This Oscar-nominated star once romanced Warren Beatty and starred in films directed by some of the greatest directors of the past century.
She is recognized as one of the best actresses of her generation and has worked with filmmakers such as Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese, Jane Campion and Darren Aronofsky.
In addition to her Academy Award nomination, she has won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for the 1990 television film A Killing In A Small Town.
While she starred in numerous critically acclaimed films, she was also a perennial favorite of horror fans after appearances in The Entity (1982), Aronofsky’s Black Swan (2010) and the Insidious franchise.
One of her most recent films was the well-reviewed revenge thriller Strange Darling, which hit theaters earlier this year.
Can you guess who the silver-haired 76-year-old stopped by a Los Angeles salon last Saturday, wearing a maroon crew-neck top, black pants and promotional sandals?
This Oscar-nominated actress was once the romance of Warren Beatty and has starred in films directed by filmmakers such as Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese, Jane Campion and Darren Aronofsky. Can you guess who she is?
It’s Barbara Hershey, who was proud of it ABC News ten years earlier: ‘I don’t do operations or anything. I think all my life I’ve always looked about 10 years younger than I am. I think being healthy (helps). I’m not a drinker. I didn’t abuse myself.’
Last year, the Hollywood hippie at heart – who doesn’t eat sugar or grains – played wise beacon keeper Sophie in two episodes of MGM+ sci-fi psychological thriller, Beacon 23.
Barbara also memorably played the eccentric doomsday prepper Genevieve in JT Mollner’s critically acclaimed serial killer thriller Strange Darling, shot by actor Giovanni Ribisi, who made his debut as a cinematographer.
On December 5, Hershey (née Herzstein) scored a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture at the 52nd Saturn Awards, which take place on February 2 at Hilton Universal City in Los Angeles.
The Emmy winner will face tough competition against Emma Corrin, Rebecca Ferguson, Juliette Lewis, Margaret Qualley, Cailee Spaeny and Zendaya.
On December 4, Bette Midler tagged Barbara in “a little Wednesday throwback for more holiday cheer” of one of their scenes from their 1988 hit about old female friendship, Beaches.
Hershey portrayed ailing lawyer and single mother Hillary Whitney in Garry Marshall’s big-screen adaptation of Iris Rainer Dart’s 1985 novel, which grossed $57 million at the worldwide box office on a $20 million budget.
‘I would like to visit (Beaches) again, but in a completely different way. I mean, obviously the years have taken their toll, or whatever. I have grown older, the character has to be my age,” 79-year-old Divine Miss M said Newsweek in August.
She is Barbara Hershey. The silver-haired 76-year-old stopped by a Los Angeles salon last Saturday wearing a maroon crew-neck top, black pants and promotional sandals
Hershey boasted to ABC News a decade earlier, “I don’t do surgeries or anything. I think all my life I’ve always looked about 10 years younger than I am. I think being healthy (helps). I’m not a drinker. “I didn’t abuse myself.”
Last year, the Hollywood hippie at heart – who doesn’t eat sugar or grains – played wise beacon keeper Sophie in two episodes of MGM+ sci-fi psychological thriller, Beacon 23
Barbara also memorably played eccentric doomsday prepper Genevieve in JT Mollner’s critically acclaimed serial killer thriller Strange Darling, shot by Giovanni Ribisi.
On December 5, Hershey (née Herzstein) scored a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture at the 52nd Saturn Awards, which take place on February 2 at Hilton Universal City in Los Angeles.
On December 4, Bette Midler tagged the Emmy winner in “a little Wednesday throwback for more holiday cheer” of one of their scenes from their 1988 hit about old female friendship, Beaches
Barbara portrayed ailing lawyer and single mother Hillary Whitney in Garry Marshall’s 1985 film adaptation of Iris Rainer Dart’s novel, which grossed $57 million at the global box office on a $20 million budget.
Divine Miss M (R), 79, told Newsweek in August: “I would like to visit (Beaches) again, but in a very different way. I mean, obviously the years have taken their toll, or whatever. I’ve gotten older, the character has to be my age.”
Hershey is also known for her roles in The Right Stuff, The Natural, The Last Temptation of Christ (L), A Killing in a Small Town, Falling Down, The Portrait of a Lady, Black Swan (R) and Insidious
“That and the songs, the music that would be available to me at this time. These catalogs are so big, and these are all songs that people, three or four generations, have never heard of. Never heard.
“And of course they don’t really look for it because it’s not cool. So it would be great if I could revisit that character at this age. I think it would be great and the songs would be great.”
When audiences last saw Bette’s admittedly selfish, bawdy character CC Bloom, she had been given primary physical custody of Hillary’s daughter Victoria Essex (Grace Johnston).
The Golden Globe winner is also known for her roles in The Right Stuff (1983), The Natural (1984), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), A Killing in a Small Town (1990), Falling Down (1993), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), Black Swan (2010) and Insidious (2011).
In 1965, Barbara made her acting debut, at the age of 17, in three episodes of the ABC sitcom Gidget starring two-time Oscar winner Sally Field.
On a personal note, Hershey had 52-year-old son Tom Carradine during her six-year relationship with her Heaven with a Gun co-star David Carradine, which ended in 1975.
Barbara also dated her Drowning on Dry Land co-star Naveen Andrews from 1999-2009 after divorcing artist Stephen Douglas in 1993 after just a year of marital bliss.