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Plot

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Plot

Melissa McCarthy stars in the adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats) Lee Israel (McCarthy) who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant).

Biography Crime Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Can You Ever Forgive Me?.

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  Melissa McCarthy

  ... Lee Israel

  The Little Mermaid, Spy

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  Richard E. Grant

  Death of a Unicorn, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

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  Jane Curtin

  Queen Bees, Jules

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  Dolly Wells

  Love Spreads, Boundaries

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  Anna Deavere Smith

  Here Today, The Human Stain

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  Jennifer Westfeldt

  Friends with Kids, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

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The film's director Marielle Heller last directed Nightbitch and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. The film's writer Nicole Holofcener last wrote You Hurt My Feelings and The Last Duel.

Director

Marielle Heller

Screenwriters

Nicole Holofcener
Jeff Whitty

Producers

Anne Carey
Amy Nauiokas

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Key Facts

• Based on the 2008 memoir/book "Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger" by Lee Israel which was published by Simon & Schuster.

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