Barbara Hershey

Acting

Barbara Hershey

Born February 5, 1948 · Hollywood, California, USA (age 78)

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 t…

Known For

InsidiousInsidious · 2011
Insidious
7.02011
MovieHorrorThriller
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 professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Insidious: Chapter 2Insidious: Chapter 2 · 2013
Insidious: Chapter 2
6.72013
MovieHorrorThriller
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Insidious: The Last KeyInsidious: The Last Key · 2018
Insidious: The Last Key
6.32018
MovieHorrorThriller
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 realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
Black SwanBlack Swan · 2010
Black Swan
7.72010
MovieDramaThriller
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
Falling DownFalling Down · 1993
Falling Down
7.41993
MovieCrimeDrama
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Strange DarlingStrange Darling · 2024
Strange Darling
6.92024
MovieHorrorThriller
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
Hannah and Her SistersHannah and Her Sisters · 1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
7.51986
MovieComedyDrama
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
The EntityThe Entity · 1982
The Entity
6.81982
MovieHorrorMystery
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.

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Daniel BooneDaniel Boone · 1964
Daniel Boone
7.01964
SeriesAction & AdventureWestern
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

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