Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
1987
Rated
NR
43
minutes
Animation, Drama, Music
★★★★★
★★★★★
3.7
Directed By:
Todd Haynes
The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.
Language
English
Release Date
July 15, 1987
Cast
Merrill Gruver
Karen (voice)
Michael Edwards
Richard (voice)
Melissa Brown
Mother (voice)
Rob LaBelle
Dad / Mr. A&M (voice)
Cynthia Schneider
Dionne Warwick (voice)
Todd Haynes
Todd Donovan
Bruce Tuthill
Narrator (voice)
Gwen Kraus
Narrator (voice)
Nannie Doyle
Cherry Boone
Larry Kole
Announcer
Joanne Barrett
Self-Singer
Michelle Manenti
Michelle Hoyt, Musician
Moira McCarty
(voice)
Richard Nixon
(archive footage) as himself
Ronald Reagan
(archive footage) as himself
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