Sybil Summary
Director: Daniel Petrie
Genres: Drama
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The multiple award-winning made-for-TV movie Sybil was based on the book by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Sally_Field won an Emmy for her portrayal of the title character, a substitute teacher in New York who has developed multiple personality disorder. As a coping mechanism to deal with the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, Hattie (Martine_Bartlett), Sybil created separate personalities: aggressive Peggy Lou, suicidal Mary, baby Sybil Ann, and several others. Joanne_Woodward plays Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, the psychologist who diagnoses Sybil's condition and helps her to get over it. William_Prince and Jane_Hoffman play her father and stepmother, while Brad_Davis appears as her would-be boyfriend Richard. Originally shown in 1976 as a two-part special on NBC for a total of almost four hours, but most home video versions have been edited down to two hours. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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