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Separated by Murder

  • TV Movie
  • 1994
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Sharon Gless in Separated by Murder (1994)
True CrimeCrimeDrama

The husband of a rich Memphis belle is murdered, and she and her sophisticated twin sister are indicted in the murder.The husband of a rich Memphis belle is murdered, and she and her sophisticated twin sister are indicted in the murder.The husband of a rich Memphis belle is murdered, and she and her sophisticated twin sister are indicted in the murder.

  • Director
    • Donald Wrye
  • Writers
    • Jeff Andrus
    • Bobby Roth
  • Stars
    • Sharon Gless
    • Steve Railsback
    • Ed Bruce
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    90
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Donald Wrye
    • Writers
      • Jeff Andrus
      • Bobby Roth
    • Stars
      • Sharon Gless
      • Steve Railsback
      • Ed Bruce
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Sharon Gless
    Sharon Gless
    • Betty Gay Wilson…
    Steve Railsback
    Steve Railsback
    • Jesse Dixon
    Ed Bruce
    • Daryl Kelso
    Mark Whitman Johnson
    • Bobby Joe Howell
    • (as Mark W. Johnson)
    Jim Ostrander
    • Dwight Stokely
    Bob Penny
    Bob Penny
    • Dr. Duncan Walker
    Paul Wills
    • Vern Pickett
    Mimmye Goode
    Mimmye Goode
    • Darlene Pickett
    Steve Watson
    • Chris Walker
    Patrick Manning
    • Cliff Walker
    Ruby Wilson
    • Clara Brown
    Lisa Foster
    Lisa Foster
    • Donna Dupree
    Mari Askew
    • Sue Ellen Decker
    Denice Hicks
    • Lou Ann
    • (as Denise Hicks)
    Judge Lynn Cobb
    • William Cain
    Mike McLaren
    • Corbin Poe
    Greg Fletcher
    • D. P. Markham
    Alex Harvey
    • Charles Allen
    • Director
      • Donald Wrye
    • Writers
      • Jeff Andrus
      • Bobby Roth
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    9childprodigy-76069

    A Very Familiar Story

    I am not objective regarding this movie. In this made for TV movie Sharon Gless plays both Betty Wilson and Peggy Lowe, twins. My entire family gathered around the TV that evening to watch this broadcast. My father even came home from work early. Peggy Lowe was both a close family friend and my kindergarten teacher. My mother was the wedding coordinator for Peggy's daughter's wedding. So my review is personal and I have a first hand opinion on how well Sharon Gless played each twin. She was quite good as Peggy who in the press was supposed to be the perfect Southern Bell. Close friends of hers knew another side to her. The movie did not bring out that Peggy had been secretly married before as divorce would have kept her husband from being a church minister of music. At the end of the trial Peggy left that husband and ran away with the author of her tell all book, marrying him and leaving almost no contact with her children. She was not so perfect. Sharon's depiction of Betty was excellent. Betty was greedy, manipulative, arrogant and often rude which in the South is the same as murderous. Overall the movie represented the Betty and Peggy the press had created. True life is always more complicated.

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    • Trivia
      Based on the true story of Alabama twins Betty Wilson and Peggy Lowe who were arrested and tried in 1992 for the conspiracy to murder of Betty's husband, a wealthy, well-known ophthalmologist, Jack.

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    • Release date
      • April 12, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Separadas por el crimen
    • Filming locations
      • Highland Park Studios, 3527 Park Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Paulette Breen Productions
      • Larry Thompson Entertainment
      • RHI Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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