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Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

Acting

Born: February 5, 1948Hollywood, California, USA

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 which she was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Garry Marshall's melodrama Beaches (1988), and she earned a second British Academy Film Award nomination for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Hershey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
Woodstockers

Woodstockers

Rebecca

2026
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Self - (archive footage)

2025
Eugene the Marine

Eugene the Marine

Frances

2025
Strange Darling

Strange Darling

Genevieve

2024
9 Bullets

9 Bullets

Lacey

2022
The Manor

The Manor

Judith

2021
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

Self

2020
Insidious: The Last Key

Insidious: The Last Key

Lorraine Lambert

2018
The 9th Life of Louis Drax

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

Violet Drax

2016
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

Self

2016
Damien: Behind the Scenes

Damien: Behind the Scenes

Self

2016
Childless

Childless

Natalie

2015
Sister

Sister

Connie

2014
Insidious: Chapter 2

Insidious: Chapter 2

Lorraine Lambert

2013
Left to Die

Left to Die

Sandra Chase

2012

Answers to Nothing

Marilyn

2011
Insidious

Insidious

Lorraine Lambert

2011
Black Swan

Black Swan

Erica Sayers / The Queen

2010
Albert Schweitzer - Anatomie eines Heiligen

Albert Schweitzer - Anatomie eines Heiligen

Helene Schweitzer

2010
Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer

Helene Schweitzer

2009
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

Older Anne Shirley

2008
The Bird Can't Fly

The Bird Can't Fly

Melody

2008
Uncross the Stars

Uncross the Stars

Hilda

2008
Love Comes Lately

Love Comes Lately

Rosalie

2007
The Entity Files

The Entity Files

Self

2005
Riding the Bullet

Riding the Bullet

Jean Parker

2004
11:14

11:14

Norma

2004
Paradise

Paradise

Elizabeth Paradise

2004
Experiments in Terror

Experiments in Terror

2003
Realizing The Right Stuff

Realizing The Right Stuff

Self

2003
The Stranger Beside Me

The Stranger Beside Me

Ann Rule

2003
Hunger Point

Hunger Point

Marsha Hunter

2003
The Nature of Lantana

The Nature of Lantana

Self

2002
Lantana

Lantana

Valerie Somers

2001
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

2000
Drowning on Dry Land

Drowning on Dry Land

Kate

1999
Outer Space

Outer Space

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1999
Passion

Passion

Rose Grainger

1999
Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

Celia Hoover

1999
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

Marcella Willis

1998
Frogs for Snakes

Frogs for Snakes

Eva Santana

1998
The Staircase

The Staircase

Mother Madalyn

1998
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

Self

1997
The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

Madame Serena Merle

1996
The Pallbearer

The Pallbearer

Ruth Abernathy

1996
Last of the Dogmen

Last of the Dogmen

Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan

1995
Abraham

Abraham

Sara

1993
A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman

Frances

1993
Splitting Heirs

Splitting Heirs

Duchess Lucinda

1993
Swing Kids

Swing Kids

Frau Müller

1993
Falling Down

Falling Down

Beth

1993
The Public Eye

The Public Eye

Kay Levitz

1992
Stay the Night

Stay the Night

Jimmie Sue Finger

1992
Defenseless

Defenseless

Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller

1991
Paris Trout

Paris Trout

Hanna Trout

1991
Tune in Tomorrow...

Tune in Tomorrow...

Aunt Julia

1990
Martin Scorsese Directs

Martin Scorsese Directs

Self

1990
A Killing in a Small Town

A Killing in a Small Town

Candy Morrison

1990
Beaches

Beaches

Hillary Whitney Essex

1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Self

1988
A World Apart

A World Apart

Diana Roth

1988
The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

Mary Magdalene

1988
Shy People

Shy People

Ruth

1987
Tin Men

Tin Men

Nora Tilley

1987
Passion Flower

Passion Flower

Julia Gaitland

1987
Hoosiers

Hoosiers

Myra Fleener

1986
Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters

Lee

1986
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

Lili Damita

1985
The Natural

The Natural

Harriet Bird

1984
The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Glennis Yeager

1983
The Nightingale

The Nightingale

The Maid

1983
The Entity

The Entity

Carla Moran

1982
Working

Working

Call Girl

1982
Americana

Americana

Jess's Daughter

1981
Take This Job and Shove It

Take This Job and Shove It

Jane Margaret ("J.M.") Halstead

1981
The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

Nina Franklin

1980
Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

Julie

1980
Sunshine Christmas

Sunshine Christmas

Cody Blanks

1977

Just a Little Inconvenience

Nikki Klausing

1977
Flood!

Flood!

Mary Cutler

1977
In the Glitter Palace

In the Glitter Palace

Ellen Lange

1977
The Last Hard Men

The Last Hard Men

Susan Burgade

1976
Trial by Combat

Trial by Combat

Marion Evans

1976
Diamonds

Diamonds

Sally

1975
You and Me

You and Me

Waitress

1975
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

Zanni (as Barbara Seagull)

1974
Angela - Love Comes Quietly

Angela - Love Comes Quietly

Angela

1973
Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

Susan

1972
The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

Jane Kauffman

1971
The Baby Maker

The Baby Maker

Tish Gray

1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

Nella Mundine

1970
Last Summer

Last Summer

Sandy

1969
Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun

Leloopa

1969
With Six You Get Eggroll

With Six You Get Eggroll

Stacy Iverson

1968