A 1970s big screen sex symbol was unrecognisable when she was spotted walking around Los Angeles this week.
She first rose to fame as the protégé of director Peter Bogdanovich, with whom she had a scandalous affair while he was still married to his first wife.
Although she enjoyed a highly successful career in the 1970s, her star faded in the 1980s, until she reinvented herself as a must-see television presence.
Beginning in 1985, she starred in the comedy-drama series Moonlighting alongside a young Bruce Willis, and a decade later headlined a sitcom that bore her name.
This year, four days after Valentine’s Day, she celebrated her 74th birthday, and this week she went for a stroll in Los Angeles.
Who is she?
A 1970s big screen sex symbol was unrecognisable when she was spotted walking around Los Angeles this week.
This year, four days after Valentine’s Day, she celebrated her 74th birthday, and this week she went out for a walk in Los Angeles.
Cybill Shepherd was the mystery celebrity who appeared in Los Angeles on Wednesday, dressed in a casual outfit.
She paired a pair of blue jeans with a loose turquoise top as she enjoyed a sunny stroll with an assistant holding her hand.
Her hair, which remains blonde to this day, was pulled back into a bun and she shielded her face with sparkly sunglasses.
Cybill had her big break with her 1971 debut, The Last Picture Show, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, who became her mentor.
The two maintained a sensational relationship despite the fact that he was still married to his film collaborator Polly Platt, whom he eventually left for Cybill.
Cybill and Peter continued their tempestuous relationship until 1978, and while they were together she also starred in his films Daisy Miller and At Long Last Love.
During the 1970s, Cybill also made memorable films with other directors, such as The Heartbreak Kid with Elaine May and Taxi Driver with Martin Scorsese.
By the early 1980s, however, her career was in decline, until the former big-screen star embarked on a new phase of television stardom.
Cybill had her big break with her 1971 debut, The Last Picture Show, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, who became her mentor.
During the 1970s, Cybill also made memorable films with other directors, including The Heartbreak Kid with Elaine May and co-starring Charles Grodin.
She is pictured acting alongside Robert De Niro in the 1976 classic Taxi Driver, which was directed by Martin Scorsese and also starred Harvey Keitel and Jodie Foster.
Beginning in 1985, she and a young Bruce Willis played detectives in the drama series Moonlighting, the project that made him famous.
The pair played detectives who become romantically intertwined with each other, and their sizzling chemistry has often been credited with the show’s success.
Beginning in 1985, she and a young Bruce Willis played detectives in the comedy-drama series Moonlighting, the project that made him famous.
The pair played detectives who become romantically intertwined with each other, and their sizzling chemistry has often been credited with the show’s success.
Then, in the 1990s, she had a hit sitcom called Cybill, created by Chuck Lorre and starring names like Christine Baranski and Tom Wopat.
Cybill lasted four seasons, and its star has since claimed that it “would have lasted another five years” had she not rejected the advances of CBS boss Les Moonves.
She made the accusation against The Michelle Collins Show in 2018 after Moonves was accused of sexual misconduct in the wake of the Me Too movement.
When the initial accusations against him surfaced in The New Yorker – Before Cybill added her claims, she flatly denied them, insisting: “I have never used my position to hinder the advancement or careers of women.”
Cybill was most recently seen in the 2023 television series How To Murder Your Husband, alongside Police Academy heartthrob Steve Guttenberg.
In her personal life, Cybill has had two failed marriages that gave her three children, including The L Word actress Clementine Ford.
Nearly a decade ago she announced her engagement to a jeweler-turned-psychologist named Andrei Nikolajevic, but they ultimately never married.
