Question: where does the dingo ate my baby come from
Answer: `` A dingo ate my baby '' is a phrase attributed to Lindy Chamberlain - Creighton and also to Meryl Streep 's depiction of Chamberlain in the movie A Cry in the Dark ( 1988 ) -- also known as Evil Angels -- about the death of Azaria Chamberlain , an Australian baby girl who died in 1980 at Uluru in the Northern Territory .