Updated 05-May-2020.
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: hershey began acting at age 17 in 1965 but did not achieve much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s . she won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role in A Killing in she has won two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival . she was featured in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) she earned a second British academy film award nomination for Darren Aronofsky her acting career was not well established until she separated from Carradine . later in her career, she began to keep her personal life private . her father’s parents were Jewish emigrants from Hungary and Russia . Barbara was shy in school and so quiet that people thought she was deaf . by the age of 10, she proved herself to be an “A” student . her high-school drama coach helped her find an agent . she Hershey says the series helped her career, but she expressed frustration with her role . “one week I was strong, the next, weak”, she said . burns earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance . during the filming of last summer, a seagull was killed . burns’ performance earned her an oscar nomination . hershey changed her stage name to “Seagull” as a tribute to the bird’s death . the name change was not positively received . when offered a part, Hershey had to forfeit half critic Shirley Rigby: “only the performances in the film save it from being a total travesty” “barbara hershey is a great little actress, much, much more than just another pretty face,” Scorsese’s influence made the film “something much more” hershey’s experience with the director was extended to another major role for her 16 years later in The Last Temptation of Christ . hershey guest-starred in a two-part episode of carradine’s tv series Kung Fu . she also appeared in two independent directorial projects, You and Me (1975) and Americana (1983 her father, Arnold Herzstein, also appeared in Americana . she publicly acknowledged the desire to be recognized in her own right . later, in 1974, she won a gold medal for her role in the Dutch-produced film Love hershey felt the role of Harriet Bird was an important transition from playing girls to playing women . director Barry Levinson disagreed with her choice, but she insisted on wearing it . Hershey had chosen Hershey left her native California and moved with her son to Manhattan . three days later, she met Woody Allen, who offered her the role of Lee in Hannah and Her Sisters . hershey won two awards for her role in a film about anti-apartheid activist Diana Roth . she portrayed errol flynn’s first wife in the television movie adaptation of my Wicked humorist: “i have no idea what Beaches was all about. all I could focus on was Barbara Hershey’s lips” Montgomery had killed gore on Friday, June 13, 1980, by hitting her 41 times in 1991, Hershey played Hanna Trout, the wife of the title character in a made-for-cable television movie . in this Showtime production, hershey collaborated again with a Killing in her husband, an abusive bigot, is on trial for murdering a young african american girl . the film, based on Pete dexter’s 1988 novel, featured Hopper and hershey enact Hershey appeared with Jane Alexander in the ABC miniseries Stay the Night (1992) she was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for another TV appearance . between 1999 and 2000, she played Dr. Francesca Al Hershey earned an Oscar nomination and won the Best Supporting Actress award . in 1995, last of the dogmen, co-starring Tom Berenger, was released through Savoy Pictures . she was the only american in 11:14 (2003) also featured Rachael Leigh Cook, Patrick Swayze, Hilary Swank, and Colin Hanks . Hershey continued to appear on television during the 2000s, including a season in 2014, she reprised the role in one episode of the show’s spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wonderland . in 2015, she once again reprised her role when she returned to the show for an the couple appeared in other films together including Martin Scorsese’s Boxcar Bertha . on October 6, 1972, Hershey gave birth to their son, free, who changed his name to Tom . the relationship fell apart hershey’s stage name changed to “hershey” after splitting with carradine . by the time she was 42, she was described by columnist as a “private person” Hershey married artist Stephen Douglas hershey began dating actor Naveen Andrews in 1999 . he fathered a child with another woman . in may 2010, after Andrews won sole custody of his son, the couple announced they had ended their 10-