Kate's Secret

Kate's Secret
Opening title
Genre	Drama
Written by	Denise DeGarmo Susan Seeger
Directed by	Arthur Allan Seidelman
Starring	Meredith Baxter Birney Ben Masters Georgann Johnson Tracy Nelson Shari Belafonte Leslie Bevis Edward Asner Mackenzie Phillips
Theme music composer	J. Peter Robinson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Andrea Baynes
Producer	Stephanie Austin
Cinematography	Dennis Dalzell
Editor	Millie Moore
Running time	96 minutes
Production companies	Andrea Baynes Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	USA: November 17, 1986 Finland: March 12, 1987

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.

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.

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External links[]

• Kate's Secret at IMDb
• Kate's Secret at AllMovie
• Kate's Secret at MyLifetime.com