Plot
When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
Cast
Melissa McCarthy
Lee Israel
Richard E. Grant
Jack Hock
Dolly Wells
Anna
Ben Falcone
Alan Schmidt
Gregory Korostishevsky
Andrei
Jane Curtin
Marjorie
Stephen Spinella
Paul
Christian Navarro
Kurt
Pun Bandhu
Agent Doyle
Erik LaRay Harvey
Agent Solanas
Brandon Scott Jones
Glen
Shae D'Lyn
Nell
Crew
Nicole Holofcener
Screenplay
Marielle Heller
Director
Nate Heller
Original Music Composer
Amy Nauiokas
Producer
Brandon Trost
Director of Photography
David Yarnell
Producer
Jeff Whitty
Screenplay
Anne Carey
Producer
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