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- Nova
Dying to Be Thin
(Season 27,
Episode 20)
- TV Episode | DocumentaryTV-PG
NOVA examines a disturbing increase in the prevalence of eating disorders, particularly anorexia and bulimia. Meet students, ballet dancers, fashion models, and other young women who are seeking recovery or have conquered their disease.
Director
Writer
Larkin McPhee
(writer)
Producer
Larkin McPhee
(producer)
Composer
Editor
Status
Awards
Cast | + Add Cast |
| 14 cast members |
| Name | Known for |
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Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Self / Self - author of Fasting Girls
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Kate Dillon
Self / Self - plus sized model
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Cynthia Gibb
Self - Karen Carpenter (archive footage)
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Erika Goodman
Self / Self - former dancer at the Joffrey Ballet
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Linda Hamilton
Self / Self - clinical psychologist
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Walter Kaye
Self / Self - University of Pittsburgh doctor
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Erin Meador
Self / Self - dancer
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Karri Meador
Self / Self - Erin's mother
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Eleena Melamed
Self / Self - dancer at the American Ballet Company
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Susan Sarandon
Self - Narrator
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Ruth Striegel-Moore
Self / Self - psychiatry professor at Wesleyan University
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Katey Tracey
Self / Self - dancer with NYC Ballet
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Timothy Walsh
Self / Self - New York State Psychiatric Institute
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Susan G. Willard
Self / Self - director of eating disorders treatment center
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