Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Documentary
She'd only just begun.
Overview
Following Karen Carpenter's meteoric climb to stardom in the 1970s and the little-known anorexia nervosa diagnosis that resulted in her untimely death.
Randy Schmidt Writer
Randy Martin Director
Top Billed 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
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