Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

1948-02-05 Hollywood, California, USA 91 Credits

Biography

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 Outstandin...

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Strange Darling

Strange Darling

2024

as Genevieve

6.9
Acting

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

9 Bullets

9 Bullets

2022

as Lacey

5.3
Acting

A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after ...

The Manor

The Manor

2021

as Judith

5.5
Acting

After suffering a stroke, Judith moves into a historic nursing home, where she begins to suspect something supernatural is preying on the residents. W...

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

2020

as Self

7.7
Acting

In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favorite memories of the creative genius behind some of ...

Insidious: The Last Key

Insidious: The Last Key

2018

as Lorraine Lambert

6.3
Acting

Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier real...

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

2016

as Violet Drax

6.4
Acting

A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of ...

Childless

Childless

2015

as Natalie

4.5
Acting

Katherine is a typical teenager. Today's her funeral. The four adults in her life have a lot on their mind - and it's not all about Katherine either. ...

Sister

Sister

2014

as Connie

5.3
Acting

When unstable Connie is tragically widowed, she finds it impossible to care for her delinquent adolescent daughter, Niki, forcing her son, Bill, to t...

Insidious: Chapter 2

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013

as Lorraine Lambert

6.7
Acting

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

Left to Die

Left to Die

2012

as Sandra Chase

4.8
Acting

With help from U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, Tammi Chase (Rachael Leigh Cook) fights to free her mother (Barbara Hershey) from an Ecuadorean prison.

Answers to Nothing

Answers to Nothing

2011

as Marilyn

3.9
Acting

Against the backdrop of a missing girl case, lost souls throughout Los Angeles search for meaning and redemption and affect each other in ways they do...

Insidious

Insidious

2011

as Lorraine Lambert

6.9
Acting

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a profes...

Black Swan

Black Swan

2010

as Erica Sayers / The Queen

7.7
Acting

The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She ...

Albert Schweitzer - Anatomie eines Heiligen

Albert Schweitzer - Anatomie eines Heiligen

2010

as Helene Schweitzer

Acting
Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer

2009

as Helene Schweitzer

5.7
Acting

1949 the early years of the Cold War. Albert Schweitzer has become one of the most admired men in the world. The "jungle doctor" Albert Schweitzer tel...

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

2008

as Older Anne Shirley

5.5
Acting

Anne, now a middle-aged woman, is troubled by recent events in her life. When a long-hidden secret is discovered under the floorboards at Green Gables...

The Bird Can't Fly

The Bird Can't Fly

2008

as Melody

7.0
Acting

Melody returns to her old home to Fairlands the funeral of their daughter, June to attend. But Melody not recognize their city regains because it is a...

Uncross the Stars

Uncross the Stars

2008

as Hilda

5.4
Acting

The Story follows Troy, a young man whose beloved wife passes away. The movie opens at her funeral, and Troy, ill-equipped to deal with this kind of g...

Love Comes Lately

Love Comes Lately

2007

as Rosalie

5.2
Acting

Though approaching his eighties, Max Kohn shows no signs of slowing down. He pursues his love life - both real and imagined - with youthful vigor, the...

The Entity Files

The Entity Files

2005

as Self

Acting

An interview with parapsychologist Dr. Barry Taff, one of the original investigators of the Doris Bither case, the alleged haunting that inspired the...

Riding the Bullet

Riding the Bullet

2004

as Jean Parker

5.1
Acting

In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to...

Paradise

Paradise

2004

as Elizabeth Paradise

3.8
Acting

Televangelist Bobby Paradise "saw God" in some space debris when he was returning to Earth as an astronaut. Or at least he was convinced he did by his...

11:14

11:14

2003

as Norma

6.8
Acting

Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of ...

The Stranger Beside Me

The Stranger Beside Me

2003

as Ann Rule

6.1
Acting

While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule.

Hunger Point

Hunger Point

2003

as Marsha Hunter

4.2
Acting

A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic coincide...

The Nature of Lantana

The Nature of Lantana

2002

as Self

8.0
Acting

The making of Lantana, a 2001 Australian drama film directed by Ray Lawrence and starring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara...

Lantana

Lantana

2001

as Valerie Somers

6.7
Acting

Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detecti...

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

2000

7.0
Acting

In 1980, The Stunt Man, starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Railsback, became one of the most acclaimed motion pictures of the decade -- an odd mixture o...

Drowning on Dry Land

Drowning on Dry Land

1999

as Kate

4.7
Acting

A taxi driver (Naveen Andrews) picks up a fare (Barbara Hershey) in Manhattan. She offers the driver a large sum to drive her to the desert. While the...

Passion

Passion

1999

as Rose Grainger

3.3
Acting

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, thou...

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

1999

as Celia Hoover

5.1
Acting

A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day,...

Outer Space

Outer Space

1999

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

A young woman move towards a house that holds a potentially dangerous spirit that has been tormenting her. The woman tries to fight against the film i...

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

1998

as Marcella Willis

6.0
Acting

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill Willis,...

Frogs for Snakes

Frogs for Snakes

1998

as Eva Santana

2.5
Acting

A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater....

The Staircase

The Staircase

1998

as Mother Madalyn

7.5
Acting

A mysterious carpenter appears just as a church is in need of repair.

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

1997

as Self

7.5
Acting

A documentary about the making of Jane Campion's 'The Portrait of a Lady'.

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

as Madame Serena Merle

6.0
Acting

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill fathe...

The Pallbearer

The Pallbearer

1996

as Ruth Abernathy

4.9
Acting

Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never m...

Last of the Dogmen

Last of the Dogmen

1995

as Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan

6.7
Acting

A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female ...

Abraham

Abraham

1993

as Sara

7.0
Acting

Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotamia, as the way to establish his Covenant with mank...

A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman

1993

as Frances

5.3
Acting

Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a qual...

Splitting Heirs

Splitting Heirs

1993

as Duchess Lucinda

5.2
Acting

A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and the...

Swing Kids

Swing Kids

1993

as Frau Müller

6.7
Acting

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficu...

Falling Down

Falling Down

1993

as Beth

7.4
Acting

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

The Public Eye

The Public Eye

1992

as Kay Levitz

6.2
Acting

A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.

Stay the Night

Stay the Night

1992

as Jimmie Sue Finger

1.0
Acting

Based on a true story, Barbara Hershey and Morgan Weisser portray two star crossed lovers who will stop at nothing to be together without any ridicule...

Defenseless

Defenseless

1991

as Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller

5.0
Acting

A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.

Paris Trout

Paris Trout

1991

as Hanna Trout

5.4
Acting

Paris Trout is a vile Southern bigot. He owns a store and is a loanshark. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, Harry Seagraves, eventually meets P...

Tune in Tomorrow...

Tune in Tomorrow...

1990

as Aunt Julia

5.3
Acting

Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia,...

Martin Scorsese Directs

Martin Scorsese Directs

1990

as Self

9.0
Acting

Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Scorsese Directs depicts to riveting effect the way S...

A Killing in a Small Town

A Killing in a Small Town

1990

as Candy Morrison

5.2
Acting

The gory ax-murder of one suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: se...

Beaches

Beaches

1988

as Hillary Whitney Essex

6.7
Acting

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

as Self

6.8
Acting

This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the ang...

A World Apart

A World Apart

1988

as Diana Roth

6.3
Acting

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together...

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988

as Mary Magdalene

7.2
Acting

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -...

Shy People

Shy People

1987

as Ruth

6.5
Acting

A Cosmo Magazine journalist and her daughter leave New York City to visit their distant relatives deep in the bayous of Louisiana.

Tin Men

Tin Men

1987

as Nora Tilley

6.3
Acting

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

Passion Flower

Passion Flower

1987

as Julia Gaitland

3.5
Acting

The movers and shakers in Singapore get involved in behind-the-scenes political and business activities, romantic entanglements, and murder. Nicol Wil...

Hoosiers

Hoosiers

1986

as Myra Fleener

7.0
Acting

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a t...

Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

as Lee

7.5
Acting

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

1985

as Lili Damita

6.5
Acting

The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn

The Natural

The Natural

1984

as Harriet Bird

6.9
Acting

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the lea...

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

1983

as Glennis Yeager

7.4
Acting

As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history b...

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

1983

as The Maid

3.7
Acting

A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.

The Entity

The Entity

1982

as Carla Moran

6.7
Acting

Single mother Carla Moran is raped and attacked by an invisible force. She begins therapy with Dr. Phil Sneiderman, a psychiatrist who believes Carla'...

Working

Working

1982

as Call Girl

4.3
Acting

This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a s...

Americana

Americana

1981

as Jess's Daughter

5.5
Acting

In a small town in rural Kansas, a troubled veteran attempts to restore an old merry-go-round ride.

Take This Job and Shove It

Take This Job and Shove It

1981

as Jane Margaret ("J.M.") Halstead

5.3
Acting

A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.

The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

1980

as Nina Franklin

6.7
Acting

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while faci...

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

1980

as Julie

6.0
Acting

A small-time Chicago hood, now deceased, gets a second chance at life by striking a bargain with the Devil to inhabit and attempt to corrupt a totally...

A Man Called Intrepid

A Man Called Intrepid

1979

as Madelaine

7.0
Acting

During World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network.

Sunshine Christmas

Sunshine Christmas

1977

as Cody Blanks

Acting

A musician, brooding over the marriage of his sometime girlfriend, decides to take his adopted daughter to his home in Texas to celebrate Christmas wi...

Just a Little Inconvenience

1977

as Nikki Klausing

Acting

Jolted out of his self-pity by a friend who teaches him to ski, a wounded Vietnam vet comes to look on his double amputation not as a "handicap" but r...

Flood!

Flood!

1977

as Mary Cutler

4.9
Acting

Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of an aging dam.

In the Glitter Palace

In the Glitter Palace

1977

as Ellen Lange

3.5
Acting

The ex-girlfriend of a lawyer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.

The Last Hard Men

The Last Hard Men

1976

as Susan Burgade

6.2
Acting

In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yu...

Trial by Combat

Trial by Combat

1976

as Marion Evans

7.7
Acting

A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medie...

Diamonds

Diamonds

1975

as Sally

5.4
Acting

Charles Hodgson is a British aristocrat who decides to become a thief as a way of getting at his twin brother, Earl, a security expert who has built a...

You and Me

You and Me

1975

as Waitress

6.7
Acting

A young boy and a biker become friends on the road.

The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

1974

as Zanni (as Barbara Seagull)

5.2
Acting

After returning home from the war, Vietnam veteran Julius Vrooder resides in a veteran's hospital, where he has been vaguely diagnosed as "psychiatric...

Love Comes Quietly

Love Comes Quietly

1973

as Angela

5.2
Acting

Love Comes Quietly (aka Angela) tells the story of a free-spirited girl who was born in the wrong place at the wrong time. In the 1920s, even the some...

Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972

as Boxcar Bertha

5.9
Acting

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union ma...

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

1972

as Susan

4.0
Acting

A Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Boston to Berkeley, California.

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

1971

as Jane Kauffman

6.3
Acting

William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over...

The Baby Maker

The Baby Maker

1970

as Tish Gray

6.2
Acting

Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the...

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970

as Nella Mundine

5.8
Acting

A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's ...

Last Summer

Last Summer

1969

as Sandy

6.3
Acting

During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationsh...

Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun

1969

as Leloopa

5.5
Acting

Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a fe...

With Six You Get Eggroll

With Six You Get Eggroll

1968

as Stacy Iverson

6.3
Acting

Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But the...

Eugene the Marine

Eugene the Marine

N/A

as Frances

Acting

A former marine fights to keep his life from unraveling as his son tries to force him out of his longtime family home and a series of gruesome murders...

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

N/A

as Self

Acting

An average baseball film in the making comes out of seemingly nowhere to become one of the best sports films made of all time. A true testament to the...