Barbara Hershey

Herzstein Seagull
1948 -
American born Hollywood, California

Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) . Born and raised in a small bungalow in Hollywood, Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Herzstein) had dreams of being in movies as a little girl. Quiet and withdrawn, she acted out stories in her back yard. Her major acting debut was on "The Monroes" (1966), where she played Kathy. Her motion picture career began with With Six You Get Eggroll (1968). For the next few years, she was typecast as a "wild child" and tried to live up to that image. She had a rocky relationship with David Carradine, with whom she had a child they named Free. From 1972 to 1974 she changed her name from Barbara Hershey to Barbara Seagull. Her career was resurrected when she appeared in the miniseries "From Here to Eternity" (1979) (mini) and especially the feature The Stunt Man (1980). In that film she played an actress on the edge, which may have been influenced by her own life. Based upon her strong performance, other roles in quality films followed: The Right Stuff (1983); The Natural (1984); Hoosiers (1986) and Beaches (1988). A two-time winner of the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award, for her work in Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988), she also won an Emmy for her performance in A Killing in a Small Town (1990) (TV). Spouse Stephen Douglas (8 August 1992 - 1993) (divorced).

Childless (2007) , Old Love (2006) , "The Mountain" (2005) , Riding the Bullet (2004) , Paradise (2004) , 11:14 (2003) , The Stranger Beside Me (2003) , Hunger Point (2003) , Daniel Deronda (2002) , Lantana (2001) , "Chicago Hope" (1994) , Passion (1999), Breakfast of Champions (1999) , Drowning on Dry Land (1999) , A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) , The Staircase (1998) , Frogs for Snakes (1998) , The Portrait of a Lady (1996) , The Pallbearer (1996) , Last of the Dogmen (1995) , Abraham (1994) , "Return to Lonesome Dove" (1993) , A Dangerous Woman (1993) , Splitting Heirs (1993) , Swing Kids (1993) , Falling Down (1993), The Public Eye (1992) , Stay the Night (1992) , Defenseless (1991) , Paris Trout (1991) , Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) , A Killing in a Small Town (1990) , Beaches (1988) , The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), A World Apart (1988) , Shy People (1987) , Tin Men (1987) , Hoosiers (1986) , Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) , Passion Flower (1986) , "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"(1985) , My Wicked, Wicked Ways... The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985) , The Natural (1984) , Americana (1983) , The Right Stuff (1983) , "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1983) , Weekend (1982) , Working (1982) , "Twilight Theater" (1982) , Take This Job and Shove It (1981) , The Entity (1981) , The Stunt Man (1980) , Angel on My Shoulder (1980) , "From Here to Eternity" (1980) , "A Man Called Intrepid" (1979) , Sunshine Christmas (1977) , Just a Little Inconvenience (1977) , In the Glitter Palace (1977) , Flood! (1976) , Trial by Combat (1976) , The Last Hard Men (1976) , Diamonds (1975) , You and Me (1975) , "Kung Fu" (1974) , The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974) , "Love Story" (1973) , Love Comes Quietly (1973) , Boxcar Bertha (1972) , Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972) , The Pursuit of Happiness (1971), The Baby Maker (1970) , "Insight" (1970) , The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970) , Last Summer (1969) , Heaven with a Gun (1969) , With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) , "The High Chaparral" (1968) , "Run for Your Life" (1968) , "Daniel Boone"(1967) , "The Invaders" (1967) , "The Monroes" (1966) , "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1966) , "Gidget" (1966) , "The Farmer's Daughter" (1966)