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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