Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
“She'd only just begun.”
2023•1h 39m•Released
Documentary
Following Karen Carpenter's meteoric climb to stardom in the 1970s and the little-known anorexia nervosa diagnosis that resulted in her untimely death.
Director
Randy Martin
Writer
Randy Schmidt
Budget
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
AMS Pictures
Cast
Karen Carpenter
Self (archive footage)
Richard Carpenter
Self (archive footage)
Olivia Newton-John
Self (archive footage)
Cynthia Gibb
Self
Suzanne Somers
Self
Kristin Chenoweth
Self
Belinda Carlisle
Self
Carol Burnett
Self
Cubby O'Brien
Self
Carnie Wilson
Self
Production
Company
AMS Pictures
Producer
Randy Schmidt
Producer
Brad Osborne
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