The Karen Carpenter Story

TV Movie
1989
2h

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6.9/10

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Cynthia Gibb and Mitchell Anderson in The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)

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Story of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia.Story of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia.Story of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia.

Directors
- Joseph Sargent
- Richard Carpenter
Writer
- Barry Morrow
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Joseph Sargent
- Richard Carpenter
Writer
- Barry Morrow
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Cynthia Gibb performed just one song, "The End of the World." She lip-synched all of Karen Carpenter's other songs.

Goofs
The film implies that Richard Carpenter talked Karen Carpenter out of making a solo album in 1979. Karen made a solo album, with the help of Phil Ramone, between 1979 and 1980. The Carpenters' label, A&M, didn't like it, so it wasn't released until 1996.

Quotes
Richard Carpenter: Hey give me the pizza.
Karen Carpenter: No it's my pizza.
Richard Carpenter: Come on.
Karen Carpenter: Richard, I...
Richard Carpenter: She said I'm in charge!
Karen Carpenter: Yeah, but not of this. Give me it back.
Richard Carpenter: Come on. I'm doing you a favor. In 10 or 20 years Mom and Dad are going to let you date and I don't want you to get fat.