Known for movies

Short Info

Net Worth$12 million
Date Of BirthFebruary 5, 1948
SpouseStephen Douglas
FactAs of 2007, she is the only woman to be cast twice in a major role in a movie by Martin Scorsese. The two movies are The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Boxcar Bertha (1972).


Barbara Hershey was born Barbara Lynn Herzstein in Hollywood, California, on February 5, 1948. Her mother, Melrose (née Rogers), was a actress, and her father, Arnold Nathan Herzstein, was a horse racing columnist and sportswriter. She has a younger brother, Bruce. Hershey’s parents divorced when she was three years old and she was raised by her mother.

Hershey attended Hollywood High School, where she was a cheerleader and homecoming queen. She then attended UCLA, where she majored in drama. After graduation, she moved to New York City, where she worked as a waitress and an actress.

In 1968, Hershey appeared in the film Last Summer with Bruce Davison and Richard Thomas. The following year, she appeared in the film The Sterile Cuckoo with Liza Minnelli. In 1970, Hershey starred in the film Love Story with Ryan O’Neal.

In 1971, Hershey won an Emmy Award for her performance in the television film The Beguiled. The following year, she appeared in the film Boxcar Bertha with David Carradine.

In 1973, Hershey appeared in the film The Last Detail with Jack Nicholson. The following year, she appeared in the film A Star Is Born with Kris Kristofferson.

In 1976, Hershey starred in the film The Bad News Bears with Walter Matthau. The following year, she appeared in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind with Richard Dreyfuss.

In 1978, Hershey appeared in the film Coming Home with Jon Voight. The following year, she appeared in the film The Stunt Man with Peter O’Toole.

In 1980, Hershey won an Oscar for her performance in the film The Right Stuff. The following year, she appeared in the film Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman.

In 1983, Hershey appeared in the film Yentl with Barbra Streisand. The following year, she appeared in the film Terms of Endearment with Shirley MacLaine.

In 1985, Hershey appeared in the film Out of Africa with Robert Redford. The following year, she appeared in the film Hannah and Her Sisters with Mia Farrow.

In 1988, Hershey appeared in the film Tequila Sunrise with Mel Gibson. The following year, she appeared in the film Beaches with Bette Midler.

In 1990, Hershey appeared in the film Misery with James Caan. The following year, she appeared in the film Cape Fear with Robert De Niro.

In 1992, Hershey appeared in the film Batman Returns with Michael Keaton. The following year, she appeared in the film The Player with Tim Robbins.

In 1994, Hershey appeared in the film Natural Born Killers with Woody Harrelson. The following year, she appeared in the film Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage.

In 1996, Hershey appeared in the film The Portrait of a Lady with Nicole Kidman. The following year, she appeared in the film Kissed with Molly Parker.

In 1998, Hershey appeared in the film Black Dog with Patrick Swayze. The following year, she appeared in the film The Insider with Al Pacino.

In 2000, Hershey appeared in the film Requiem for a Dream with Jared Leto. The following year, she appeared in the film Mulholland Drive with Naomi Watts.

In 2002, Hershey appeared in the film Insomnia with Al Pacino. The following year, she appeared in the film 21 Grams with Sean Penn.

In 2004, Hershey appeared in the film Million Dollar Baby with Hilary Swank. The following year, she appeared in the film An Unfinished Life with Robert Redford.

In 2006, Hershey appeared in the film Bobby with Demi Moore. The following year, she appeared in the film Resurrecting the Champ with Samuel L. Jackson.

In 2008, Hershey appeared in the film My Blueberry Nights with Jude Law. The following year, she appeared in the film Push with Chris Evans.

In 2010, Hershey appeared in the film Black Swan with Natalie Portman. The following year, she appeared in the film Insidious with Patrick Wilson.

General Info

Full NameBarbara Hershey
Net Worth$12 million
Date Of BirthFebruary 5, 1948
Height1.65 m
Weight130 Pounds
ProfessionActor
EducationHollywood High School
NationalityAmerican

Family

SpouseStephen Douglas
ChildrenTom Carradine
ParentsArnold Herzstein, Melrose Herzstein

Accomplishments

AwardsCannes Best Actress Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Gemini Award ...
NominationsAcademy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniser...
MoviesBlack Swan, The Entity, Beaches, Boxcar Bertha, Hannah and Her Sisters, Hoosiers, The Last Temptation of Christ, Insidious: Chapter 2, Insidious, Falling Down, The Right Stuff, The Stunt Man, Tin Men, The Natural, Last Summer, The Portrait of a Lady, Paris Trout, Last of the Dogmen, A World Apart, L...
TV ShowsThe Mountain, Daniel Deronda, The Monroes, Return to Lonesome Dove, From Here to Eternity

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Quotes

#Quote
1I am afraid of being lazy and complacent. I am afraid of taking myself too seriously.

Facts

#Fact
1As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Right Stuff (1983), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Black Swan (2010).
2Her five favourite films of all time are The Wizard of Oz (1939), Bicycle Thieves (1948), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Raging Bull (1980) and Narayama bushikô (1983).
3Barbara's father, Arnold Nathan Herzstein, was Ashkenazi Jewish. Barbara's paternal grandparents, Samuel Herzstein and Dora E. Sable, were from Shrepkow, Hungary and Russia, respectively. Barbara's mother, Melrose E. (Moore), who was originally from Arkansas, had English and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) ancestry.
4Acted for several years as Barbara Seagull because of a seagull that was accidentally killed during the filming of "Last Summer." At the time, she said she felt she had absorbed the seagull's spirit.
5Was considered to play as Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct (1992) but turned it down.
6She gave the book of The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) to Martin Scorsese, while filming Boxcar Bertha (1972) with him.
7Met ex-boyfriend Naveen Andrews on the set of Drowning on Dry Land (1999). They were together until late 2009, although they split for a brief time in 2005 during which Naveen fathered a child, Naveen Joshua.
8She was born at 10:01 AM - PST.
9As of 2007, she is the only woman to be cast twice in a major role in a movie by Martin Scorsese. The two movies are The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Boxcar Bertha (1972).
10Mother, with David Carradine, of son Tom Carradine.
11Daughter of Arnold Herzstein.
12The first (and as of 2006 the only) performer to win back to back acting awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
13Lived until late 2009 with her then partner, actor Naveen Andrews from the TV series Lost (2004) , who is 21 years her junior.
14She has one child, a son she named Free. He later changed his name to Tom. His father is David Carradine.
15Member of the drill team and pom-pom squad in high school.
16Was considered for the role of an dangerous obsessive woman in Fatal Attraction (1987). She had played a similar role in The Natural (1984), where she stalks and shoots the hero, who loves a good woman, played by Glenn Close, who ironically, beat out Hershey for the role in Fatal Attraction (1987) in an against-type casting that made her a household name.

Pictures

Movies

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 9th Life of Louis Drax2016Violet Drax
Damien2016TV SeriesAnn Rutledge
Once Upon a Time2012-2016TV SeriesCora Queen of Hearts Cora Mills
Sister2014Susan Presser
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland2014TV SeriesCora Mills
Insidious: Chapter 22013Lorraine Lambert
Left to Die2012TV MovieSandra Chase
Answers to Nothing2011Marilyn
Insidious2010/ILorraine Lambert
Black Swan2010Erica Sayers The Queen
Agatha Christie's Poirot2010TV SeriesCaroline Hubbard
Albert Schweitzer2009Helene Schweitzer
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning2008TV MovieOlder Anne Shirley
Childless2008Natalie
Uncross the Stars2008Hilda
Love Comes Lately2007Rosalie
The Bird Can't Fly2007Melody
The Mountain2004-2005TV SeriesGennie Carver
Riding the Bullet2004Jean Parker
Paradise2004/ITV MovieElizabeth Paradise
11:142003Norma
Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me2003TV MovieAnn Rule
Hunger Point2003TV MovieMarsha Hunter
Daniel Deronda2002TV Mini-SeriesContessa Maria Alcharisi
Lantana2001Dr. Valerie Somers
Chicago Hope1999-2000TV SeriesDr. Francesca Alberghetti
Drowning on Dry Land1999Kate
Passion1999Rose Grainger
Breakfast of Champions1999Celia Hoover
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries1998Marcella Willis
The Staircase1998TV MovieMother Madalyn
Frogs for Snakes1998Eva Santana
The Portrait of a Lady1996Madame Serena Merle
The Pallbearer1996Ruth Abernathy
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat1995-1996TV SeriesVoices
Last of the Dogmen1995Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
Abraham1993TV Mini-SeriesSarah
Return to Lonesome Dove1993TV Mini-SeriesClara Allen
A Dangerous Woman1993Frances
Splitting Heirs1993Duchess Lucinda
Swing Kids1993Frau Müller
Falling Down1993Beth
The Public Eye1992Kay Levitz
Stay the Night1992TV MovieJimmie Sue Finger
Defenseless1991Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller
Paris Trout1991Hanna Trout
Tune in Tomorrow...1990Aunt Julia
A Killing in a Small Town1990TV MovieCandy Morrison
Beaches1988Hillary Whitney Essex
The Last Temptation of Christ1988Mary Magdalene
A World Apart1988Diana Roth
Shy People1987Ruth
Tin Men1987Nora Tilley
Hoosiers1986Myra Fleener
Passion Flower1986TV MovieJulia Gaitland
Hannah and Her Sisters1986Lee
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985TV SeriesJessie Dean
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn1985TV MovieLili Damita
The Natural1984Harriet Bird
The Right Stuff1983Glennis Yeager
Faerie Tale Theatre1983TV SeriesThe Maid
The Entity1982Carla Moran
American Playhouse1982TV SeriesLenore / Call Girl
Twilight Theater1982TV MovieVarious Characters
Take This Job and Shove It1981J.M. Halstead
Americana1981Jess's daughter
The Stunt Man1980Nina Franklin
Angel on My Shoulder1980TV MovieJulie
From Here to Eternity1980TV SeriesKaren Holmes
A Man Called Intrepid1979TV Mini-SeriesMadelaine
Sunshine Christmas1977TV MovieCody Blanks
Just a Little Inconvenience1977TV MovieNikki Klausing
In the Glitter Palace1977TV MovieEllen Lange
Flood!1976TV MovieMary Cutler
The Last Hard Men1976Susan Burgade
A Dirty Knight's Work1976Marion Evans
Diamonds1975Sally (as Barbara Seagull)
Kung Fu1974TV SeriesNan Chi
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder1974Zanni (as Barbara Seagull)
You and Me1974Waitress (as Barbara Seagull)
Love Story1973TV SeriesFarrell Edwards
Love Comes Quietly1973Angela (as Barbara Seagull)
Boxcar Bertha1972Boxcar Bertha
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues1972Susan
The Pursuit of Happiness1971Jane Kauffman
The Baby Maker1970Tish Gray
Insight1970TV SeriesJudy
The Liberation of L.B. Jones1970Nella Mundine
Last Summer1969Sandy
Heaven with a Gun1969Leloopa
The Princess and Me1968TV Movie
With Six You Get Eggroll1968Stacey Iverson
The High Chaparral1968TV SeriesMoonfire
The Invaders1968TV SeriesBeth Ferguson
Run for Your Life1968TV SeriesSaro-Jane
Daniel Boone1967TV SeriesDinah Hubbard
The Monroes1966-1967TV SeriesKathy Monroe
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1966TV SeriesCasey Holloway
Gidget1965-1966TV SeriesEllen / Karen
The Farmer's Daughter1966TV SeriesLucy

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was2016Documentary special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Strength in UnionDocumentary filmingLowell Mill Worker
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was2016DocumentaryHarriet Bird / Herself
Hollywood Today Live2016TV SeriesHerself
The Orange British Academy Film Awards2011TV SpecialHerself - Best Supporting Actress Nominee
Made in Hollywood2010TV SeriesHerself
Nick Nolte: No Exit2008DocumentaryHerself
Entertainment Tonight2008TV SeriesHerself
The Entity Files2005Video documentary shortHerself
The Divine Bette Midler2005Video documentaryHerself
Biography2004TV Series documentaryHerself
Realizing 'The Right Stuff'2003Video documentary shortHerself
T-20 Years and Counting2003Video documentary shortGlynnis Yeager
V Graham Norton2002TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The Sinister Saga of Making 'The Stunt Man'2000Video documentaryHerself
The Directors1997TV Series documentaryHerself
The 69th Annual Academy Awards1997TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1997TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards1997TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1997TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The 3th Annual Women in Hollywood Awards1996TV SpecialHerself
The Annual Artists Rights Foundation Honors Martin Scorsese1996TV MovieHerself
Cinema 31992TV SeriesHerself
The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1991TV SpecialHerself - Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and Presenter
The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards1991TV SpecialHerself - Winner: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Larry King TNT Extra1990TV MovieHerself
The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1990TV SpecialHerself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
American Masters1990TV Series documentaryHerself
The 61st Annual Academy Awards1989TV SpecialHerself - Presenter: 'The Accidental Tourist' Film Clip
The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards1989TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mickey's 60th Birthday1988TV MovieHerself
20 heures le journal1987TV SeriesHerself
Hour Magazine1986TV SeriesHerself
The American Sportsman1982TV SeriesHerself
The David Frost Show1972TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Dateline: Hollywood1967TV SeriesHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
No Sleep TV32016TV SeriesCarla Moran
Once Upon a Time2015TV SeriesCora Mills
Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks2015TV Series documentaryCarla Moran
Once Upon a Time: Wicked Is Coming2014TV Movie documentaryCora (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time: Journey to Neverland2013TV Movie documentaryCora (uncredited)
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-19892013TV Movie documentaryHerself
Once Upon a Time: Magic Is Coming2012TV MovieCora (uncredited)
Saucy 70's Volume 22010Video documentary
Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián2008TV MovieHerself (uncredited)
Entertainment Tonight2008TV SeriesHerself
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops2004TV Special documentaryHerself - #76: Collagen Girls Gone Wild
Outer Space1999Short uncredited
The 59th Annual Academy Awards1987TV SpecialLee (uncredited)

Awards

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2015Golden Reel AwardTiburon International Film FestivalBest ActressSister (2014)
2011Chainsaw AwardFangoria Chainsaw AwardsBest Supporting ActressBlack Swan (2010)
2006DVDX AwardDVD Exclusive AwardsBest Supporting Actress (in a DVD Premiere Movie)11:14 (2003)
2002CineMerit AwardMunich Film Festival
2001IF AwardIF AwardsBest ActressLantana (2001)
1997NSFC AwardNational Society of Film Critics Awards, USABest Supporting ActressThe Portrait of a Lady (1996)
1996LAFCA AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Portrait of a Lady (1996)
1994Bronze WranglerWestern Heritage AwardsTelevision Feature FilmReturn to Lonesome Dove (1993)
1991Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionA Killing in a Small Town (1990)
1990Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a SpecialA Killing in a Small Town (1990)
1989CFCA AwardChicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressShy People (1987)
1988Best ActressCannes Film FestivalA World Apart (1988)
1987Best ActressCannes Film FestivalShy People (1987)
1983Best ActressAvoriaz Fantastic Film FestivalThe Entity (1982)
1967Bronze WranglerWestern Heritage AwardsFictional Television DramaThe Monroes (1966)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2011BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Supporting ActressBlack Swan (2010)
2011COFCA AwardCentral Ohio Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressBlack Swan (2010)
2011COFCA AwardCentral Ohio Film Critics AssociationBest EnsembleBlack Swan (2010)
2011Gold Derby AwardGold Derby AwardsEnsemble CastBlack Swan (2010)
2011ICS AwardInternational Cinephile Society AwardsBest Supporting ActressBlack Swan (2010)
2011ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureBlack Swan (2010)
2010SLFCA AwardSt. Louis Film Critics Association, USBest Supporting ActressBlack Swan (2010)
1999Golden Satellite AwardSatellite AwardsBest Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for TelevisionThe Staircase (1998)
1997OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Actress in a Supporting RoleThe Portrait of a Lady (1996)
1997Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureThe Portrait of a Lady (1996)
1997CFCA AwardChicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Portrait of a Lady (1996)
1997Chlotrudis AwardChlotrudis AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Portrait of a Lady (1996)
1997OFTA Film AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Supporting ActressThe Portrait of a Lady (1996)
1993American Television AwardAmerican Television AwardsBest Actress in a MiniseriesStay the Night (1992)
1991Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a SpecialParis Trout (1991)
1989Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureThe Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
1987BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Actress in a Supporting RoleHannah and Her Sisters (1986)
1970Golden LaurelLaurel AwardsFemale New FaceLast Summer (1969)

2nd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1996NYFCC AwardNew York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Portrait of a Lady (1996)
1987NSFC AwardNational Society of Film Critics Awards, USABest Supporting ActressHannah and Her Sisters (1986)

3rd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1989NSFC AwardNational Society of Film Critics Awards, USABest ActressA World Apart (1988)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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