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1. Anne Scripps was a publishing heiress who sustained a flawed and painful life after she married a younger man. Her daughters Alex and Annie tried to protect her but in the end, Anne succumbed to fatal physical abuse. Anne even feared her small daughter was about to be kidnapped. Who portrayed Anne Scripps in the 1997 movie, "Our Mother's Murder"?
2. Tracy Thurman was a motel maid who married a construction worker with a hot head. In "A Cry For Help: The Tracy Thurman Story", she became a battered housewife who was left partially paralyzed from her husband's final attack. Dale Midkiff played her obsessive husband Buck, a time bomb who had more than one meltdown during their time together. Who mastered the role in 1986, of the severely abused Tracy, and once learned the facts of life on a television show?
3. Betty Broderick was a socialite who became neurotic about her perfect life and marriage. She could not tolerate her husband leaving her for a younger woman that made him happier. An unstable Betty visited her husband's new home and gunned down him and his new wife while they slept. What actress had family ties to Michael J. Fox, and starred in "A Woman Scorned:The Betty Broderick Story" from 1994?
4. Lucy Ann Michaels was a simple girl who met a wealthy man, and a became a trophy wife. Lucy changed her name to Lucinda after being released from prison and starting over. She met Clay Spencer in a town where her bus stopped. How did Lucinda repay her endearing husband? She turned into a deceitful wife who was responsible for Clay's death. Who starred with Mike Farrell in "Vows Of Deception"(1996), portrayed one of the most spoiled women on the small screen, and was once a Charlie's Angel?
5. Heidi Fleiss became an icon in the escort field. She started out humbly as a novice call girl and got to know the world too well. Soon she took over and was servicing the richest and most famous men in the world. Who portrayed the Hollywood Madame, spent time up the river for her escalating business, and was a brunette star on "The Sopranos"?
6. Jennifer was a painter and carosouel restorer, who was savagely raped under the boardwalk 10 years earlier, by a gang of locals in San Paulo. Her sister Beth, who was with her, never recovered from the ordeal and remained a vegetable. Jennifer exacted revenge on the whole gang, giving them each a bullet in the head and groin. What golden-haired actress starred with Clint Eastwood in "Sudden Impact" (1983), and became his main squeeze for a few years?
7. This singer-songwriter told a sad tale in 1971 of a broken relationship that couldn't be mended. In this song she claimed, "One of us is changing or maybe we just stopped trying". In another line she cries, "Something inside has died and I can't hide and I just can't fake it". What great artist had the well known album "Tapestry" (released in 1971), and knew that it was too late?
8. This singer-songwriter was married to Sweet Baby James Taylor. The duo sang about a mockingbird in 1974. In 1971 she anticipated about being made to wait and sung of a man who was a legend that she never really felt touched by. She crooned about marriage, although she knew friends had tearful nights and angry dawns. What lofty artist sat at the piano while she belted out her songs?
9. This top 40 singer accompanied her brother on stage and the road. She endured rainy days and Mondays, said goodbye to love, had a relationship where she and a lover kept hurting each other, and knew mending was going to take some time. What velvet-voiced songbird believed she had weight issues, and lost her life when her heart stopped after laxative misuse?
10. This rock singer married her right hand man, Neil Giraldo. In 1980 she had a hard hitting single telling her man he'd better run because she couldn't stand him no more. In 1981 her man came on like a flame, then turned a cold shoulder. When her man went on a liquid diet, he woke up in the lost and found. The firm singer then told him to cut it out, drop it and stop wasting precious time. What small wonder demanded her man stop using sex as a weapon in 1985?
11. This ebony-haired vocalist who fronted The Motels, knew only the lonely could play. Her thoughts on a relationship were when you took the L out of lover, it was over. Little robbers picked her lock if she didn't watch out. She experienced shock and had no feeling, and was shamed by every little thing that she did. Who led her band in singing about all these predicaments from 1981-1985?
12. This petite dynamic actress became famous when she was a child and portrayed a tyrannical Helen Keller. Her role as twins on a show had her showing a rebellious side and a refined side. She brought the explosive and pill addicted Neely O'Hara alive in "Valley Of The Dolls" (1967). She married a brilliant actor who made Gomez Addams an icon. Which actress used her dual personality skill to play a pair of identical twins, who walked and talked alike?
13. This brunette angel stepped into traps when apprehending criminals. She posed as various career women to bait the suspects. When she was married to a rookie, her life was sometimes put in peril. She was married onscreen to a man coded as Scarecrow, who solved some of the most baffling cases. She played a nurse who sunk to baby stealing to keep the man she loved. Who was Sabrina Duncan, Jill Danko, Mrs. Amanda King, and Rita Donohue?
14. This firm actress was a distressed, alcoholic wife who lived on the Southfork ranch from 1978 to 1986. She had a catty sister named Kristen and fell in love with a rich cowboy named Dusty. In 1993 she ran a modeling agency and dealt with the death of her best model, Terry. In 1995 she visited her daughter, Amanda Woodward attempting to rekindle their bond. What multi-talented character actress starred with Mary Crosby, Stephanie Romanov, and Heather Locklear on primetime?
15. This bewitching and boisterous actress once played a spoiled Brenda in Beverly Hills, who lost her true love Dylan to popular blonde Kelly. She later was a witch with telekinetic powers who battled evil forces with her gifted sisters in San Francisco. A decade later she emerged as a North shore hotel manager who had make difficult changes to resurrect the establishment's image. What dark lady went bonkers on a "Fox" set, and hosted the fitting "Scare Tactics(2003)"?
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