Patricia Arquette
Dee Dee Blanchard
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- 1. La Maison du Bon Reve Mar 20, 2019
- A family's new neighbors can be nosy, and mother Dee Dee and daughter Gypsy have secrets to hide.
- 2. Teeth Mar 20, 2019
- Gypsy has a dental emergency that gets the attention of a skeptical doctor who could expose secrets.
- 3. Two Wolverines Mar 27, 2019
- Gypsy is starting to question the lies her mother tells her -- especially abut how old she is.
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- Patricia Arquette
- March 20, 2019
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The Act: Created by Nick Antosca, Michelle Dean. With Patricia Arquette, Joey King, AnnaSophia Robb, Chloë Sevigny. Dee Dee Blanchard is overprotective of her daughter, Gypsy, who is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her mother.
- (38K)
- 2019-03-20
- Biography, Crime, Drama
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- How Did Dee Dee Fabricate Gypsy’s illnesses?
- Were Dee Dee and Gypsy’s Neighbors Ever Suspicious?
- Did Doctors Ever Try to Intervene?
- Where Was Gypsy’s Father?
- How Did Gypsy Attempt to Escape?
- Did The Blanchard Women Share An Obsession with Disney and Princesses?
- How and When Was Dee Dee Blanchard Killed?
In The Act, Gypsy is bald, gets around in a wheelchair, eats through a feeding tube, has a severe sugar allergy, has had her salivary glands removed and suffers from epilepsy, paraplegia, a heart murmur and anemia, among other issues. In the show, Arquette’s Dee Dee seems able to convince people of Gypsy’s many illnesses just by speaking with an au...
The Act prominently features the Blanchards’ neighbors Mel (Chloe Sevigny) and her daughter Lacey (AnnaSophia Robb), who appear to be fictionalized versions of real-life neighbors — Amy Pinegar and her daughter, Aleah Woodmansee — who became very close to Dee Dee and Gypsy. At the start of the show, Mel seems doubtful of Dee Dee’s claims about Gyps...
Doctors frequently miss signs of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, often because they rely on patients to provide accurate information about themselves. Medical records for Gypsy obtained by BuzzFeed show that a number of tests and scans she went through came back negative and clear. Doctors often went ahead with medical procedures without checking rec...
As The Actshows it, Gypsy’s father, Rod Blanchard, is an absent dad. Gypsy appears to believe her mother’s line that her father is a deadbeat. It isn’t until the end of the series that Rod shows up, eager to make amends with Gypsy, who is understandably hesitant at first. But then, Rod reveals that much like the myriad illnesses Dee Dee said Gypsy ...
In The Act, Gypsy attempts to escape in a painfully suspenseful scene. Gypsy befriends a man at a sci-fi convention and then begins talking to him online. Eventually, she leaves a note for her mother saying she is leaving to get married and that there’s nothing Dee Dee can do to stop her. At this point, Gypsy has discovered her real age, though Dee...
Disney stories, princesses and fairy-tale ideals played a large role in Dee Dee and Gypsy’s lives. Gypsy’s love for princess outfits, including the long, curly blonde Cinderella wig seen throughout TheAct, added to the perception that she “had the mind of a child of 7,” as Dee Dee claimed, according to the BuzzFeed story. In the show, princess outf...
The show portrays the discovery of Dee Dee’s body much like it was actually discovered. In the first episode, Mel tries to break into Dee Dee and Gypsy’s house to see if she can get some answers following a suspicious social media post. In real life, another neighbor, David Blanchard, climbed in through a window to find out what had transpired. Dee...
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Mar 19, 2019 · Drama 2019. 17+. Starring Patricia Arquette, Joey King, Chloë Sevigny. Episodes. EPISODE 1. La Maison du Bon Rêve. Doting mother Dee Dee Blanchard and her sweet daughter Gypsy arrive in a new town, where Gypsy feels lonely due to a barrage of medical issues and eager to make friends.
May 1, 2019 · About. Copy Text. The Act is a seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories. Season One follows Gypsy Blanchard (Joey King), a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother, Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette).
The Act Season 1 - watch full episodes streaming online. Track show. S1 Seen. Like. Sign in to sync Watchlist. Streaming Charts. 9225. +2650. Rating. 7.9 (38k) Genres. Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller. Runtime. 53min. Production country. United States. The Act - Miniseries. (2019) Watch Now. Stream. 8 Episodes HD. Buy. $14.99. Bundles.
