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Christina Applegate played Sue Ellen in the 1991 film Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The actress, 54, opened up about the time in her life when she was filming her first starring movie role in her memoir, You with the Sad Eyes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Applegate recalls a difficult relationship that tainted the way she felt about herself and the project<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Christina Applegate<\/a> has changed her mind about Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead<\/em>.<\/p>\n The actress, 54, looked back at the making of the 1991 film, her first starring film role, in her book, You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAt that point in my life, things were starting to finally feel like they were turning around. I was maturing out of childhood and into a place where I could make decisions for myself, and the deepest traumas, though stored away in my body, were nevertheless now a decade removed,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/em>Married… with Children<\/em><\/a> was at its height. I was about to land my first \u2018#1 on the call sheet’ movie, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead<\/em>. I’d just moved out of my mother’s house. Everything was new and exhilarating.\u201d<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/strong> PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n