Kate's Secret

Kate's Secret is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film starring Meredith Baxter Birney, Ben Masters, Tracy Nelson, and Edward Asner about a seemingly "perfect" suburban housewife and mother who is secretly suffering from bulimia nervosa.

Kate's Secret
Opening title
GenreDrama
Written byDenise DeGarmo
Susan Seeger
Directed byArthur Allan Seidelman
StarringMeredith Baxter Birney
Ben Masters
Georgann Johnson
Tracy Nelson
Shari Belafonte
Leslie Bevis
Edward Asner
Mackenzie Phillips
Theme music composerJ. Peter Robinson
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)Andrea Baynes
Producer(s)Stephanie Austin
CinematographyDennis Dalzell
Editor(s)Millie Moore
Running time96 minutes
Production company(s)Andrea Baynes Productions
Columbia Pictures Television
DistributorSony Pictures Television
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseUSA: November 17, 1986
Finland: March 12, 1987

Synopsis

To those on the outside, Kate Stark (Meredith Baxter Birney) leads an idyllic life; a successful husband (Ben Masters), an adoring daughter (Summer Phoenix), and a beautiful home. But beneath the surface, her life is less than ideal; a husband preoccupied with his career, a critical and domineering mother (Georgann Johnson), and a dark secret that not even her closest friends know: Kate is bulimic. As the pressures in her life begin to mount, Kate obsessively diets and exercises, and habitually binges and purges while adroitly hiding her eating disorder from all those around her. When Kate's bulimia eventually leads to a frightening accident that makes it clear to everyone that her illness is dangerous not only to herself, but to those closest to her, she is committed to rehabilitation in order to face the inner turmoil at the root of her disorder.

Cast
ActorRole
Meredith Baxter BirneyKate Stark
Ben MastersJack Stark
Georgann JohnsonFaith
Tracy NelsonPatch Reed
Shari BelafonteGail
Leslie BevisMonica Fields
Edward AsnerDr. Resnick
Mackenzie PhillipsDeyna
Summer PhoenixBecky Stark
Sharon SpelmanLiz Reed
Mindy SeegerMarkie
Isabel GrandinDot
Liz TorresLaura
Gwynne GilfordLorna
Rosanna HuffmanMegan
Ron AsherTeen at Pizza Parlor
Liberty PhoenixBrownie Scout

References
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