Love You to Death
Poster
Written by	Anthony Jaswinski
Directed by	Alex Kalymnios
Starring	Marcia Gay Harden Emily Skeggs Brennan Keel Cook Garfield Wilson Kayla Deorksen Heather Doerksen Tate Donovan
Music by	Amie Doherty
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	January 26, 2019 (2019-01-26)

Love You to Death is a 2019 crime drama film that aired on Lifetime. ^[1] The film is inspired by the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard ^[2] and stars Marcia Gay Harden, Emily Skeggs, Brennan Keel Cook, Garfield Wilson, Kayla Deorksen, Heather Doerksen, and Tate Donovan.

On January 27, 2019, a "special edition" of the film was aired that featured behind-the-scene interviews with Harden and Skeggs.

Plot

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Camile Stoller ( Marcia Gay Harden) is the mother of a sickly girl named Esme ( Emily Skeggs). Their relationship turns fatal when Camile is found to have been stabbed to death and Esme is missing.

Cast

• Marcia Gay Harden as Camile Stoller, a woman who is inspired by Dee Dee Blanchard ^[3]
• Emily Skeggs as Esme Stoller, the sickly daughter of Camile who is inspired by Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Skeggs had to wear a bald cap in most of the scenes where Esme was hairless.
  • Nevis Unipan portrays a younger Esme. Unipan wore a bald cap in most of the scenes where Esme was hairless.
• Brennan Keel Cook as Scott, the love interest of Esme who is inspired by Nick Godejohn
• Garfield Wilson as Dr. Price
• Kayla Deorksen as Denise
• Heather Doerksen as Dr. Yarrow
• Tate Donovan as Travis Stoller, the estranged father of Esme who is inspired by Rod Blanchard

Production

Harden was brought on to portray the character of Camile, who is based on Dee Dee Blanchard. Harden was not aware of Blanchard's murder and had not heard of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, whereas her co-star Emily Skeggs was familiar with both as she was a fan of true crime. ^[4] While filming Skeggs spent about two and a half hours each day getting the bald cap applied to her head while Harden had to wear body padding for portions of the movie. ^{[5] [6]}

Release

Love You to Death first aired on the Lifetime channel on January 26, 2019. ^[7]

References

External links

• Love You to Death at Lifetime
• Love You to Death at IMDb

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