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
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)
