Place of Birth: Quitman, Texas, USA
Sissy Spacek
Mary Elizabeth 'Sissy' Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for four British Academy Film Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. Spacek was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. Born and raised in Texas, she initially aspired to a career as a recording artist. In 1968, at age 18, she recorded a single, "John, You Went Too Far This Time," under the name Rainbo. She began her professional acting career in the early 1970s, making her debut as an extra in Andy Warhol's Women in Revolt (1971). Her breakout role came with Terrence Malick's influential crime film Badlands (1973), which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. She rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Carrie White in Brian De Palma's horror film Carrie (1976), for which she received her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. After appearing in the acclaimed films Welcome to L.A. (1976) and Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in the biographical musical film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Her other Oscar-nominated roles include Missing (1982), The River (1984), Crimes of the Heart (1986), and In the Bedroom (2001). Her other prominent films include Raggedy Man (1981), JFK (1991), Affliction (1997), The Straight Story (1999), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Nine Lives (2005), North Country (2005), Four Christmases (2008), Get Low (2010), The Help (2011), and The Old Man & the Gun (2018). She received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the television films The Good Old Boys (1995) and Last Call (2002), and for her guest role on the HBO drama series Big Love (2011). She portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix drama thriller series Bloodline (2015–2017), Ruth Deaver on the Hulu psychological horror series Castle Rock (2018), and Ellen Bergman on the Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming (2018). She has also ventured into music, and recorded vocals for the soundtrack album of Coal Miner's Daughter, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart and garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. She released a studio album, Hangin' Up My Heart (1983), which was critically well-received and peaked at number 17 on Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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The Straight Story | Rose | 1999 |
An American Haunting | Lucy Bell | 2005 |
JFK | Liz Garrison | 1991 |
Badlands | Holly Sargis | 1974 |
Hot Rod | Marie Powell | 2007 |
The Ring Two | Evelyn | 2005 |
In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler | 2001 |
Acting 'Carrie' | Self | 2001 |
Carrie | Carrie | 1976 |
Blast from the Past | Helen | 1999 |
Affliction | Margie Fogg | 1998 |
Visualizing 'Carrie' | Self (archive footage) | 2001 |
Four Christmases | Paula | 2008 |
Prime Cut | Poppy | 1972 |
North Country | Alice Aimes | 2005 |
'night, Mother | Jessie Cates | 1986 |
Tuck Everlasting | Mae Tuck | 2002 |
If These Walls Could Talk | Barbara Barrows | 1996 |
Trading Mom | Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha | 1994 |
3 Women | Mildred "Pinky" Rose | 1977 |
Lake City | Maggie | 2008 |
Missing | Beth Horman | 1982 |
Nine Lives | Ruth | 2005 |
Get Low | Mattie Darrow | 2010 |
Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1991 |
The River | Mae Garvey | 1984 |
Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn | 1980 |
The Grass Harp | Verena Talbo | 1995 |
Crimes of the Heart | Babe Magrath | 1986 |
A Home at the End of the World | Alice Glover | 2004 |
The Help | Missus Walters | 2011 |
The Long Walk Home | Miriam Thompson | 1990 |
A Place for Annie | Susan Lansing | 1994 |
Welcome to L.A. | Linda Murray | 1976 |
Marie: A True Story | Marie Ragghianti | 1985 |
Raggedy Man | Nita | 1981 |
Deadfall | June | 2012 |
Hard Promises | Christine Ann Coalter | 1992 |
A Private Matter | Sherri Finkbine | 1992 |
Midwives | Sibyl Danforth | 2001 |
Songs In Ordinary Time | Marie Fermoyle | 2000 |
Last Call | Zelda Fitzgerald | 2002 |
Beyond the Call | Pam O'Brien | 1996 |
Ginger in the Morning | Ginger Brown | 1973 |
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick | Self | 2002 |
Katherine | Katherine Alman | 1975 |
Violets are Blue | Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer | 1986 |
The Girls of Huntington House | Sara | 1973 |
Heart Beat | Carolyn Cassady | 1980 |
The Migrants | Wanda Trimpin | 1974 |
The Good Old Boys | Spring Renfro | 1995 |
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary | Self | 1977 |
The Rage: Carrie 2 | Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1999 |
Pictures of Hollis Woods | Josie Cahill | 2007 |
HyperNormalisation | Self (archive footage) | 2016 |
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl | Self / Loretta Lynn | 2016 |
Verna: USO Girl | Verna Vane | 1978 |
The Old Man & the Gun | Jewel | 2018 |
Die, My Love | 1970 | |
The Man with Two Brains | Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice) | 1983 |
Absence of Malick | Self | 2003 |
And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
Making 'Badlands' | Self | 2013 |
Without Getting Killed or Caught | Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice) | 2021 |
Gray Matters | Dr. Sydney | 2006 |
River of Gold | Narrator | 2016 |
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1993 |
Fonda on Fonda | Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage) | 1992 |
Sam & Kate | Tina | 2022 |
A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003 |
The Talking Eggs | Narrator (voice) | 1991 | Series | Cast | Year |
Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994 |
The Rookies | 1972 | |
The View | Self | 1997 |
Night Sky | Irene York | 2022 |
Big Love | Marilyn Densham | 2006 |
Hallmark Hall of Fame | Susan Lansing | 1951 |
The Waltons | 1972 | |
The Oscars | Self | 1953 |
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People | 2009 | |
Streets of Laredo | Lorena | 1995 |
Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975 |
Bloodline | Sally Rayburn | 2015 |
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain | Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice) | 1995 |
Arena | Self | 1975 |
Castle Rock | Ruth Deaver | 2018 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Narrator (Voice) | 1992 |
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | 1975 |
Homecoming | Ellen Bergman | 2018 |
Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters | Self | 2018 |
Seitenblicke | self | 1987 |
Great Performances | Verna Vane | 1971 |