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Release Date: 1976

Cast: Sally Field, Jane Hoffman, Martine Bartlett, Brad Davis, William Prince, Joanne Woodward, Charles Lane

Categories: Movies, Television movie

Sybil is a 1976 drama film that originally aired as a made-for-television miniseries. It was based on the book of the same name. Sally Field starred in the title role, with Joanne Woodward playing the part of Sybil's psychiatrist, Cornelia B. Wilbur. Woodword herself had starred in The Three Faces of Eve, in which she portrayed a woman with 13 personalities, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for the role. Based on the book Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber, the movie dramatizes the life of a shy young graduate student, Sybil Dorsett (in real life, Shirley Ardell Mason), suffering... MORE

Sybil is a 1976 drama film that originally aired as a made-for-television miniseries. It was based on the book of the same name. Sally Field starred in the title role, with Joanne Woodward playing the part of Sybil's psychiatrist, Cornelia B. Wilbur. Woodword herself had starred in The Three Faces of Eve, in which she portrayed a woman with 13 personalities, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for the role. Based on the book Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber, the movie dramatizes the life of a shy young graduate student, Sybil Dorsett (in real life, Shirley Ardell Mason), suffering from dissociative identity disorder as a result of the psychological trauma she suffered as a child. With the help of her psychiatrist, Sybil gradually recalls the severe child abuse that led to the development of 13 different personalities. Field's portrayal of Sybil won much critical acclaim, as well as an Emmy Award. in to give Sybil a neurological examination. Sybil has tunnel vision and is talking like a small child. During the smell test, Sybil is visibly disturbed at the scent of disinfectant. In Dr. Wilbur's clinic office, Sybil has a blackout. Sybil admits to having blackouts and fears they LESS