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TitleHaywire (1980) (TV Film)
Alternative/Original Title
DisabilityMental Suicide
CountryUSA
Length156
GenreBiography
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DirectorMicheal Tuchner
CastLee Remick Jason Robards Jnr Deborah Raffin Dean Jagger
NotesThe story of Brooke Hayward (played by Raffin) from her autobiography. She came from a show business family her father being the producer Leland Hayward Her mother was the actress Margaret Sullavan who committed suicide aged 49. During her last years she was going deaf yet she still worked in the theatre. Brooke Hayward's sister, Bridget, also committed suicide and her brother, Bill, was put in a mental hospital.

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