born february known american actress career spanning nearly years played variety roles television cinema genres including comedies began acting age achieve critical acclaim half 1980s time chicago_tribune referred america finest actresses won emmy golden globe outstanding lead actress role killing small town received nominations role role lady film nominated won addition won best actress awards cannes film festival roles featured critically acclaimed hannah sisters nominated melodrama beaches earned second british academy award nomination black swan establishing reputation early career experienced conflict personal life acting goals career suffered decline year relationship actor child experimented change stage later regretted time personal life highly publicized ridiculed separated changed stage acting career established later career began personal life private early life born hollywood california daughter née moore father horse racing columnist jewish parents emigrated hungary russia mother native arkansas presbyterian irish descent youngest children barbara wanted actress family nicknamed shy school quiet people thought deaf age proved student high school drama coach helped find agent age landed role field television series barbara said found field supportive acting role according barbara graduated autobiography said dropped high school began acting career barbara acting debut episodes followed short lived television series featured point adopted stage said series helped career expressed frustration role saying week strong weak series garnered roles including day final feature film 1960s starred western heaven gun set met began romantic relationship actor later starred television series personal life year acted controversial drama summer based eponymous novel film played sandy heavy influences young men played rape girl played film directed received rating graphic rape scene burns earned best supporting actress oscar nomination performance filming summer killed scene explained throw bird air fly scene tell bird tired finally scene finished director told bird broken neck throw felt responsible bird death changed stage tribute creature felt spirit enter later explained moral thing change positively received offered opposite bottoms crazy world aka half salary billed producers favor billing 1970s played baby maker film explored criticizing directing writing critic said bizarre film performances film save total went great little actress pretty face said starring fun movie film starring domestic partner produced hollywood picture shot weeks budget intended period crime drama similar clyde publicized exploitation piece plenty sex violence influence roger_ebert chicago_sun-times wrote film direction gone mood atmosphere action violence blunt unpleasant supposed spread sexually explicit scenes movie appeared playboy magazine experience extend major role years later filming introduced novel film based collaboration resulted academy_award nomination director nod mid 1970s concluded tied david people forgotten spend percent time working david guest starred episode television series played direction love interest character time temple appeared independent directorial projects filmed father appeared publicly acknowledged desire recognized right later winning gold medal atlanta film festival role dutch produced film love comes quietly later decade starred hoped film revive career damage felt suffered believing label given career time shed pseudonym rest 1970s appearing movies described forgettable like flood sunshine christmas palace played lesbian 1980s landed role stunt man marked return big screen years earned critical praise felt forever debt rush fighting allow film felt stunt man important transition playing girls playing women women roles followed stunt man included horror movie entity right stuff played wife test pilot natural shot character role chosen particular hat anchor director disagreed choice insisted wearing later cast wife character comedy tin men left native california moved son manhattan days later met briefly offered role lee hannah sisters addition manhattan apartment bought antique home rural connecticut allen picture won academy_awards film earned bafta nomination supporting role described wonderful gift followed hannah sisters wins cannes film festival shy people appearance anti activist world apart character film based 1980s portrayed wife actress movie wicked wicked ways based autobiography played love interest character basketball film gave starting trend injected lips role beaches said movie starred idea beaches focus lips looked like stopped gas station said lips pounds better let hit air 1990s won emmy golden globe outstanding lead actress miniseries special role killing small town based death montgomery killed gore friday june gore texas home hitting times jury determined self defense preparation phone conversation montgomery names real life case changed movie film alternative title evidence love book case drew described erotic overtones portraying woman falls love younger nephew marriage played comedic tune tomorrow played wife title character cable television movie showtime production collaborated killing small town director play woman affair husband lawyer husband abusive played trial murdering young african american girl film based national book award winning novel featured graphic rape scene actress found difficult view picture described dramatic reach deep dark racism abuse murder nominated prime time emmy awards including later year played attorney defending college roommate murder husband frequent television appearances end accused selling small screen appeared abc miniseries stay night prompting associated_press writer write person jumps forth features television easily starred miniseries succeeding sequel series return dove nominated golden satellite award appearance staircase played season episodes medical drama chicago hope starred nightclub owner film drama public eye estranged wife thriller falling feature films appeared 1990s adaptation henry james novel portrait lady earned oscar nomination won award role picture starring released starred independent film called drowning dry land production met star began romantic relationship lasted personal life 2000s appeared psychological thriller american australian cast included film writer said film best emerge australia years thriller followed featured continued appear television 2000s including season series mountain starred adult new beginning fourth series films based character taking role 2010s appeared american actress adaptation british television series starring aired pbs july starred acclaimed psychological thriller opposite following year starred horror film recurring role seasons abc hit drama time queen hearts mother evil queen reprised role episode spin time wonderland reprised role returned episode fourth season appeared episodes fifth season notably landmark 100th episode new series portrayed series regular world powerful woman tasked making sure destiny role marks latest gig following time mountain chicago hope lifetime left die movie personal life met working heaven gun pair began domestic relationship said rape scene movie cracked barbara ribs appeared films including couple posed nude playboy spread sex scenes later gave birth son free changed tom years old relationship fell apart time arrest begun affair guest starred period changed stage blunt newspaper article referenced period life saying acting career looked blew article referred stated frequently high addition criticism breast feeding son appearance dick breast feeding age years said period life hurt career producers wouldn reputation drugs drugs acting career splitting changed stage explaining told story adopted times lost meaning time described columnist private person heavy publicity professional actress writing confirmed private person august married artist ceremony took place home oxford connecticut guests mothers year old son tom free couple separated divorced year wedding began dating actor brief separation fathered child woman won sole custody son couple announced ended year relationship months earlier residences los_angeles hawaii new_york connecticut filmography film television awards nominations
Barbara Hershey