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May 11, 1981 · The Best Little Girl in the World: Directed by Sam O'Steen. With Charles Durning, Eva Marie Saint, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Melanie Mayron. A young girl develops an eating disorder, alternately starving herself or throwing up food.
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- Drama
- Sam O'Steen
- 1981-05-11
Original release. Network. ABC. Release. May 11, 1981. ( 1981-05-11) The Best Little Girl in the World is a 1981 television film directed by Sam O'Steen and executive produced by Aaron Spelling. The film is based upon the 1979 novel of the same name written by Steven Levenkron. [citation needed]
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Sep 2, 2020 · Parents learn that their teenage daughter has the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa
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Jan 1, 2001 · At first, no one knows that something is fatally wrong with fifteen-year-old Kessa -- not her parents, teachers, friends, or family doctor. No one knows Kessa avoids eating whenever she can and forces herself to vomit when she does eat . . . that she has gone from an "A" student to failing. No one knows until Kessa's weight drops, and drops ...
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- Steven Levenkron
Brief Synopsis. The story of a teenager suffering the disorder anorexia nervosa -- the deliberate starving either by excessive dieting or self-induced vomiting -- in the case of this plot, by her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures. Jennifer Jason Leigh, daughter of actor Vic Morrow.
- Sam O'steen
- Eva Marie Saint
The Best Little Girl in the World. List. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • 01/20/23. Sam O'Steen. Director. Charles Durning. Frank Powell. Eva Marie Saint. Joanne Powell.
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Director. Steven Levenkron. Novel. David Moessinger. Teleplay. Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures.
