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Barbara Hershey

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Date of birth: 5 February 1948,
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Barbara was born on February 5, 1948 in Los Angeles ,California. Her acting career began with a recurring role on the situation comedy Gidget in 1965. Her film career, which began in With Six You Get Eggroll (1968), blossomed in the1980s when she appeared in several high-profile films, including The Stunt Man (1980), The Right Stuff (1983), The Natural (1984), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Martin Scorcese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). She also won critical acclaim, becoming the first to win consecutive Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival for Shy People and A World Apart (1988). She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Madame Merle in Jane Campion's screen adaptation of Henry James's Portrait of a Lady (1996). she earnied an Emmy and Golden Globe award for the miniseries A Killing in a Small Town (1989). In 1996, she starred as the mother superior of a convent in the CBS television movie The Staircase.

Filmography

Lantana (2001) .... Dr. Valerie Somers
Sinister Saga of Making 'The Stunt Man', The (2000) (V) .... Herself
Drowning on Dry Land (1999) .... Kate
Passion (1999) .... Rose Grainger
Breakfast of Champions (1999) .... Celia Hoover
"Chicago Hope" (1994) TV Series .... Dr. Francesca Alberghetti (1999-2000)
Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, A (1998) .... Marcella Willis
Staircase, The (1998) (TV) .... Mother Madalyn
Frogs for Snakes (1998) .... Eva
Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) .... Madame Serena Merle
Pallbearer, The (1996) .... Ruth Abernathy
Last of the Dogmen (1995) .... Professor Lillian Stone
Abraham (1994) (TV) .... Sarah
"Return to Lonesome Dove" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Clara Allen
Dangerous Woman, A (1993) .... Frances
Splitting Heirs (1993) .... Duchess Lucinda
Swing Kids (1993) .... Frau Muller
Falling Down (1993) .... Beth
Public Eye, The (1992) .... Kay Levitz
Stay the Night (1992) (TV) .... Jimmie Sue Finger
Paris Trout (1991) (TV) .... Hanna Trout
Defenseless (1990) .... Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller
Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) .... Aunt Julia
Killing in a Small Town, A (1990) (TV) .... Candy Morrison
World Apart, A (1988) .... Diana Roth
Beaches (1988) .... Hillary Whitney Essex
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988) .... Mary Magdalene
Shy People (1987) .... Ruth
Tin Men (1987) .... Mrs. Nora Tilley
Passion Flower (1986) (TV) .... Julia Gaitland
Hoosiers (1986) .... Myra Fleener
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) .... Lee
My Wicked, Wicked Ways... The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985) (TV) .... Lili Damita
Natural, The (1984) .... Harriet Bird
Nightingale, The (1983) (TV) .... The Maid
Right Stuff, The (1983) .... Glennis Yeager
"Twilight Theatre" (1982) TV Series .... Various Characters
Working (1982) (TV) .... Call Girl
Americana (1981) .... Jess' daughter
Entity, The (1981) .... Carla Moran
Take This Job and Shove It (1981) .... J.M. Halstead
"From Here to Eternity" (1980) TV Series .... Karen Holmes
Stunt Man, The (1980) .... Nina Franklin
Angel on My Shoulder (1980) (TV) .... Julie
"Man Called Intrepid, A" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Madelaine
Sunshine Christmas (1977) (TV) .... Cody Blanks
Just a Little Inconvenience (1977) (TV) .... Nikki Klausing
In the Glitter Palace (1977) (TV) .... Ellen Lange
Trial by Combat (1976) .... Marion Evans
Flood! (1976) (TV) .... Mary Cutler
Last Hard Men, The (1976) .... Susan Burgade
Diamonds (1975) (as Barbara Seagull) .... Sally
Crazy World of Julius Vrooder, The (1974) (as Barbara Seagull) .... Zanni
Love Comes Quietly (1973) .... Angela
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972) .... Susan
You and Me (1972) .... Waitress
Boxcar Bertha (1972) .... 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson
Pursuit of Happiness, The (1971) .... Jane Kauffman
Baby Maker, The (1970) .... Tish Gray
Liberation of L.B. Jones, The (1970) .... Nella Mundine
Heaven with a Gun (1969) .... Leloopa, Indian Girl
Last Summer (1969) .... Sandy
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) .... Stacy Iverson
"Monroes, The" (1966) TV Series .... Kathy Monroe

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