Name: Sissy Spacek
Date of Birth: 25 December 1949 "Sissy" was a nickname that her brothers used to call her when she was growing up, and it stayed with her. Not only did she win an Oscar for her performance in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), but she was nominated for a Grammy for her rendition of the title song in the category Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1976" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 28. She appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care." ... Was the first choice to play the daughter in Terms of Endearment (1983). Released a country LP titled Hangin' Up My Heart on Atlantic Records in 1983. Decided to skip college after her older brother, Robbie, died at 18 years of age in 1967 from leukemia during her senior year in high school. She decided life was way too short to waste it in four years of college. Lives on 300 acre farmland named "Beau Val" near Charlottesville, Virginia. Brother Ed is a music industry consultant in Austin, Texas. Measurements: 34B-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Was Homecoming Queen of her Senior Class in High School. Godmother of Rebecca Taylor. Her performance as Carrie White in Carrie (1976) is ranked #63 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. Frequently works with Tommy Lee Jones, having appeared with him in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), JFK (1991), and The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV). Separately, they have also each appeared in films in the Lonesome Dove series. Jones appeared in the original "Lonesome Dove" (1989), while Spacek appeared in "Streets of Laredo" (1995). Is third cousin to actor Cillian De Ros. She won an Oscar for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), making her one of twelve actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2007). The other ten actors and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Sergeant York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), Jason Robards for playing Benjamin Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980), Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995), Geoffrey Rush for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001/I) and most recently Helen Mirren for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006). Along with Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Piper Laurie, Kathy Bates, Sigourney Weaver, Ruth Gordon, Toni Collette, Patty McCormack, Eileen Heckart, Nancy Kelly and Jodie Foster, Sissy, for her role in Carrie (1976), is one of the few actresses to have been nominated for an Oscar for a performance in a horror movie. In 1969, under the pseudonym "Rainbo," she recorded a novelty song about John Lennon titled, "John, You've Gone Too Far This Time.". She was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2001 in Austin, Texas. During her audition for Carrie (1976), she wore a dress that her mother forced her to wear to a party when she was in the seventh grade. Actress with the most New York Film Critics Circle Awards: 3 Women (Best Supporting Actress, 1977), Coal Miner's Daughter (Best Actress, 1980), Crimes of the Heart (Best Actress, 1986), and In the Bedroom (Best Actress, 2001). Read more Sissy Spacek movies (actor)User Comments |
