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Barbara Hershey

About: Born February 5, 1948, in Hollywood, Calif., Barbara Hershey was discovered in a student production at Hollywood High School and began her acting career with TV roles (in "Gidget" and "The Monroes") before making her film debut in With Six You Get Eggroll (1968).She made an impression as a vicious teen in 1969's Last Summer and finally landed a lead role in Martin Scorsese's first feature, Boxcar Bertha (1972). Often typecast as a flower girl early in her career, Hershey eventually grew into more mature and varied roles, giving notable performances in 1980s films such as The Right Stuff, The Natural, Hannah and Her Sisters, Hoosiers, Beaches and The Last Temptation of Christ.Two late-1980s films, A World Apart and Shy People, won her Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival. She also earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for 1996's The Portrait of a Lady.

The Portrait of a Lady

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1996

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About: Director Jane Campion's adaptation of Henry James's novel stars Nicole Kidman as Isabel Archer, an American heiress visiting her relatives in 1872 England. She falls prey to the manipulations of a scheming friend (Barbara Hershey, in her Oscar-nominated performance), who arranges Isabel's betrothal to an utter scoundrel (John Malkovich). Ironically, Isabel's poor choice ultimately leads to discovery of her true self -- and her one true love.
URL: The Portrait of a Lady

A World Apart

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1988

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About: This powerful examination of apartheid stars Barbara Hershey as South African journalist Diana Roth, a white woman jailed for her political activism. Diana's fierce commitment to the cause is unfathomable to her 13-year-old daughter (Jodhi May), who feels hurt by and resentful of her mother's intense focus on issues outside the family. Escalating events push mother and daughter into a climactic confrontation in this drama based on true events.
URL: A World Apart

A Dangerous Woman

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1993

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About: At the center of this engrossing melodrama is a Golden Globe-nominated turn by Debra Winger, who plays a sheltered, slow-witted woman living with her widowed Aunt Frances (Barbara Hershey) while working at a dry cleaners. Into their world come a variety of characters -- including an alcoholic handyman, the wife of the politico Frances is having an affair with and a petty thief -- whose lives intersect in unexpected (and sometimes violent) ways.
URL: A Dangerous Woman

Evidence of Love

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1990

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About: A small town is shocked by the brutal ax murder of a woman. But the townsfolk are even more amazed when a reserved woman (Barbara Hershey), a wife and mother, becomes the chief suspect. During the investigation, however, she's hypnotized and reveals a personality that's entirely different from what people know. Based on a true event that occurred in Texas in 1980.
URL: Evidence of Love

Love Comes Lately

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2007