Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein; 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 much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses".
Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein; 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 much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses".
Hershey won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries/TV Film for her role in A Killing in a Small Town (1990). She received Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Magdalene in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and for her role in The Portrait of a Lady (1996). For the latter film, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival for her roles in Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988). She was featured in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), for which she was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Garry Marshall's melodrama Beaches (1988), and she earned a second British Academy Film Award nomination for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010).
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Filmography (Movies)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Character:Self - (archive footage)
Release Date:21/11/2025
Eugene the Marine
Character:Frances
Release Date:10/09/2025
Strange Darling
Character:Genevieve
Release Date:14/08/2024
9 Bullets
Character:Lacey
Release Date:14/04/2022
The Manor
Character:Judith
Release Date:08/10/2021
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Character:Self
Release Date:12/05/2020
Insidious: The Last Key
Character:Lorraine Lambert
Release Date:03/01/2018
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Character:Violet Drax
Release Date:01/09/2016
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Character:Self
Release Date:16/04/2016
Damien: Behind the Scenes
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/2016
Childless
Character:Natalie
Release Date:03/04/2015
Sister
Character:Connie
Release Date:25/04/2014
Insidious: Chapter 2
Character:Lorraine Lambert
Release Date:12/09/2013
Left to Die
Character:Sandra Chase
Release Date:04/11/2012
Answers to Nothing
Character:Marilyn
Release Date:22/09/2011
Insidious
Character:Lorraine Lambert
Release Date:31/03/2011
Black Swan
Character:Erica Sayers / The Queen
Release Date:03/12/2010
Albert Schweitzer - Anatomie eines Heiligen
Character:Helene Schweitzer
Release Date:05/06/2010
Albert Schweitzer
Character:Helene Schweitzer
Release Date:24/12/2009
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Character:Older Anne Shirley
Release Date:04/12/2008
The Bird Can't Fly
Character:Melody
Release Date:03/01/2008
Uncross the Stars
Character:Hilda
Release Date:01/01/2008
Love Comes Lately
Character:Rosalie
Release Date:09/09/2007
The Entity Files
Character:Self
Release Date:03/05/2005
Riding the Bullet
Character:Jean Parker
Release Date:15/10/2004
Paradise
Character:Elizabeth Paradise
Release Date:01/01/2004
Experiments in Terror
Character:
Release Date:11/12/2003
11:14
Character:Norma
Release Date:05/09/2003
The Stranger Beside Me
Character:Ann Rule
Release Date:20/03/2003
Hunger Point
Character:Marsha Hunter
Release Date:13/01/2003
The Nature of Lantana
Character:Self
Release Date:13/08/2002
Lantana
Character:Valerie Somers
Release Date:04/10/2001
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Character:
Release Date:21/02/2000
Drowning on Dry Land
Character:Kate
Release Date:01/10/1999
Passion
Character:Rose Grainger
Release Date:01/07/1999
Breakfast of Champions
Character:Celia Hoover
Release Date:18/02/1999
Outer Space
Character:(archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1999
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Character:Marcella Willis
Release Date:18/09/1998
Frogs for Snakes
Character:Eva Santana
Release Date:14/08/1998
The Staircase
Character:Mother Madalyn
Release Date:12/04/1998
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1997
The Portrait of a Lady
Character:Madame Serena Merle
Release Date:17/10/1996
The Pallbearer
Character:Ruth Abernathy
Release Date:03/05/1996
Last of the Dogmen
Character:Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
Release Date:08/09/1995
Abraham
Character:Sara
Release Date:12/12/1993
A Dangerous Woman
Character:Frances
Release Date:10/09/1993
Splitting Heirs
Character:Duchess Lucinda
Release Date:02/04/1993
Swing Kids
Character:Frau Müller
Release Date:05/03/1993
Falling Down
Character:Beth
Release Date:26/02/1993
The Public Eye
Character:Kay Levitz
Release Date:16/10/1992
Stay the Night
Character:Jimmie Sue Finger
Release Date:26/04/1992
Defenseless
Character:Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller
Release Date:23/08/1991
Paris Trout
Character:Hanna Trout
Release Date:21/04/1991
Tune in Tomorrow...
Character:Aunt Julia
Release Date:26/10/1990
Martin Scorsese Directs
Character:Self
Release Date:16/06/1990
A Killing in a Small Town
Character:Candy Morrison
Release Date:22/05/1990
Beaches
Character:Hillary Whitney Essex
Release Date:21/12/1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Character:Self
Release Date:13/11/1988
A World Apart
Character:Diana Roth
Release Date:17/06/1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
Character:Mary Magdalene
Release Date:28/05/1988
Shy People
Character:Ruth
Release Date:04/12/1987
Tin Men
Character:Nora Tilley
Release Date:06/03/1987
Passion Flower
Character:Julia Gaitland
Release Date:04/03/1987
Hoosiers
Character:Myra Fleener
Release Date:14/11/1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Character:Lee
Release Date:07/02/1986
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Character:Lili Damita
Release Date:21/01/1985
The Natural
Character:Harriet Bird
Release Date:11/05/1984
The Right Stuff
Character:Glennis Yeager
Release Date:20/10/1983
The Nightingale
Character:The Maid
Release Date:10/05/1983
The Entity
Character:Carla Moran
Release Date:30/09/1982
Working
Character:Call Girl
Release Date:13/04/1982
Americana
Character:Jess's Daughter
Release Date:16/05/1981
Take This Job and Shove It
Character:Jane Margaret ("J.M.") Halstead
Release Date:24/04/1981
The Stunt Man
Character:Nina Franklin
Release Date:27/06/1980
Angel on My Shoulder
Character:Julie
Release Date:11/05/1980
Sunshine Christmas
Character:Cody Blanks
Release Date:12/12/1977
Just a Little Inconvenience
Character:Nikki Klausing
Release Date:02/10/1977
Flood!
Character:Mary Cutler
Release Date:05/06/1977
In the Glitter Palace
Character:Ellen Lange
Release Date:27/02/1977
The Last Hard Men
Character:Susan Burgade
Release Date:22/04/1976
Trial by Combat
Character:Marion Evans
Release Date:01/04/1976
Diamonds
Character:Sally
Release Date:22/10/1975
You and Me
Character:Waitress
Release Date:31/05/1975
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Character:Zanni (as Barbara Seagull)
Release Date:17/10/1974
Angela - Love Comes Quietly
Character:Angela
Release Date:07/09/1973
Boxcar Bertha
Character:Boxcar Bertha
Release Date:14/06/1972
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Character:Susan
Release Date:25/02/1972
The Pursuit of Happiness
Character:Jane Kauffman
Release Date:23/02/1971
The Baby Maker
Character:Tish Gray
Release Date:01/10/1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Character:Nella Mundine
Release Date:18/03/1970
Last Summer
Character:Sandy
Release Date:10/06/1969
Heaven with a Gun
Character:Leloopa
Release Date:20/05/1969
With Six You Get Eggroll
Character:Stacy Iverson
Release Date:07/08/1968
Television Appearances
Beacon 23
Character:Sophie
Paradise Lost
Character:Byrd Forsythe
Damien
Character:Ann Rutledge
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Character:Cora Mills
Once Upon a Time
Character:Cora / Queen of Hearts
The Mountain
Character:Gennie Carver
Daniel Deronda
Character:
V Graham Norton
Character:Self
Chicago Hope
Character:Francesca Alberghetti
Abraham
Character:Sarah
Return to Lonesome Dove
Character:Clara Allen
The X-Files
Character:Erika Price
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Caroline Hubbard
Anne of Green Gables
Character:Older Anne Shirley
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Jessie Dean
Faerie Tale Theatre
Character:The Maid
From Here to Eternity
Character:Karen Holmes
A Man Called Intrepid
Character:Madelaine
Kung Fu
Character:Nan Chi
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The High Chaparral
Character:Moonfire
The Invaders
Character:Beth Ferguson
The Monroes
Character:Kathy Monroe
Gidget
Character:
Run for Your Life
Character:Saro-Jane
Daniel Boone
Character:Dinah Hubbard
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
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