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Sissy Spacek

Spacek at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, for the premiere of Get Low.
Personal information
Birth nameMary Elizabeth Spacek
Birth dateDecember 25, 1949(age 60)
Place of birthQuitman, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1970 - present
SpouseJack Fisk (1974 - present)

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Sissy Spacek (born Mary Elizabeth Spacek; December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as country star Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). She has been nominated a total of six times. She is also known for her role as Carrie White in Brian de Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress.

Spacek is known mainly as a dramatic actress, but also has made comedies. The films that Spacek has starred in have earned more than $700 million worldwide.

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Get Low: A must see - South Carolina News (blog) Tweet this news
South Carolina News (blog)--Get Low brings together Robert Duvall, -Sissy Spacek- and Bill Murray. Just because these three people are present means the odds are that ... - Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:37:08 GMT+00:00
"Get Low" - WWLP 22News Tweet this news
WWLP 22News--As the once love of his life, -Sissy Spacek- so fondly remembers. There's no other film out their for you right now If you savor the pleasures of beautifully ... - Date : Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:10:36 GMT+00:00
Bill Murray deserves an Oscar for 'Get Low' - MetroWest Daily News Tweet this news
MetroWest Daily News--From the beginning, Schneider had wanted -Sissy Spacek- to play Mattie, a woman from Felix's past. Since it took more than five years to get the script into ... - Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:22:58 GMT+00:00
Let go! - Psychology Today (blog) Tweet this news
Psychology Today (blog)--Duvall and his team (Bill Murray, -Sissy Spacek-, Lucas Black) deliver fantastic performances and I recommend the movie warmly. I stumbled into this movie via ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:55:01 GMT+00:00
Cast: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Bill Cobbs - Lincoln Journal Star Tweet this news
Lincoln Journal Star--But there's a mystery surrounding the man and the funeral, a haunting that is heightened by the appearance of the widow Mattie Darrow (-Sissy Spacek-), ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:29:17 GMT+00:00
'Get Low' in Sun Valley - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide Tweet this news
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide--The film stars Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Bill Cobbs and -Sissy Spacek-. Zanuck said the film was a low-budget and labor-of-love project, ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:08:26 GMT+00:00
Carrie Coming to Blu-Ray on September 14th - Xomba (blog) Tweet this news
Xomba (blog)--"Carrie" stars -Sissy Spacek- as Carrie White. The horror movie is based on Stephen King's first published novel and was originally released on Nov. 3, 1976. ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:02:01 GMT+00:00
“Get Low” Is a Good Old Fashioned Movie - Kent Sterling (blog) Tweet this news
Kent Sterling (blog)--Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, and -Sissy Spacek- are all versions of themselves in this movie about an old recluse (Duvall) who wants to hold a ... - Date : Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:54:36 GMT+00:00
Weekend box office: A crime caper, a demon (non) con, and some bulked up Na'vi ... - TV.com Tweet this news
TV.com---...- critic versus a wave of good reviews and enormous, well-earned goodwill built up by three great stars like Robert Duvall, -Sissy Spacek-, and Bill Murray? ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:24:31 GMT+00:00
Don Rhodes keeps ramblin' - The Augusta Chronicle Tweet this news
The Augusta Chronicle---...- SC); chatting with Tammy Wynette and Bill Monroe on their custom buses; partying with -Sissy Spacek-, Tommy Lee Jones and Loretta Lynn at the Nashville ... - Date : Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:35:59 GMT+00:00

2000s :
Year Film Role Notes
1970 Trash Girl extra at bar uncredited
1972 Prime Cut Poppy
1973 The Girls of Huntington House Sara TV film
Badlands Holly Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer
1974 Ginger in the Morning Ginger TV film
The Migrants Wanda Trimpin
1975 Katherine Katherine Alman TV film (also known as The Radical)
1976 Carrie Carrie White Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Award for Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
Welcome to L.A. Linda Murray
1977 3 Women Pinky Rose New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
1978 Verna: U.S.O. Girl Verna Vane TV film
1980 Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn Academy Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Heart Beat Carolyn Cassady
1981 Raggedy Man Nita Longley Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama
1982 Missing Beth Horman Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama
1983 The Man with Two Brains Anne Uumellmahaye voice (uncredited)
1984 The River Mae Garvey Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama
Terror in the Aisles archival footage
1985 Marie Marie Ragghianti
1986 Violets Are Blue Augusta 'Gussie' Sawyer
'night, Mother Jessie Cates
Crimes of the Heart Rebeca 'Babe'/'Becky' Magrath Botrelle Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
1990 The Long Walk Home Miriam Thompson
1991 Hard Promises Christine Ann Coalter
JFK Liz Garrison
1992 A Private Matter Sherri Finkbine TV film
1994 A Place for Annie Susan Lansing Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film
Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Trading Mom Mrs. Mommy Martin; Mama, Snappy French;
Mom, the Nature-Hiker; Natasha, the Circus Performer		 aka e Mommy Market
1995 The Good Old Boys Spring Renfro Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress Miniseries or a Movie
The Grass Harp Verena Talbo
Streets of Laredo Lorena Parker TV mini-series
Bronze Wrangler for Television Feature Film Television Feature Film
1996 Beyond the Call Pam O'Brien TV film
If These Walls Could Talk Barbara Barrows (segment "1974") TV film
1997 Affliction Margie Fogg
1999 Blast from the Past Helen Thomas Webber Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Straight Story Rose 'Rosie' Straight Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated - Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
2000 Songs in Ordinary Time Marie Fermoyle TV film
2001 In the Bedroom Ruth Fowler AFI Actress of the Year
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting (Shared with Tom Wilkinson)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Midwives Sibyl Danforth Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2002 Last Call Zelda Fitzgerald Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress Miniseries or Television Film
Tuck Everlasting Mae Tuck Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2004 A Home at the End of the World Alice Glover
2005 Nine Lives Ruth Locarno International Film Festival Award for Best Actress Ensemble
Nominated - Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
The Ring Two Evelyn
North Country Alice Aimes
2006 An American Haunting Lucy Bell
Summer Running: The Race to Cure Breast Cancer Mrs. Flora Good
2007 Gray Matters Sydney
Hot Rod Marie Powell
Pictures of Hollis Woods Josie Cahill Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Miniseries or Television Film
2008 Lake City Maggie
Four Christmases Paula (Brad's Mom)
2009 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Narrator TV mini-series
Get Low For People
2010-present Big Love Marilyn Densham 5 episodes
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Albums :
Year Album US Country Label
1983 Hangin' Up My Heart 17 Atlantic

Singles :
US Country US CAN Country
1980 "Coal Miner's Daughter" 24 - 7 Coal Miner's Daughter (Soundtrack)
"Back in Baby's Arms" - - 71
1983 "Lonely But Only for You" 15 110 13 Hangin' Up My Heart
1984 "If I Can Just Get Through the Night" 57 - 41
"If You Could Only See Me Now" 79 - -

Academy Award for Best Actress

Sophia Loren (1961) * Anne Bancroft (1962) * Patricia Neal (1963) * Julie Andrews (1964) * Julie Christie (1965) * Elizabeth Taylor (1966) * Katharine Hepburn (1967) * Katharine Hepburn / Barbra Streisand (1968) * Maggie Smith (1969) * Glenda Jackson (1970) * Jane Fonda (1971) * Liza Minnelli (1972) * Glenda Jackson (1973) * Ellen Burstyn (1974) * Louise Fletcher (1975) * Faye Dunaway (1976) * Diane Keaton (1977) * Jane Fonda (1978) * Sally Field (1979) * Sissy Spacek (1980) ---- Complete list * (1928 1940) * (1941 1960) * (1961 1980) * (1981 2000) * (2001-present)

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Rosalind Russell (1961) * Rosalind Russell (1962) * Shirley MacLaine (1963) * Julie Andrews (1964) * Julie Andrews (1965) * Lynn Redgrave (1966) * Anne Bancroft (1967) * Barbra Streisand (1968) * Patty Duke (1969) * Carrie Snodgress (1970) * Twiggy (1971) * Liza Minnelli (1972) * Glenda Jackson (1973) * Raquel Welch (1974) * Ann-Margret (1975) * Barbra Streisand (1976) * Diane Keaton/Marsha Mason (1977) * Ellen Burstyn/Maggie Smith (1978) * Bette Midler (1979) * Sissy Spacek (1980) ---- Complete List * (1950 1960) * (1961 1980) * (1981 2000) * (2001 present)

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Bernadette Peters (1981) * Julie Andrews (1982) * Julie Walters (1983) * Kathleen Turner (1984) * Kathleen Turner (1985) * Sissy Spacek (1986) * Cher (1987) * Melanie Griffith (1988) * Jessica Tandy (1989) * Julia Roberts (1990) * Bette Midler (1991) * Miranda Richardson (1992) * Angela Bassett (1993) * Jamie Lee Curtis (1994) * Nicole Kidman (1995) * Madonna (1996) * Helen Hunt (1997) * Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) * Janet McTeer (1999) * Renée Zellweger (2000) ---- Complete List * (1950 1960) * (1961 1980) * (1981 2000) * (2001 present)

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama

Sissy Spacek (2001) * Nicole Kidman (2002) * Charlize Theron (2003) * Hilary Swank (2004) * Felicity Huffman (2005) * Helen Mirren (2006) * Julie Christie (2007) * Kate Winslet (2008) * Sandra Bullock (2009) ---- Complete List * (1943 1960) * (1961 1980) * (1981 2000) * (2001 present)



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