Barbara Hershey
Acting
Born: Feb 05, 1948
From: Hollywood, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein; February 5, 1948) is an American actress. In a career spanning more than 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema in several genres, including westerns and comedies. She began acting at age 17 in 1965 but 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 won 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 received Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Magdalene in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and for her role in The Portrait of a Lady (1996). For the latter film, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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 was featured in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), for …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncross the Stars | Hilda | 2008 | 5.4 |
| Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Older Anne Shirley | 2008 | 5.7 |
| 11:14 | Norma | 2004 | 6.804 |
| Riding the Bullet | Jean Parker | 2004 | 5.093 |
| Lantana | Valerie Somers | 2001 | 6.682 |
| Breakfast of Champions | Celia Hoover | 1999 | 5.008 |
| The Pallbearer | Ruth Abernathy | 1996 | 4.948 |
| The Portrait of a Lady | Madame Serena Merle | 1996 | 5.982 |
| Last of the Dogmen | Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan | 1995 | 6.761 |
| Abraham | Sara | 1993 | 7.04 |
| Swing Kids | Frau Müller | 1993 | 6.663 |
| Splitting Heirs | Duchess Lucinda | 1993 | 5.226 |
| Falling Down | Beth | 1993 | 7.393 |
| The Public Eye | Kay Levitz | 1992 | 6.212 |
| Defenseless | Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller | 1991 | 4.929 |
| Tune in Tomorrow... | Aunt Julia | 1990 | 5.45 |
| The Last Temptation of Christ | Mary Magdalene | 1988 | 7.211 |
| A World Apart | Diana Roth | 1988 | 6.359 |
| Beaches | Hillary Whitney Essex | 1988 | 6.703 |
| Tin Men | Nora Tilley | 1987 | 6.331 |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Lee | 1986 | 7.471 |
| Hoosiers | Myra Fleener | 1986 | 7.052 |
| The Natural | Harriet Bird | 1984 | 6.9 |
| The Right Stuff | Glennis Yeager | 1983 | 7.409 |
| The Entity | Carla Moran | 1982 | 6.757 |
| Take This Job and Shove It | Jane Margaret ("J.M.") Halstead | 1981 | 5.395 |
| The Stunt Man | Nina Franklin | 1980 | 6.604 |
| Boxcar Bertha | Boxcar Bertha | 1972 | 5.8 |
| Heaven with a Gun | Leloopa | 1969 | 5.481 |
| Last Summer | Sandy | 1969 | 6.217 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1948 |
| From | Hollywood, California, USA |