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You might not know her by name, but Martha Mitchell changed American history.

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The wife of then-Attorney General John Mitchell, Martha is perhaps best known asthe first Watergate whistleblower.

That included “combing” the internet for archival images.

“Pun intended,” she jokes.

Martha Mitchell wife of Nixon’s attorney General John Mitchell is shown smiling.

An image of the real Martha Mitchell from 1969.

An image of the real Martha Mitchell from 1969.

“Martha Mitchell was known for her lavish hairstyles.

And I replicated them to fit Roberts’s facial features,” Owen explains.

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“I’ve been using Rene Furterer since the beginning of my career.”

She raised the bar for all of us."

Gaslitpremieres on Starz on April 24.

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If her previous work is anything to go, it’s going to be truly iconic.

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