From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein; February 5, 1948), also known as Barbara Seagull, is an American actress. In a career spanning nearly 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema, in several genres including westerns and comedies. Although she began acting at age 17 in 1965, Hershey did not achieve much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses." Hershey was awarded an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries/TV Film for her role in A Killing in a Small Town (1990). She has been nominated for two more Golden Globes: in 1989 for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Magdalene in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ, and for her role in Jane Campion's Portrait of a Lady (1996). For the latter film, she was also nominated for an Academy Award and she won a Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. In addition, she has won two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival for her roles in Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988). She also featured in both Woody Allen's critically acclaimed Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Garry Marshall's comedy, Beaches (1988). Establishing a reputation early in her career as a "hippie", Hershey experienced conflict between her personal life and her acting goals. Her career suffered a decline during a six year relationship with actor David Carradine, with whom she had a child. She experimented with a change in stage name that she later regretted. During this time her personal life was highly publicized and ridiculed. It was not until she separated from Carradine and changed her stage name back to Hershey that her acting career became well established. Later in her career, she began to keep her personal life private. Her career was again revived by the release of Black Swan, for which her portrayal of an overbearing mother and former ballerina has received critical acclaim and a BAFTA Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Hershey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie | 9 Bullets | Lacey | 2022-04-14 |
Movie | The Manor | Judith | 2021-10-08 |
Movie | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self | 2020-05-12 |
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Series | Once Upon a Time | Cora / Queen of Hearts | 2011-10-23 |
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Movie | Black Swan | Erica Sayers / The Queen | 2010-12-03 |
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Movie | Love Comes Lately | Rosalie | 2007-09-09 |
Movie | Riding the Bullet | Jean Parker | 2004-10-15 |
Series | The Mountain | Gennie Carver | 2004-09-22 |
Movie | Paradise | Elizabeth Paradise | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | Hunger Point | Marsha Hunter | 2003-01-13 |
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Movie | The Nature of Lantana | Self | 2002-08-13 |
Series | V Graham Norton | Unknown | 2002-05-06 |
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Movie | The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man | 2000-02-21 | |
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Movie | Breakfast of Champions | Celia Hoover | 1999-02-18 |
Movie | Outer Space | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1999-01-01 |
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Movie | Frogs for Snakes | Eva Santana | 1998-08-14 |
Movie | The Staircase | Mother Madalyn | 1998-04-12 |
Movie | Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady | Herself | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | The Portrait of a Lady | Madame Serena Merle | 1996-10-17 |
Movie | The Pallbearer | Ruth Abernathy | 1996-05-03 |
Movie | Last of the Dogmen | Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan | 1995-09-08 |
Series | Chicago Hope | Francesca Alberghetti | 1994-09-18 |
Movie | Abraham | Sara | 1993-12-12 |
Series | Return to Lonesome Dove | Clara Allen | 1993-11-14 |
Series | The X-Files | Erika Price | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | A Dangerous Woman | Frances | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | Splitting Heirs | Duchess Lucinda | 1993-04-02 |
Movie | Swing Kids | Frau Müller | 1993-03-05 |
Movie | Falling Down | Beth | 1993-02-26 |
Movie | The Public Eye | Kay Levitz | 1992-10-16 |
Movie | Stay the Night | Jimmie Sue Finger | 1992-04-26 |
Movie | Paris Trout | Hanna Trout | 1991-04-21 |
Movie | Defenseless | Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller | 1991-08-23 |
Movie | A Killing in a Small Town | Candy Morrison | 1990-05-22 |
Movie | Tune in Tomorrow... | Aunt Julia | 1990-10-26 |
Movie | Martin Scorsese Directs | Self | 1990-06-16 |
Movie | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Self | 1988-11-13 |
Movie | A World Apart | Diana Roth | 1988-06-17 |
Movie | The Last Temptation of Christ | Mary Magdalene | 1988-05-28 |
Movie | Beaches | Hillary Whitney Essex | 1988-12-21 |
Movie | Shy People | Ruth | 1987-05-14 |
Movie | Tin Men | Nora Tilley | 1987-03-06 |
Movie | Passion Flower | Julia Gaitland | 1987-03-04 |
Movie | Hoosiers | Myra Fleener | 1986-11-14 |
Movie | Hannah and Her Sisters | Lee | 1986-02-07 |
Movie | My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Lili Damita | 1985-01-21 |
Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Series | Anne of Green Gables | Older Anne Shirley | 1985-12-01 |
Movie | The Natural | Harriet Bird | 1984-05-11 |
Movie | The Right Stuff | Glennis Yeager | 1983-10-20 |
Movie | The Nightingale | The Maid | 1983-05-10 |
Movie | The Entity | Carla Moran | 1982-09-30 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | The Maid | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | Working | Call Girl | 1982-04-13 |
Movie | Americana | Jess's Daughter | 1981-05-16 |
Movie | Take This Job and Shove It | Jane Margaret ("J.M.") Halstead | 1981-04-24 |
Movie | The Stunt Man | Nina Franklin | 1980-06-27 |
Movie | Angel on My Shoulder | Julie | 1980-05-11 |
Series | From Here to Eternity | Karen Holmes | 1980-03-10 |
Movie | A Man Called Intrepid | Madelaine | 1979-05-07 |
Movie | In the Glitter Palace | Ellen Lange | 1977-02-23 |
Movie | Sunshine Christmas | Cody Blanks | 1977-12-12 |
Movie | Flood! | Mary Cutler | 1977-06-05 |
Movie | Just a Little Inconvenience | Nikki Klausing | 1977-10-02 |
Movie | The Last Hard Men | Susan Burgade | 1976-04-22 |
Movie | Trial by Combat | Marion Evans | 1976-04-01 |
Movie | Diamonds | Sally | 1975-10-22 |
Movie | You and Me | Waitress | 1975-05-31 |
Movie | The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | Zanni (as Barbara Seagull) | 1974-10-17 |
Movie | Love Comes Quietly | Angela | 1973-06-22 |
Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
Movie | Boxcar Bertha | Boxcar Bertha | 1972-06-14 |
Movie | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | Susan | 1972-02-25 |
Movie | The Pursuit of Happiness | Jane Kauffman | 1971-02-23 |
Movie | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Nella Mundine | 1970-03-18 |
Movie | The Baby Maker | Tish Gray | 1970-10-01 |
Movie | Last Summer | Sandy | 1969-06-10 |
Movie | Heaven with a Gun | Leloopa | 1969-05-20 |
Movie | With Six You Get Eggroll | Stacy Iverson | 1968-08-07 |
Series | The Dick Cavett Show | Herself - Guest | 1968-06-06 |
Series | The High Chaparral | Unknown | 1967-09-10 |
Series | The Invaders | Beth Ferguson | 1967-01-10 |
Series | The Monroes | Kathy Monroe | 1966-09-07 |
Series | Gidget | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |