Barbara Hershey's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Chicago Hope Dr. Frances… The Mountain Gennie Carver Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (CA) Older Anne … The Monroes (1966) Kathy Monroe

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Black Swan 2008 - Uncross The Stars 2004 - Riding the Bullet 2003 - 11:14 2001 - Lantana 1999 - Breakfast of Champions 1996 - The Pallbearer 1996 - The Portrait of a Lady 1993 - Swing Kids 1993 - Splitting Heirs 1993 - Falling Down 1992 - The Public Eye 1991 - Defenseless 1990 - Tune in Tomorrow... 1988 - Beaches 1988 - The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 - A World Apart 1987 - Tin Men 1986 - Hoosiers 1986 - Hannah And Her Sisters 1984 - The Natural 1983 - The Right Stuff 1981 - The Entity 1981 - Take This Job and Shove It 1980 - The Stunt Man 1976 - The Last Hard Men 1972 - Boxcar Bertha 1969 - Last Summer 1969 - Heaven with a Gun

BIOGRAPHY:

Born and raised in a small bungalow in Hollywood, Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Herzstein) had dreams of being in movies as a little girl. Quiet and withdrawn, she acted out stories in her back yard. Her major acting debut was on "The Monroes" (1966), where she played Kathy. Her motion picture career began with With Six You Get Eggroll (1968). For the next few years, she was typecast as a "wild child" and tried to live up to that image. She had a rocky relationship with David Carradine, with whom she had a child they named Free. From 1972 to 1974 she changed her name from Barbara Hershey to Barbara Seagull. Her career was resurrected when she appeared in the miniseries "From Here to Eternity" (1979) and especially the feature The Stunt Man (1980). In that film she played an actress on the edge, which may have been influenced by her own life. Based upon her strong performance, other roles in quality films followed: The Right Stuff (1983); The Natural (1984); Hoosiers (1986) and Beaches (1988). A two-time winner of the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award, for her work in Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988), she also won an Emmy for her performance in A Killing in a Small Town (1990) (TV).


TRIVIA:

• Mother of 'Tom Carradine' (qv).
• The first (and as of 2006 the only) performer to win back to back acting awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
• Currently lives with her partner, actor 'Naveen Andrews' (qv) from the TV series _"Lost" (2004)_ (qv), who is 21 years her junior.
• Turned down the role that eventually went to 'Glenn Close' (qv) in _Fatal Attraction (1987)_ (qv).
• She has one child, a son she named Free. He later changed his name to Tom. His father is 'David Carradine' (qv).
• Daughter of 'Arnold Herzstein' (qv).
• As of 2007, she is the only woman to be cast twice in a major role in a movie by 'Martin Scorsese' (qv). The two movies are _The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)_ (qv) and _Boxcar Bertha (1972)_ (qv).
• Member of the drill team and pom-pom squad in high school.