Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
She'd only just begun.
2023•1h 39m
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.
Production
AMS Pictures
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Trailers & Videos
Available in Your Library
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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