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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story is a 2019 Lifetime television biopic about Nellie Bly and her time in a madhouse, where she witnesses the mistreatment of the patients and led to significant reforms in the treatment of mental health patients.
Shooting[]
- Filming was done in 2018.
Cast[]
- Christina Ricci - Nellie Bly
- Judith Light - Matron Grady
- Josh Bowman - Dr. Josiah
- Anja Savcic - Lottie
- Mark Hildreth - Bats
- Nikki Duval - Nurse Fenton
- Tamara Gorski - Tilly
- Paul Essiembre - Joseph Pulitzer
- Sharon Bajer - Nurse Grupe
- Lauren Cochrane - Nurse Lila
- Muriel Hogue - Damaris
- Johise Namwira - Johari
- Joyce Krenz - Delilah
- Harry Nelken - Whiskered Doctor
- Chris Sigurdson - Merchant
- Brian Richardson - Butler
- Kathleen Gallagher - Mariah
- Angela Narth - Sylvia
- Robert Borges - Orderly #1
- Sean Skene - Orderly #2
- Dee Dryden - Orderly #3 (as Devol Dryden)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Ivy Châtelain - Patient in Psych Ward (uncredited)
- Chris Glenat - Gentleman's Club Patron / Police Officer (uncredited)
- Jim Kirby - Policeman (uncredited)
- Steve Pacaud - Gentleman's Club Patron (uncredited)
- Kim Palmer - Asylum Patient (uncredited)
- Derek James Trapp - Police Officer (uncredited)
- Karen Tusa - Kitchen Staff (uncredited)