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Susan Powter Reemerges as New Documentary Opens, Eyes a Managed Comeback

The Jamie Lee Curtis–backed profile confronts a legal-financial collapse that drained her 1990s fortune, capturing her present life delivering food in Las Vegas.

Overview

  • Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter is now in select theaters with on-demand and streaming release slated for December 2025, with Apple TV preorders available.
  • In a Nov. 18 appearance on TODAY, Powter, 67, said the film gives her “real hope” and that any return to public life will be “properly managed.”
  • Directed by Zeberiah Newman and executive produced by Jamie Lee Curtis, the documentary chronicles years of precarity, including Uber Eats shifts and a sparsely furnished apartment.
  • Powter recounts declaring bankruptcy in 1995 after lawsuits and bad business deals, saying she failed to monitor finances during her peak earning years.
  • New interviews highlight her personal disclosures, including describing herself as “a huge lesbian” who does not plan to date or remarry.