin

John Ingle

Eulogist

Clement von Franckenstein

Opening Man

Petrea Burchard

Opening Woman

Jim Jansen

Second Man

Mimi Kennedy

Second Woman

Paulo Tocha

Landlord

Mark Davenport

Eviction Cop

Thomas Murphy

Eviction Cop

Michael Mills

Police Officer

Sonia Jackson

Psychiatric Patient

Jill C. Klein

Psychiatric Patient

Jean St. James

Psychiatric Patient

Debra Jo Rupp

Psychiatric Patient

Carol Ann Susi

Psychiatric Patient

Kay Yamamoto

Psychiatric Patient

Jacquelyn K. Koch

Messenger Girl

Anya Longwell

Chagall Receptionist

Stuart Mabray

Chagall Security

Colleen Morris

Starlet

Jonathan Silverman

Jay Norman

Meg Wittner

Woman at Book Party

Carrie Jean Yazel

Girl at Dakota's

Michael A. Nickles

Lisle's Body Guard

John Enos III

Lisle's Body Guard

Danny Lee Clark

Lisle's Body Guard

Fabio

Lisle's Body Guard

Joel Beeson

Lisle's Body Guard

Ron Stein

Elvis

Bonnie Cahoon

Greta Garbo

Stéphanie Anderson

Marilyn Monroe

Bob Swain

Andy Warhol

Eric Clark

James Dean

Dave Brock

Jim Morrison

Lydia Peterkoch

Blonde with Jim Morrison

Phillip Irwin Cooper

Coroner

Ernest Harada

Coroner

Susan Kellermann

Second Doctor

Kevin Caldwell

Medical Technician

Alex Hernandez

Medical Technician

Donna Ekholdt

Sobbing Nun

Tammy Gantz

Sobbing Nun

Melissa Martin

Sobbing Nun

Jeff Adkins

Dancer

Cheryl Baxter

Dancer

Cameron English

Dancer

Edmond Alan Forsyth

Dancer

Bob Gaynor

Dancer

Don Hesser

Dancer

Michael Higgins

Dancer

Kenneth Hughes

Dancer

Kenneth Knaff

Dancer

Glean Lewis

Dancer

Keith McDaniel

Dancer

Charles McGowan

Dancer

Regan Patno

Dancer

Lacy Darryl Phillips

Dancer

Matt Sergott

Dancer

Paul Michael Thorpe

Dancer

Sergio Trujillo

Dancer

Randy Crenshaw

Singer

Jon Joyce

Singer

Jerry Whitman

Singer

Anthony S. Johnson

Police Supervisor (uncredited)

Mike O'Hearn

Man (uncredited)

Sydney Pollack

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Ai Wan

Maid in Ancient Greece (uncredited)

Crew

Alan Silvestri

Original Music Composer

Robert Zemeckis

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Producer

Steve Starkey

Producer

Arthur Schmidt

Editor

Dean Cundey

Director of Photography

Anne Rapp

Script Supervisor

Marty P. Ewing

First Assistant Director

Kevin Landry

Production Accountant

Joan Bradshaw

Co-Producer

Dana J. Kuznetzkoff

Second Second Assistant Director

Tim Donelan

Leadman

Lee B. Drygas

Assistant Property Master

Earl Sampson

Boom Operator

Cherylanne Martin

Second Assistant Director

William B. Kaplan

Production Sound Mixer

Caroline Quinn

Art Department Coordinator

Karlene Gallegly

Location Manager

John Zemansky

Property Master

Carin-Anne Strohmaier

First Assistant Editor

Joan Bradshaw

Unit Production Manager

Erin M. Cummins

Assistant Art Director

David Lowery

Production Illustrator

Barcie Waite

Assistant Costume Designer

Lauren Cory

Assistant Art Director

Jacqueline A. Shea

Production Coordinator

Paul Sonski

Assistant Art Director

Daniel R. Bentley

Assistant Property Master

Linda Redmon

Costumer

Deborah Hopper

Costumer

Elizabeth Lapp

Set Designer

Richard De Labio

Assistant Location Manager

Raymond Stella

Camera Operator

William Kemper Wright

Set Dresser

Masako Masuda

Set Designer

Jolanda Wipfli

Second Assistant Camera

John Berger

Set Designer

D. G. Fisher

Cableman

Paul St. John

Costumer

Anthony Wong

Lighting Technician

Keith Roverud

Lighting Technician

Linda Berger

Assistant Art Director

Stephen L. Meek

Assistant Editor

Deana Newcomb

Still Photographer

Gilbert S. Hernandez

Costumer

Gary Sneed

Lighting Technician

Ben O. Graham

Lighting Technician

Clyde E. Bryan

First Assistant Camera

Martin A. Kline

Production Illustrator

Diana Wilson

Costumer

Tom Cranham

Production Illustrator

Jason Garcia

Camera Loader

Scott W. Leslie

Set Dresser

Steven Jarrard

Set Dresser

Bruce Fuselier

Set Dresser

Mark Soucie

Lighting Technician

Max E. Brehme

Set Dresser

Lauren E. Polizzi

Set Designer

Mark Walthour

Chief Lighting Technician

Patricia Bercsi

Costumer

Edward R. Thompson Jr.

Lighting Technician

Michael Ronald Heath

Grip

O'Shana Walker

Lighting Technician

Steven Cardarelli

Grip

Sid Lucero

Best Boy Grip

Marty Dobkousky

Grip

John O'Grady

Grip

Ron Cardarelli

Key Grip

John Zirbel

Lighting Technician

Dave Wachtman

Dolly Grip

Steve Chandler

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Michael Mills

Makeup Artist

Richard Bruns

Construction Foreman

Jerry Fitzpatrick

Construction Coordinator

Kevin Haney

Prosthetic Supervisor

Dick Smith

Makeup Designer

J. Roy Helland

Makeup Artist

Lance Anderson

Prosthetics

E. Thomas Case

Makeup Artist

J. Roy Helland

Hairstylist

Kathryn Blondell

Hairstylist

Susan Germaine

Key Hair Stylist

Shirley Crawford

Hairstylist

William Solomon

Standby Painter

Ron Kelley

Transportation Co-Captain

Charles L. Campbell

Supervising Sound Editor

Larry Carow

Sound Editor

Tim Gonzales

Craft Service

Patrick Marshall

Rigging Gaffer

Patti Hawn

Unit Publicist

Donna Ekholdt

Casting Associate

Nils C. Jensen

Sound Editor

Tim Monich

Dialect Coach

Craig B. Ayers Sr.

Greensman

Jeffrey Thomas

Greensman

Walter Scott

Stunt Coordinator

Raymond Michels

Rigging Grip

Albert Gasser

Sound Editor

Bud Heller

Key Rigging Grip

Robert Neilson

Transportation Coordinator

Maylon Houston

Transportation Captain

Janine Cavoto

Assistant Production Coordinator

Angie Luckey

Assistant Sound Editor

Jeff Clark

Sound Editor

Jack Cooperman

Underwater Director of Photography

Donald J. Malouf

Supervising Sound Editor

Jerry Edemann

Assistant Sound Editor

Howard Neiman

Sound Editor

Marilyn Graf

Foley Recordist

Kevin Bartnof

Foley Artist

Larry Singer

ADR Supervisor

Hilda Hodges

Foley Artist

Doc Kane

ADR Mixer

Corinne Sessarego

ADR Editor

James Bolt

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sandra García

Foley Recordist

David Orr

Color Timer

Thomas Whiting

ADR Editor

Carolyn Tapp

Foley Mixer

Kenneth Karman

Music Editor

Gary Burritt

Negative Cutter

Don Burgess

Second Unit Director of Photography

Mike Boudry

Sound Recordist

Rick Alexander

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Andy D'Addario

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Koepp

Writer

Nadege Schoenfeld

Makeup Artist

Kevin Haney

Makeup Supervisor

Lance Anderson

Makeup Artist

John Dods

Makeup Effects Designer

Greg Nelson

Makeup Artist

Jake Garber

Makeup Effects Designer

Scott Oshita

Makeup Effects Designer

Martin Donovan

Writer

Steve Miller

Greensman

Denise Lynne Roberts

Stunt Double

Debbie Lynn Ross

Stunts

Keii Johnston

Stunt Double

Barbara Anne Klein

Stunt Double

Doug Smythe

Visual Effects

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Visual Effects

Catherine Bell

Stunt Double

Ken Ralston

Second Unit Director

Wes Takahashi

Animation Supervisor

Jackie Carr

Set Decoration

Don Davis

Orchestrator

William James Teegarden

Art Direction

Joanna Johnston

Costume Design

Karen Rea

Casting

Rick Carter

Production Design

Michael Lantieri

Special Effects Supervisor

Ken Ralston

Visual Effects Supervisor

Pamela Wise

Costume Supervisor

Geoff Campbell

CG Artist

Max Kleven

Second Unit Director

Brad Jeffries

Choreographer