Anne Rice: Birth of the Vampire

Jan 1, 1994

1h 0m

★ 0.0

Profile of gothic novelist Anne Rice.

Overview

A study of the author intersperses readings from "Interview with the Vampire" with her comments on growing up in New Orleans; her mother ("the finest storyteller I have ever known"); living in San Francisco during the 1960s; and the death of her daughter. Included: talks with her husband and sisters.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Lifetime

CBS Fox Video

Oxford Television Company

BBC Home Video

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Cast

Narrator

Anne Rice

Voice

Neville Watchurst

Anne's Elder Sister

Alice Borchardt

Cousin

Bill Murphy

Anne's Youngest Sister

Karen O'Brien

Cousin

Gertrude Helwig

Anne's Husband

Stan Rice

Friend

Michael Riley

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