
Barbara Hershey
Highest Rated: 96% The Right Stuff (1983)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Feb 5, 1948
Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA
Despite an early-career period marked by low-budget films and an unconventional personal life, award-winning actress Barbara Hershey found herself at the height of her professional success at a stage when most leading ladies begin to fade from the limelight. Born and raised in Hollywood, she broke into film and television while still in high school and landed leading roles in features such as "With Six You Get Eggroll" (1968) and "Last Summer" (1969). Having met actor David Carradine on an earlier film, the couple garnered more press for their counter-culture lifestyle than for their exploitative crime drama "Boxcar Bertha" (1972), directed by future cinema icon Martin Scorsese. Following a period during which she was largely considered persona non grata in Hollywood, Hershey rebounded in an incredibly impressive string of films, beginning in the early 1980s. "The Right Stuff" (1983), "The Natural" (1984), "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986), "Hoosiers" (1986), and "Beaches" (1988) were only a handful of the acclaimed projects she appeared in at the time. Later roles included such critically-acclaimed features as "Portrait of a Lady" (1996) and "Black Swan" (2010), as well as TV work in the fantasy hit "Once Upon A Time" (ABC 2011- ) and the horror series "Damien" (A+E 2016). Once described as "one of America's finest actresses," Hershey continually explored characters rich in depth and diversity well into her sixties, a testament to her talent and a rarity in the unforgiving, male-centric landscape of mainstream film.








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Filmography
Movies
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0% | 43% | 9 Bullets | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
62% | 30% | The Manor | Judith Albright (Character) | - | 2021 |
33% | 50% | Insidious: The Last Key | Lorraine Lambert (Character) | $67.3M | 2018 |
39% | 38% | The 9th Life of Louis Drax | Violet Drax (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 80% | The Natural: The Best There Ever Was |
Harriet Bird / |
- | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Sister | Susan Presser (Character) | - | 2014 |
39% | 57% | Insidious: Chapter 2 | Lorraine Lambert (Character) | $83.6M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 46% | Left to Die | Sandra Chase (Character) | - | 2012 |
9% | 36% | Answers to Nothing | Marilyn (Character) | $22.0K | 2011 |
66% | 62% | Insidious | Lorraine Lambert (Character) | $54.0M | 2010 |
85% | 84% | Black Swan |
Erica Sayers/ |
$107.0M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Albert Schweitzer | Helene Schweitzer (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Uncross the Stars | Hilda (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 46% | Nick Nolte: No Exit | Self | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Childless | Natalie (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Older Anne Shirley (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 58% | The Bird Can't Fly | Melody (Character) | - | 2007 |
71% | 50% | Love Comes Lately | Unknown (Character) | $77.5K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paradise | Elizabeth Paradise (Character) | - | 2004 |
26% | 33% | Riding the Bullet | Jean Parker (Character) | $101.1K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 41% | The Stranger Beside Me | Ann Rule (Character) | - | 2003 |
92% | 75% | 11:14 | Norma (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Hunger Point | Marsha Hunter (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Daniel Deronda | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
90% | 82% | Lantana | Valerie (Character) | $4.5M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dream Work | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Drowning on Dry Land | Kate (Character) | - | 1999 |
25% | 32% | Breakfast of Champions | Celia Hoover (Character) | $175.4K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Outer Space | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Passion | Rose Grainger (Character) | - | 1999 |
27% | 18% | Frogs for Snakes | Eva Santana (Character) | $20.7K | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 85% | The Staircase | Mother Madalyn (Character) | - | 1998 |
77% | 72% | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Marcella Willis (Character) | $1.8M | 1998 |
46% | 52% | The Portrait of a Lady | Madame Serena Merle (Character) | $3.7M | 1996 |
48% | 18% | The Pallbearer | Ruth Abernathy (Character) | $5.7M | 1996 |
69% | 80% | Last of the Dogmen | Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan (Character) | $6.5M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Abraham | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
50% | 30% | A Dangerous Woman | Frances Beechum (Character) | $1.1M | 1993 |
8% | 37% | Splitting Heirs | Duchess Lucinda (Character) | $3.0M | 1993 |
56% | 79% | Swing Kids | Frau Müller (Character) | $5.4M | 1993 |
75% | 84% | Falling Down | Beth (Character) | $40.4M | 1993 |
65% | 52% | The Public Eye | Kay Levitz (Character) | $3.0M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stay the Night | Jimmie Sue Finger (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 48% | Defenseless | Thelma "T.K." Knudsen Katwuller (Character) | $6.4M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Paris Trout | Hanna Trout (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 65% | A Killing in a Small Town | Candy Morrison (Character) | - | 1990 |
50% | 52% | Tune in Tomorrow... | Aunt Julia (Character) | - | 1990 |
91% | 82% | A World Apart | Diana Roth (Character) | $557.2K | 1988 |
40% | 88% | Beaches | Hillary Whitney Essex (Character) | $56.4M | 1988 |
81% | 84% | The Last Temptation of Christ | Mary Magdalene (Character) | $8.2M | 1988 |
64% | 77% | Shy People | Ruth (Character) | $7.4K | 1987 |
78% | 64% | Tin Men | Mrs. Nora Tilley (Character) | $25.3M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Passion Flower | Julia Gaitland (Character) | - | 1986 |
91% | 90% | Hannah and Her Sisters | Lee (Character) | $37.3M | 1986 |
91% | 88% | Hoosiers | Myra Fleener (Character) | $25.8M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Lili Damita (Character) | - | 1985 |
83% | 88% | The Natural | Harriet Bird (Character) | - | 1984 |
96% | 90% | The Right Stuff | Glennis Yeager (Character) | - | 1983 |
67% | 61% | The Entity | Carla Moran (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Take This Job and Shove It | J.M. Halstead (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Americana | Jess's daughter (Character) | - | 1981 |
90% | 74% | The Stunt Man | Nina Franklin (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Island and Homecoming | Karen Holmes (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor | Karen Holmes (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Crossroads and Secrets | Karen Holmes (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Aftermath and Revenge | Karen Holmes (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angel on My Shoulder | Julie (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Intrepid | Madelaine (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Woman Accused | Ellen Lange (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just a Little Inconvenience | Nikki Klausing (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunshine Christmas | Cody Blanks (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 52% | The Last Hard Men | Susan Burgade (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Flood! | Mary Cutler (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dirty Knight's Work | Marion Evans (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Diamonds | Sally (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You and Me | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | Zanni (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | Susan (Character) | - | 1972 |
52% | 33% | Boxcar Bertha | Boxcar Bertha (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Pursuit of Happiness | Jane Kauffman (Character) | - | 1971 |
63% | 86% | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Nella Mundine (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Baby Maker | Tish Gray (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Heaven With a Gun | Leloopa (Character) | - | 1969 |
78% | 76% | Last Summer | Sandy (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 65% | With Six You Get Eggroll | Stacy Iverson (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
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74% | 86% | The X-Files | Erika Price (Guest Star) | 2018 |
14% | 83% | Damien | Ann Rutledge (Character) | 2016 |
78% | 78% | Once Upon a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 2015-2016 |
63% | 66% | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Mystery! | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
10% | No Score Yet | The Mountain | Gennie Carver (Character) | 2004-2005 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Chicago Hope | Dr. Francesca Alberghetti (Character) | 1999-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return to Lonesome Dove | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Carson | Unknown (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Story | Farrell Edwards (Character) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daniel Boone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Monroes | Kathy Monroe (Character) | 1966-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Casey Holloway (Character) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gidget | Ellen (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Farmer's Daughter | Lucy (Guest Star) | 1966 |