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Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 05, 1948 (77)
Birthplace Hollywood, California, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Mar 18, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 mu ... ch 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.

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Filmography

Strange Darling

Strange Darling

2024

as Genevieve

9 Bullets

9 Bullets

2022

as Lacey

The Manor

The Manor

2021

as Judith

Insidious: The Last Key

Insidious: The Last Key

2018

as Lorraine Lambert

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

2016

as Violet Drax

Childless

Childless

2015

as Natalie

Sister

Sister

2014

as Connie

Insidious: Chapter 2

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013

as Lorraine Lambert

Left to Die

Left to Die

2012

as Sandra Chase

Answers to Nothing

Answers to Nothing

2011

as Marilyn

Insidious

Insidious

2011

as Lorraine Lambert

Black Swan

Black Swan

2010

as Erica Sayers / The Queen

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

2008

as Older Anne Shirley

Uncross the Stars

Uncross the Stars

2008

as Hilda

The Bird Can't Fly

The Bird Can't Fly

2008

as Melody

Paradise

Paradise

2004

as Elizabeth Paradise

Riding the Bullet

Riding the Bullet

2004

as Jean Parker

Hunger Point

Hunger Point

2003

as Marsha Hunter

11:14

11:14

2003

as Norma

Lantana

Lantana

2001

as Valerie Somers

Drowning on Dry Land

Drowning on Dry Land

1999

as Kate

Passion

Passion

1999

as Rose Grainger

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

1999

as Celia Hoover

The Staircase

The Staircase

1998

as Mother Madalyn

Frogs for Snakes

Frogs for Snakes

1998

as Eva Santana

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

as Madame Serena Merle

The Pallbearer

The Pallbearer

1996

as Ruth Abernathy

Last of the Dogmen

Last of the Dogmen

1995

as Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan

A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman

1993

as Frances

Abraham

Abraham

1993

as Sara

Falling Down

Falling Down

1993

as Beth

Splitting Heirs

Splitting Heirs

1993

as Duchess Lucinda

Swing Kids

Swing Kids

1993

as Frau Müller

Stay the Night

Stay the Night

1992

as Jimmie Sue Finger

The Public Eye

The Public Eye

1992

as Kay Levitz

Defenseless

Defenseless

1991

as Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller

Paris Trout

Paris Trout

1991

as Hanna Trout

A Killing in a Small Town

A Killing in a Small Town

1990

as Candy Morrison

Tune in Tomorrow...

Tune in Tomorrow...

1990

as Aunt Julia

A World Apart

A World Apart

1988

as Diana Roth

Beaches

Beaches

1988

as Hillary Whitney Essex

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988

as Mary Magdalene

Passion Flower

Passion Flower

1987

as Julia Gaitland

Shy People

Shy People

1987

as Ruth

Tin Men

Tin Men

1987

as Nora Tilley

Hoosiers

Hoosiers

1986

as Myra Fleener

The Natural

The Natural

1984

as Harriet Bird

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

1983

as The Maid

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

1983

as Glennis Yeager

The Entity

The Entity

1982

as Carla Moran

Working

Working

1982

as Call Girl

Take This Job and Shove It

Take This Job and Shove It

1981

as Jane Margaret ("J.M.") Halstead

Americana

Americana

1981

as Jess's Daughter

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

1980

as Julie

The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

1980

as Nina Franklin

A Man Called Intrepid

A Man Called Intrepid

1979

as Madelaine

In the Glitter Palace

In the Glitter Palace

1977

as Ellen Lange

Flood!

Flood!

1977

as Mary Cutler

Just a Little Inconvenience

Just a Little Inconvenience

1977

as Nikki Klausing

Sunshine Christmas

Sunshine Christmas

1977

as Cody Blanks

Trial by Combat

Trial by Combat

1976

as Marion Evans

The Last Hard Men

The Last Hard Men

1976

as Susan Burgade

Diamonds

Diamonds

1975

as Sally

You and Me

You and Me

1975

as Waitress

The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

1974

as Zanni (as Barbara Seagull)

Love Comes Quietly

Love Comes Quietly

1973

as Angela

Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972

as Boxcar Bertha

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

1971

as Jane Kauffman

The Baby Maker

The Baby Maker

1970

as Tish Gray

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970

as Nella Mundine

Last Summer

Last Summer

1969

as Sandy

Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun

1969

as Leloopa

With Six You Get Eggroll

With Six You Get Eggroll

1968

as Stacy Iverson

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Golden Globes Best Supporting Actress Nuts Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actress A River Runs Through It Nominated
Spirit Awards Best Supporting Actress Sisters Won
BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actress Black Swan Nominated
Television Credits

The Monroes

as Kathy Monroe

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Sep 07, 1966

Chicago Hope

as Francesca Alberghetti

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Sep 18, 1994

Once Upon a Time

as Cora / Queen of Hearts

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Oct 23, 2011

The Mountain

as Gennie Carver

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 22, 2004

From Here to Eternity

as Karen Holmes

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Mar 10, 1980

Damien

as Ann Rutledge

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Mar 07, 2016

Paradise Lost

as Byrd Forsythe

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 13, 2020

Return to Lonesome Dove

as Clara Allen

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 14, 1993

The X-Files

as Erika Price

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 10, 1993

A Man Called Intrepid

as Madelaine

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 07, 1979

Beacon 23

as Sophie

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 12, 2023

Abraham

as Sarah

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 03, 1994

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Jessie Dean

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1985

Faerie Tale Theatre

as The Maid

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1982

Run for Your Life

as Saro-Jane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

Daniel Boone

as Dinah Hubbard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

The High Chaparral

as Moonfire

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1967

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

as Cora Mills

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 2013

The Invaders

as Beth Ferguson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1967

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Caroline Hubbard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1989

Anne of Green Gables

as Older Anne Shirley

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Dec 01, 1985

Daniel Deronda

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 23, 2002

Kung Fu

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 14, 1972

Gidget

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1963

V Graham Norton

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 06, 2002

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 1968

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Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 5 24 24 24
2024 6 21 32 15
2024 7 31 42 16
2024 8 23 55 14
2024 9 21 36 13
2024 10 21 43 12
2024 11 18 31 11
2024 12 23 35 17
2025 1 26 40 16
2025 2 12 24 2
2025 3 5 18 0
2025 4 1 1 1
2025 5 3 4 1
2025 6 1 3 1
2025 7 1 2 1
2025 8 4 12 1

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Year Month Avg Rank Max Rank
2024 5 969 969
2024 6 835 774

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