Barbara Hershey
Known for: Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Hershey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The X-Files
Erika Price
1993
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Caroline Hubbard
1989
Series
Chicago Hope
Francesca Alberghetti
1994
Series
Once Upon a Time
Cora / Queen of Hearts
2011
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Series
Daniel Boone
Dinah Hubbard
1964
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Jessie Dean
1985
Film
Black Swan
Erica Sayers / The Queen
2010
Series
American Playhouse
Call Girl
1982
Series
American Playhouse
Lenore
1982
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Invaders
Beth Ferguson
1967
Series
The High Chaparral
Moonfire
1967
Series
Run for Your Life
Saro-Jane
1965
Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Maid
1982
Film
Insidious
Lorraine Lambert
2011
Series
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Film
Falling Down
Beth
1993
Film
Insidious: Chapter 2
Lorraine Lambert
2013
Film
Insidious: The Last Key
Lorraine Lambert
2018
Film
Strange Darling
Genevieve
2024
Series
Beacon 23
Sophie
2023
Series
Gidget
1965
Film
The Right Stuff
Glennis Yeager
1983
CBS Playhouse
Claire Gray
1966
Series
Anne of Green Gables
Older Anne Shirley
1985
Film
The Entity
Carla Moran
1982
Series
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Cora Mills
2013
Series
The Monroes
Kathy Monroe
1966
Film
The Natural
Harriet Bird
1984
Film
Hannah and Her Sisters
Lee
1986
Film
The Last Temptation of Christ
Mary Magdalene
1988
Series
Damien
Ann Rutledge
2016
Series
Return to Lonesome Dove
Clara Allen
1993
Series
Daniel Deronda
Contessa Maria Alcharisi
2002
Film
11:14
Norma
2004
Film
Hoosiers
Myra Fleener
1986
Film
9 Bullets
Lacey
2022
Series
The Mountain
Gennie Carver
2004
Series
Paradise Lost
Byrd Forsythe
2020
Film
Beaches
Hillary Whitney Essex
1988
Film
Swing Kids
Frau Müller
1993
Film
The Portrait of a Lady
Madame Serena Merle
1996
Film
Tin Men
Nora Tilley
1987
Film
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972
Film
The Manor
Judith
2021
Film
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Violet Drax
2016
Film
Sister
Connie
2014
Film
Shy People
Ruth
1987
Series
Abraham
Sarah
1994
Series
A Man Called Intrepid
Madelaine
1979
Film
The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule
2003
Film
The Public Eye
Kay Levitz
1992
From Here to Eternity
Karen Holmes
1980
Film
Abraham
Sara
1993
Film
The Last Hard Men
Susan Burgade
1976
Film
Last Summer
Sandy
1969
Film
Passion Flower
Julia Gaitland
1987
Film
Last of the Dogmen
Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
1995
Film
A Dangerous Woman
Frances
1993
Film
The Stunt Man
Nina Franklin
1980
Film
Paradise
Elizabeth Paradise
2004
Film
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Self
2020
Film
Breakfast of Champions
Celia Hoover
1999
Film
Riding the Bullet
Jean Parker
2004
Film
The Pallbearer
Ruth Abernathy
1996
Film
Splitting Heirs
Duchess Lucinda
1993
Film
Experiments in Terror
2003
Film
With Six You Get Eggroll
Stacy Iverson
1968
Film
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Older Anne Shirley
2008
Film
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
1990
Film
Heaven with a Gun
Leloopa
1969
Film
Sunshine Christmas
Cody Blanks
1977
Film
Lantana
Valerie Somers
2001
Film
Flood!
Mary Cutler
1977
Film
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Marcella Willis
1998
Film
Krung Thep
The Woman
2026
Film
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2025
Film
A World Apart
Diana Roth
1988
Film
A Killing in a Small Town
Candy Morrison
1990
Film
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Self
1988
Film
Defenseless
Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller
1991
Film
Woodstockers
Rebecca
2026
Film
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Self
1997
Film
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Nella Mundine
1970
Film
Albert Schweitzer - Anatomie eines Heiligen
Helene Schweitzer
2010
Film
Take This Job and Shove It
Jane Margaret ("J.M.") Halstead
1981
Film
Once Upon a Time: And They Lived Happily Ever After
Self
2018
Film
Paris Trout
Hanna Trout
1991
Film
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Self
2016
Film
Angel on My Shoulder
Julie
1980
Just a Little Inconvenience
Nikki Klausing
1977
Film
Tune in Tomorrow...
Aunt Julia
1990
Film
Twilight Theater II
Self- Guest
1982
Film
You and Me
Waitress
1975
Film
Angela – Love Comes Quietly
Angela
1973
Film
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Zanni (as Barbara Seagull)
1974
Film
Stay the Night
Jimmie Sue Finger
1992
Film
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Lili Damita
1985
Series
Kung Fu
Nan Chi
1972
Film
Albert Schweitzer
Helene Schweitzer
2009
Film
Outer Space
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Film
In the Glitter Palace
Ellen Lange
1977
Film
Frogs for Snakes
Eva Santana
1998
Film
The Pursuit of Happiness
Jane Kauffman
1971
Film
Uncross the Stars
Hilda
2008
Film
Left to Die
Sandra Chase
2012
Film
The Nightingale
The Maid
1983
Film
Realizing The Right Stuff
Self
2003
Film
The Bird Can't Fly
Melody
2008
Film
The Baby Maker
Tish Gray
1970
Film
Trial by Combat
Marion Evans
1976
Film
Americana
Jess's Daughter
1981
Film
Hunger Point
Marsha Hunter
2003
Film
The Nature of Lantana
Self
2002
Answers to Nothing
Marilyn
2011
Film
Passion
Rose Grainger
1999
Film
Damien: Behind the Scenes
Self
2016
Film
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
Film
The Staircase
Mother Madalyn
1998
Film
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Susan
1972
Film
Working
Call Girl
1982
Film
Drowning on Dry Land
Kate
1999
Film
Love Comes Lately
Rosalie
2007
Film
Diamonds
Sally
1975
Film
Childless
Natalie
2015
Film
The Entity Files
Self
2005