Barbara hershey bio biography
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Barbara Hershey was born Barbara Lynn Herzstein in Hollywood, California to Melrose Moore and Arnold Nathan Herzstein, a horse-racing columnist. Her father, born in Manhattan, was from a Jewish family from Hungary and Russia, and her mother, originally from Arkansas, had English and Scots-Irish ancestry. Hershey was raised in a small bungalow and had aspirations of being an actress from her earliest memories.
The multi-award-winning actress has been in some of Hollywood's most memorable films. She has been a winner of an Emmy and a Golden Globe for A Killing in a Small Town (1990). She won two consecutive Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival (which is unprecedented) for Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988). She won a Gemini Award for Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008) for PBS and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Vienna International Film Festival.
Hershey was nominated for an Academy Award for The Portrait of a Lady (1996).
She's worked wit
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Barbara Hershey
American actress (born 1948)
Not to be confused with Judge Barbara Hershey, a fictional character in the Judge Dredd series.
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| Born | Barbara Lynn Herzstein (1948-02-05) February 5, 1948 (age 77) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Barbara Seagull[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Spouse | Stephen Douglas (m. 1992; div. 1993) |
| Partner(s) | David Carradine (1968–1975) Naveen Andrews (1998–2009) |
| Children | 1 |
Barbara Lynn Herzstein, better known as Barbara Hershey (born 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 widespread critical acclaim until the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tri
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Barbara Hershey
Born in Hollywood and raised in a small bungalow, Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Herzstein) had dreams of being an actress from her earliest memories.
The multi-award-winning actress has been in some of Hollywood's most memorable films. She has been a winner of an Emmy and a Golden Globe for A Killing in a Small Town (1990) (TV). She won two consecutive Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival, (which is unprecedented) for Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1987). She won a Gemini Award for Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008) (TV) for PBS and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Vienna International Film Festival.
Hershey was nominated for an Academy Award for The Portrait of a Lady (1996).
She's worked with some of the world's great directors, among them - Martin Scorsese, William Wyler, Woody Allen, Jane Campion and Darren Aronofsky.
The versatile actress was first discovered by a talent agent while she was attending Hollywood High School. Sh