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Jessica Lange reviving 'Sybil' for CBS
2006-01-18
LOS ANGELES - Jessica Lange and Tammy Blanchard will star in CBS' remake of "Sybil," taking on the roles made famous by Joanne Woodward and Sally Field in NBC's 1976 adaptation."Sybil" is based on Flora Rheta Schreiber's best-selling book chronicling the real-life treatment from 1954-65 of a young woman who suffered from dissociative identity disorder, better known as multiple personality disorder. Blanchard will play the title character. After a suicide attempt, she is introduced to psychiatrist Dr. Corneila Wilbur (Lange). During their sessions, Sybil, who confides that she frequently loses her memory and can't account for large blocks of time, slowly remembers the physical, emotional and sexual abuse to which she was subjected as a child by her mentally disturbed mother. During 11 years of treatments, 16 distinct personalities -- which Sybil had created to cope with the abuse -- emerge, each varying in age and personal appearance. Production is set to begin Monday in Nova Scotia, Field won an Emmy for playing Sybil in the NBC version, while Joanne Woodward secured an Emmy nomination for playing Dr. Wilbur. Lange has earned six Oscar nominations, winning in 1983 for "Tootsie" and in 1995 for "Blue Sky." Blanchard won an Emmy for her breakthrough role as young Judy Garland in ABC's "Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows." She recently wrapped Robert De Niro's feature "The Good Shepherd." The movie will be directed by Joseph Sargent, who has been Emmy-nominated in the longform category 11 times, most recently last year for HBO's "Warm Springs." He has won four times. Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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