Sissy Spacek

AKA:
Mary Elizabeth Spacek
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
12/25/1949
Birthplace:
Quitman, Texas
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biography
Six-time Oscar nominee Sissy Spacek was one of Hollywood’s leading actresses in the 1970s and 1980s, initially gaining attention for the startling character transformations of her wide-eyed innocents in “Badlands” (1973) and the blood-drenched “Carrie” (1977). The Texas-bred actress had a penchant for embodying strong, independent women and what she called “ordinary people in extraordinary situations;” both apt descriptions for her portrayals of real life figures like hardscrabble country music star Loretta Lynn in “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980), and Beth Horman, a woman who took on Continued
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Cast
2008
Marie Powell
2007
Lucy Bell
2006
Alice Aimes
2005
Ruth
2005
Evelyn
2005
Mae Tuck
2002
Ruth Fowler
2001
Rose
1999
Margie Fogg
1999
Helen
1999
Verena Talbo
1996
Liz Garrison
Carrie White
1976
Holly
1974
Linda Murray
Poppy
Dr. Sydney
Babe Magrath
Pinky Rose
Mae Garvey
Miriam Thompson
Beth Horman
1982
Carolyn Cassady
Mommy
Loretta Lynn
Maggie
2008
Marie Ragghianti
Chris Coalter
Gussie Sawyer
Jessie Cates
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Quitman, Texas
1956 
At age six, made first appearance on stage, singing and tap-dancing in a local talent show
 
After winning a singer-songwriter contest, lived with cousin Rip Torn and his wife Geraldine Page in New York City while trying to break into music industry (aged 17)
1968 
Cut single "John, You've Gone Too Far This Time", a novelty song about John Lennon posing nude on an album cover with his wife Yoko Ono; recorded under the name Rainbo; because single failed to sell well was dropped by record company
 
Worked as photographic model and as extra at Andy Warhol's factory; appeared in "Trash" (1970)
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