Sissy Spacek

Acting · Born 1949-12-25 in Quitman, Texas, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Straight Story as Rose
• JFK as Liz Garrison
• Badlands as Holly Sargis
• In the Bedroom as Ruth Fowler
• Carrie as Carrie
• North Country as Alice Aimes
• 3 Women as Mildred "Pinky" Rose
• Missing as Beth Horman
• Coal Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn
• The Help as Missus Walters

TV

• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Rookies
• The View as Self
• Night Sky as Irene York
• Big Love as Marilyn Densham
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Susan Lansing
• The Waltons
• The Oscars as Self
• Streets of Laredo as Lorena
• Saturday Night Live as Self - Host