Cybill Shepherd

American actress

Cybill Shepherd is an acclaimed American actress, singer, and former model known for her roles in films like The Last Picture Show, Taxi Driver, and Moonlighting. She has won multiple Golden Globe Awards for her television work, including her lead roles in the series Cybill and The Client List.

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About the Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Lynne Shepherdis an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich’s coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Showalongside Jeff Bridges. She also had roles as Kelly in Elaine May’s The Heartbreak Kidopposite Bruce Willis, for which she won two Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV Series out of three such nominations. She later starred as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill (1995-1998), for which she won her third Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV series. Her later television roles included Phyllis Kroll on The L Word (2007-2009), Madeleine Spencer on Psych (2008-2013), Cassie in the television film The Client List (2010), and Linette Montgomery on The Client List (2012-2013).

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Cybill Shepherd is an American actress, singer, and former model. She is known for her roles in films like The Last Picture Show, Taxi Driver, and Moonlighting, as well as her lead roles in the TV series Cybill and The Client List, for which she won multiple Golden Globe Awards.

Cybill Shepherd’s film debut and breakthrough role was as Jacy Farrow in the 1971 coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

Cybill Shepherd has had roles in films like The Heartbreak Kid, Taxi Driver, and Alice, as well as lead roles in the TV series The Yellow Rose, Moonlighting, and Cybill, for which she won multiple Golden Globe Awards.

Cybill Shepherd was born on February 18, 1950.

Cybill Shepherd has won three Golden Globe Awards for her lead roles in the television series Moonlighting and Cybill.

Cybill Shepherd has had roles on shows like The L Word, Psych, and The Client List.

Cybill Shepherd began her career as a model before transitioning into acting, with her film debut coming in the 1971 drama The Last Picture Show.

9 Quotes by Cybill Shepherd

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    When I’m saying hysteria, I’m referring to Freud, because all the women were coming to him with symptoms and seeking help, and he just called it hysteria.

    Cybill Shepherd

    American actress

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    You know, women have a history of just being – we’ve been told all our lives not to say – in the fifties you couldn’t say birth or even be pregnant hardly on television – and then gradually things have changed.

    Cybill Shepherd

    American actress

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    I know you are going to be embarrassed. We’re all embarrassed by it, but to hide the embarrassment… silence has never protected women or helped them. We need to talk about it more with our, you know – whoever – our friends, our family.

    Cybill Shepherd

    American actress

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    I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren’t true.

    Cybill Shepherd

    American actress

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    It’s hard for women to talk about these things, and for the doctors to really talk about it too, and to even have the knowledge of what’s going on. That’s why I’m doing this and urging women to speak out and talk to their doctors frankly.

    Cybill Shepherd

    American actress

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    It’s okay to talk about birth, okay – then menstruation. I first started my advocacy for women’s health in the field of reproductive freedom, and the next stage would be bringing menopause out of the closet.

    Cybill Shepherd

    American actress

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    And if doctor says that you don’t have IBS with constipation, you might want to get a second opinion, because I had doctors that were telling me… of course, a lot of this has to do with science – progressing.

    Cybill Shepherd

    American actress

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    I did many interviews, and went out and talked to many people and went to rallies. It was the same thing with menopause. I traveled around the country on talk shows and talking to women about.

    Cybill Shepherd

    American actress

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    They showed this one beautiful picture of me recently and they had all the things that I had done. I thought it was a great compliment for everybody to think I’ve had plastic surgery.

    Cybill Shepherd

    American actress