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As a kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam, and played in the woods. She was born Mary Elizabeth Spacek on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas. Sissy attended Quitman High School and was homecoming queen. After graduating, she embarked on an acting career, gaining interest in the profession through her cousin... See full bio »

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Mary Elizabeth Spacek
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2012 Deadfall
June Mills
 
2011 The Help
Missus Walters
 
2010 Big Love (TV series)
Marilyn Densham
– End of Days (2010) … Marilyn Densham
– Next Ticket Out (2010) … Marilyn Densham
– Under One Roof (2010) … Marilyn Densham
– Sins of the Father (2010) … Marilyn Densham
– Strange Bedfellows (2010) … Marilyn Densham
 
2010 Gimme Shelter (TV movie)
Adrienne Nourse
 
2009 Get Low
Mattie Darrow
 
2008 Four Christmases
Paula
 
2008 Lake City
Maggie
 
2007 Pictures of Hollis Woods (TV movie)
Josie Cahill
 
2007 Hot Rod
Marie Powell
 
2006/I Gray Matters
Dr. Sydney
 
2006 Summer Running: The Race to Cure Breast Cancer
Mrs. Flora Good
 
2005 An American Haunting
Lucy Bell
 
2005 North Country
Alice Aimes
 
2005 The Ring Two
Evelyn
 
2005 Nine Lives
Ruth
 
2004 A Home at the End of the World
Alice Glover
 
2002 Tuck Everlasting
Mae Tuck
 
2002 Fitzgerald (TV movie)
Zelda Fitzgerald
 
2001 Midwives (TV movie)
Sibyl Danforth
 
2001 In the Bedroom
Ruth Fowler
 
2000 Songs in Ordinary Time (TV movie)
Marie Fermoyle
 
1999 The Straight Story
Rose
 
1999 Blast from the Past
Helen
 
1997 Affliction
Margie Fogg
 
1996 If These Walls Could Talk (TV movie)
Barbara Barrows (segment "1974")
 
1996 Beyond the Call (TV movie)
Pam O'Brien
 
1995 Streets of Laredo (TV mini-series)
Lorena Parker
 
1995 The Grass Harp
Verena Talbo
 
1995 The Good Old Boys (TV movie)
Spring Renfro
 
1994 Trading Mom
Mommy/Mama/Mom/Natasha
 
1994 A Place for Annie (TV movie)
Susan Lansing
 
1992 A Private Matter (TV movie)
Sherri Finkbine
 
1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV series)
Narrator (segment "There's Something in My Attic")
– There's a Nightmare in My Closet/There's an Alligator Under My Bed/There's Something in My Attic (1992) … Narrator (segment "There's Something in My Attic") (voice)
 
1991 JFK
Liz Garrison
 
1991 Hard Promises
Christine Ann Coalter
 
1990 The Long Walk Home
Miriam Thompson
 
1986 Crimes of the Heart
Babe Magrath
 
1986 'night, Mother
Jessie Cates
 
1986 Violets Are Blue...
Augusta 'Gussie' Sawyer
 
1985 Marie
Marie Ragghianti
 
1984 The River
Mae Garvey
 
1983 The Man with Two Brains
Anne Uumellmahaye (voice) (uncredited)
 
1982 Missing
Beth Horman
 
1981 Raggedy Man
Nita Longley
 
1980 Heart Beat
Carolyn Cassady
 
1980 Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn
 
1978 Great Performances (TV series)
Verna Vane
– Verna: USO Girl (1978) … Verna Vane
 
1977 3 Women
Pinky Rose
 
1976 Welcome to L.A.
Linda Murray
 
1976 Carrie
Carrie
 
1975 Katherine (TV movie)
Katherine Alman
 
1974 Ginger in the Morning
Ginger
 
1974 The Migrants (TV movie)
Wanda Trimpin
 
1973 The Rookies (TV series)
Barbara Tabnor
– Sound of Silence (1973) … Barbara Tabnor
 
1973 Badlands
Holly
 
1973 The Waltons (TV series)
Sarah Jane Simmons
– The Odyssey (1973) … Sarah Jane Simmons
– The Townie (1973) … Sarah Jane Simmons
 
1973 The Girls of Huntington House (TV movie)
Sara
 
1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
Terri (segment "Love and the Old Lover")
– Love and the Missing Mister/Love and the Old Lover/Love and the Twanger Tutor (1973) … Terri (segment "Love and the Old Lover")
 
1972 Prime Cut
Poppy
 
1970 Trash
Girl extra at bar (uncredited)
 
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1980 Coal Miner's Daughter (performer: "The Titanic", "There He Goes", "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl", "Walking After Midnight", "I Fall to Pieces", "One's on the Way", "You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man", "You're Lookin' at Country", "Coal Miner's Daughter")
 
1977 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin (1977) (performer: "One, I Love You" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (2 titles)
1977 Death Game (set dresser)
 
1974 Phantom of the Paradise (set dresser)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1974 Ginger in the Morning (composer: original songs)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2003 Absence of Malick (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1977 Eraserhead (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (60 titles)
2012 Amazon Gold (documentary)
 
2012 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 3 May 2012 (2012) … Herself - Guest
 
2012 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2011 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.34 (2011) … Herself
 
2011 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Herself
– All New! Exclusive Rob Lowe: Open Up the Brat Pack Love: Sex, Scandal, and Sobriety (2011) … Herself
– All New! Oscar Winners, Plus the Nominees (2011) … Herself
 
2010 The 44th Annual CMA Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2010 SXSW Flashback 2010 (TV movie)
Herself
 
2010 The Rotten Tomatoes Show (TV series)
Herself
– The Switch/Middle Men/Lottery Ticket (2010) … Herself
 
2010 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 27 July 2010 (2010) … Herself
 
2009 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
– Power and Place (2009) … Herself - Narrator
– Mountain Revolutions (2009) … Herself - Narrator
– New Green World (2009) … Herself - Narrator
– Time and Terrain (2009) … Herself - Narrator
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 November 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2008 Moviemaking in Virginia: Take 3 (video documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited) (also archive footage)
 
2007 The View (TV series)
– Episode dated 30 November 2007 (2007)
 
2005 Backstory (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Carrie (2005) … Herself
 
2004 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Scream Queens (2004) … Herself
 
2003 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Herself
 
2003 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Herself
– The Films of David Lynch (2003) … Herself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner
 
2003 A Decade Under the Influence (documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Absence of Malick (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2002 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #9.1 (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick (documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Seitenblicke (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 17 April 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Loretta Lynn (2002) … Herself
 
2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
2002 The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1999-2002 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #10.15 (2002) … Herself
– Episode dated 3 February 1999 (1999) … Herself
 
2002 The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
 
1996-2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 December 2001 (2001) … Herself
– Episode dated 2 April 2001 (2001) … Herself
– Episode dated 15 October 1999 (1999) … Herself
– Episode dated 26 January 1999 (1999) … Herself
– Episode dated 25 October 1996 (1996) … Herself
 
2001 Acting 'Carrie' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1995 Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain (TV documentary)
Martha Jefferson (voice)
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Loretta Lynn: True Story of the Coal Miner's Daughter (1995) … Herself
 
1993 The 14th Annual CableACE Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1992 Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (documentary)
Herself (also archive footage)
 
1991 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 March 1991 (1991) … Herself
 
1991 Voices that Care (TV documentary)
Herself - Choir Member
 
1990 The Grand Opening of Universal Studios New Theme Park Attraction Gala (TV movie)
Herself - Speaker
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1985 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay
 
1984 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1983 Your Choice for the Film Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1983 The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
 
1982 The 54th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
1982 The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role and Presenter: Best Art Direction
 
1981 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.7 (1981) … Herself
 
1981 The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Motion Picture [Musical or Comedy]
 
1977-1980 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 March 1980 (1980) … Herself
– Episode dated 22 March 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1980 Today (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 February 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1978 The Alan Hamel Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 March 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1977 Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 22 May 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1977 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Amy Carter / Herself - Host / Various
– Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin (1977) … Herself - Host/Amy Carter/Various
 
1977 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2011 A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (TV documentary)
Carrie White
 
2005 Corazón de... (TV series)
 
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1999 The Rage: Carrie 2
Carrie White (uncredited)
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Herself - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards
 
1992 Oscar's Greatest Moments (video documentary)
Herself
 
1981 Clapper Board (TV series)
 

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She was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2001 in Austin, Texas. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn