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Based on the book Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber, the movie dramatizes the life of a shy young graduate student, Sybil Dorsett (in real life, Shirley Ardell Mason), suffering from dissociative identity disorder as a result of the psychological trauma she suffered as a child.
- Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
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Sybil (1976) Sally Field - in an Emmy Award winning performance - is Sybil, a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder in order to escape haunting memories of her harrowing childhood. 3,203 IMDb 7.9 3 h 7 min 2016. 13+.
This tale of child abuse and and its deep psychological scars, based on a true story, follows Sybil (Sally Field), an introverted student living alone in New York City who suffers from multiple...
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Aug 30, 2017 · Sybil was a bestselling book and a TV mini-series in the 1970s, based on the case of a woman who had 16 personalities. But the story was largely fabricated by her therapist and a journalist, according to a new book by Debbie Nathan.
Sybil is a 2007 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent, and written by John Pielmeier, based on the 1973 book Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber, which fictionalized the story of Shirley Ardell Mason, who was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (more commonly known then as "split personality", now called ...
Based on a true story, Sybil follows a young woman who develops sixteen different personalities as a result of childhood abuse. The mini series stars Sally Field, Joanne Woodward and Brad Davis, and won four Primetime Emmys.
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Jun 7, 2008 · Sybil: Directed by Joseph Sargent. With Jessica Lange, Tammy Blanchard, Ron White, JoBeth Williams. A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
