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While a prolific screen presence from the late-'60s onward, Barbara Hershey did not truly attain star... (Learn more)

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Barbara Hershey’s Milestones
Discoved by an agent during a school production at Hollywood High School
Starred in TV series, "The Munroes"
1965 - 1966 TV debut with a recurring role on the series, "Gidget"
1967 Short film acting debut in "The Whole Damn Human Race and One More"
1968 Feature film acting debut in "With Six You Get Eggroll"
1969 Feature film leading role in "Last Summer"
1972 Changed name to Barbara Seagull after "Boxcar Bertha"
1972 Gave Martin Scorsese a copy of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel, "The Last Temptation of Christ" during the shooting of "Boxcar Bertha"
1975 Changed name back to Barbara Hershey after "Diamonds"
1980 Co-starred in "The Stunt Man"
1980 Played Karen Holmes in the NBC miniseries version of "From Here to Eternity"
1986 Had featured role as Leigh in Wooody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters"
1987 Won first Cannes Best Actress Award for "Shy People"
1988 Earned second Cannes Best Actress Award for "A World Apart"
1988 Played Mary Magdalene in Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ"
1990 Starred as an accused murderer in "A Killing in a Small Town" (CBS); received Emmy Award
1991 Co-starred opposite Dennis Hopper in "Paris Trout"
1994 Cast as Sarah in the TNT biblical drama "Abraham"
1996 Received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance as the manipulative Madame Merle in Jane Campion's adaptation of "The Portrait of a Lady"
1998 Starred as the mother superior of a convent in the CBS TV-movie "The Staircase"
1999 Returned to series TV in co-starring role in the CBS drama series "Chicago Hope"
2004 Cast in the WB series "The Mountain"
2004 Starred in "Riding the Bullet" based on the novel by Stephen King

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Quick Facts

Also known as

AKA : Barbara Seagull
AKA : Barbara Seagull Hershey
Birth Name : Barbara Herzstein

Born

February, 05 1948 in Hollywood, California, USA

Education

  • Hollywood High School, Hollywood, California:

Professions

actor

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