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Barbara Hershey
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Barbara Hershey

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Born 1948 · Hollywood, California, USA · Active 1953–2026

Barbara Hershey, born in 1948, began her acting career at age 17 and has since become a notable figure in cult cinema. She appears in The Stunt Man (1980), where she plays a pivotal role that highlights her ability to navigate complex characters. Hershey also stars in Last Summer (1969), a film that captures the essence of youthful exploration and the darker sides of innocence. With a career that spans over five decades, she has made significant contributions to the genres of exploitation and grindhouse films.

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You and Me

You and Me

1975 ★ 7.0
as Waitress

A drama involving local characters, moving all around the state of Kansas.

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Passion Flower (1987) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Passion Flower
1987 · ★5.3
Boxcar Bertha (1972) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · ★6.0
The Stunt Man (1980) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Stunt Man
1980 · ★6.9
The Entity (1982) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Entity
1982 · ★6.5
The Last Hard Men (1976) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Last Hard Men
1976 · ★6.2
Last Summer (1969) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Last Summer
1969 · ★6.4
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972 · ★6.0
Diamonds (1975) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Diamonds
1975 · ★5.3
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · ★5.7
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan
2010
Insidious (2011)
Insidious
2011
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
Falling Down (1993)
Falling Down
1993
The X-Files (1993)
The X-Files
1993
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Insidious: The Last Key
2018

Filmography

125 credits
2020s 9 credits
2026
Woodstockers as Rebecca
Movie
2026
Krung Thep as The Woman
Movie ★ 10.0
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
Movie
2024
Strange Darling as Genevieve
Movie ★ 6.9
2023
Beacon 23 as Sophie
TV ★ 5.8
2022
9 Bullets as Lacey
Movie ★ 5.3
2021
The Manor as Judith
Movie ★ 5.5
2020
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
Movie ★ 8.0
2020
Paradise Lost as Byrd Forsythe
TV ★ 6.3
2010s 15 credits
2018
Insidious: The Last Key as Lorraine Lambert
Movie ★ 6.3
2016
The 9th Life of Louis Drax as Violet Drax
Movie ★ 6.4
2016
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was as Self
Movie
2016
Damien: Behind the Scenes as Self
Movie
2016
Damien as Ann Rutledge
TV ★ 6.3
2015
Childless as Natalie
Movie ★ 4.5
2014
Sister as Connie
Movie ★ 5.3
2013
Insidious: Chapter 2 as Lorraine Lambert
Movie ★ 6.7
2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as Cora Mills
TV ★ 6.8
2012
Left to Die as Sandra Chase
Movie ★ 4.8
2011
Insidious as Lorraine Lambert
Movie ★ 6.9
2011
Answers to Nothing as Marilyn
Movie ★ 3.8
2011
Once Upon a Time as Cora / Queen of Hearts
TV ★ 7.4
2010
Black Swan as Erica Sayers / The Queen
Movie ★ 7.7
2010
Albert Schweitzer - Anatomie eines Heiligen as Helene Schweitzer
Movie
2000s 19 credits
2009
Albert Schweitzer as Helene Schweitzer
Movie ★ 6.0
2008
Uncross the Stars as Hilda
Movie ★ 5.4
2008
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning as Older Anne Shirley
Movie ★ 5.7
2008
The Bird Can't Fly as Melody
Movie ★ 7.0
2007
Love Comes Lately as Rosalie
Movie ★ 5.2
2005
The Entity Files as Self
Movie ★ 7.0
2004
11:14 as Norma
Movie ★ 6.8
2004
Riding the Bullet as Jean Parker
Movie ★ 5.1
2004
Paradise as Elizabeth Paradise
Movie ★ 4.1
2004
The Mountain as Gennie Carver
TV ★ 6.6
2003
Hunger Point as Marsha Hunter
Movie ★ 4.3
2003
The Stranger Beside Me as Ann Rule
Movie ★ 6.0
2003
Experiments in Terror
Movie ★ 5.0
2003
Realizing The Right Stuff as Self
Movie ★ 9.0
2002
The Nature of Lantana as Self
Movie ★ 8.0
2002
V Graham Norton as Self
TV ★ 5.3
2002
Daniel Deronda as Contessa Maria Alcharisi
TV ★ 7.7
2001
Lantana as Valerie Somers
Movie ★ 6.7
2000
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Movie ★ 7.8
1990s 27 credits
1999
Breakfast of Champions as Celia Hoover
Movie ★ 5.0
1999
Passion as Rose Grainger
Movie ★ 4.0
1999
Drowning on Dry Land as Kate
Movie ★ 4.7
1999
Outer Space as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries as Marcella Willis
Movie ★ 6.2
1998
Frogs for Snakes as Eva Santana
Movie ★ 3.7
1998
The Staircase as Mother Madalyn
Movie ★ 7.7
1997
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self
Movie ★ 7.5
1996
The Pallbearer as Ruth Abernathy
Movie ★ 4.9
1996
The Portrait of a Lady as Madame Serena Merle
Movie ★ 6.0
1995
Last of the Dogmen as Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
Movie ★ 6.8
1994
Abraham as Sarah
TV ★ 8.0
1994
Chicago Hope as Francesca Alberghetti
TV ★ 7.3
1993
Abraham as Sara
Movie ★ 7.0
1993
Swing Kids as Frau Müller
Movie ★ 6.7
1993
Splitting Heirs as Duchess Lucinda
Movie ★ 5.2
1993
Falling Down as Beth
Movie ★ 7.4
1993
A Dangerous Woman as Frances
Movie ★ 5.5
1993
Return to Lonesome Dove as Clara Allen
TV ★ 7.0
1993
The X-Files as Erika Price
TV ★ 8.4
1992
The Public Eye as Kay Levitz
Movie ★ 6.2
1992
Stay the Night as Jimmie Sue Finger
Movie ★ 4.0
1991
Defenseless as Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller
Movie ★ 4.9
1991
Paris Trout as Hanna Trout
Movie ★ 5.5
1990
Tune in Tomorrow... as Aunt Julia
Movie ★ 5.5
1990
A Killing in a Small Town as Candy Morrison
Movie ★ 5.1
1990
Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
Movie ★ 9.0
1980s 24 credits
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Caroline Hubbard
TV ★ 8.2
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ as Mary Magdalene
Movie ★ 7.2
1988
A World Apart as Diana Roth
Movie ★ 6.4
1988
Beaches as Hillary Whitney Essex
Movie ★ 6.7
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday as Self
Movie ★ 6.8
1987
Tin Men as Nora Tilley
Movie ★ 6.3
1987
Shy People as Ruth
Movie ★ 6.3
1987
Passion Flower● as Julia Gaitland
Movie ★ 4.3
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters as Lee
Movie ★ 7.5
1986
Hoosiers as Myra Fleener
Movie ★ 7.0
1985
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn as Lili Damita
Movie ★ 6.5
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Jessie Dean
TV ★ 7.2
1985
Anne of Green Gables as Older Anne Shirley
TV ★ 8.7
1984
The Natural as Harriet Bird
Movie ★ 6.9
1983
The Right Stuff as Glennis Yeager
Movie ★ 7.4
1983
The Nightingale as The Maid
Movie ★ 5.3
1982
The Entity● as Carla Moran
Movie ★ 6.8
1982
Working as Call Girl
Movie ★ 4.8
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as The Maid
TV ★ 8.1
1981
Take This Job and Shove It as Jane Margaret ("J.M.") Halstead
Movie ★ 5.4
1981
Americana as Jess's Daughter
Movie ★ 5.8
1980
The Stunt Man● as Nina Franklin
Movie ★ 6.6
1980
Angel on My Shoulder as Julie
Movie ★ 6.6
1980
From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
TV ★ 4.3
1970s 17 credits
1979
A Man Called Intrepid as Madelaine
TV ★ 7.0
1977
Flood! as Mary Cutler
Movie ★ 5.1
1977
Just a Little Inconvenience as Nikki Klausing
Movie
1977
Sunshine Christmas as Cody Blanks
Movie ★ 8.0
1977
In the Glitter Palace as Ellen Lange
Movie ★ 4.0
1976
The Last Hard Men● as Susan Burgade
Movie ★ 6.2
1976
Trial by Combat as Marion Evans
Movie ★ 7.8
1975
Diamonds● as Sally
Movie ★ 5.6
1975
You and Me● as Waitress
Movie ★ 7.3
1974
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder as Zanni (as Barbara Seagull)
Movie ★ 5.6
1973
Angela - Love Comes Quietly as Angela
Movie ★ 5.4
1972
Boxcar Bertha● as Boxcar Bertha
Movie ★ 5.8
1972
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues● as Susan
Movie ★ 5.3
1972
Kung Fu as Nan Chi
TV ★ 7.7
1971
The Pursuit of Happiness as Jane Kauffman
Movie ★ 5.9
1970
The Baby Maker as Tish Gray
Movie ★ 6.2
1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones● as Nella Mundine
Movie ★ 6.0
1960s 13 credits
1969
Heaven with a Gun as Leloopa
Movie ★ 5.5
1969
Last Summer● as Sandy
Movie ★ 6.2
1968
With Six You Get Eggroll as Stacy Iverson
Movie ★ 6.3
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
TV ★ 6.8
1967
The High Chaparral as Moonfire
TV ★ 6.8
1967
The Invaders as Beth Ferguson
TV ★ 6.8
1966
The Monroes as Kathy Monroe
TV ★ 6.8
1966
CBS Playhouse as Claire Gray
TV ★ 7.0
1965
Gidget
TV ★ 6.8
1965
Run for Your Life as Saro-Jane
TV ★ 7.1
1964
Daniel Boone as Dinah Hubbard
TV ★ 7.0
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV ★ 5.9
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
TV ★ 7.5
1950s 1 credit
1953
The Oscars as Self
TV ★ 7.0