Mar 11, 2017
82 min
Full-HD

Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)

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.

Category

Crime Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

HBO Documentary Films Abstract

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

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