Biography
Barbara Lynn Herzstein, better known as Barbara Hershey, 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, horrors, and comedies. She began acting at age 17 in 1965, but did not achieve widespread critical acclaim until the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses".
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Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film · 1990
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1990
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actress · 1988
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actress · 1987
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1997 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The X-Files
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Black Swan
Daniel Deronda
Kung Fu
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Once Upon a Time
Falling Down
The Right Stuff
The Last Temptation of Christ
Return to Lonesome Dove
Hoosiers
Daniel Boone
Strange Darling
Insidious
The Natural
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
11:14
Last of the Dogmen
The Dick Cavett Show
The High Chaparral
Gidget
Insidious: Chapter 2
Lantana
Swing Kids
Beaches
The Stunt Man
Outer Space
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
A World Apart
Insidious: The Last Key
Damien
Tin Men
Shy People
With Six You Get Eggroll
The Public Eye
The Last Hard Men
Albert Schweitzer
The Stranger Beside Me
The Portrait of a Lady
Boxcar Bertha
Beacon 23
The Manor
A Dangerous Woman
Paris Trout
Heaven with a Gun
Uncross the Stars
9 Bullets
My Sister