American actress
Born: February 18, 1950
Cybill Lynne Shepherd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Patty, a homemaker, and William Shepherd, a small business owner. Named after her grandfather, Cy, and her father, Bill, Shepherd’s career began at a young age in modeling when she won the “Miss Teenage Memphis” contest in 1966 and the “Model of the Year” contest in 1968. She became a fashion icon and went on to grace the cover of every major magazine, as well as famously act as a spokesperson for L’Oreal. This led to her acting and screen debut in Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show (1971). Nominated for Most Promising Newcomer, Shepherd continued to build her film career with influential roles in The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and Taxi Driver (1976). After taking a break in her career to have her first child, Clementine Ford, she returned to Hollywood in 1983 to make her television series debut in an episode of Fantasy Island (1977). She went on to star with Bruce Willis in the highly recognized show Moonlighting (1985), which won Shepherd two Golden Globe Awards. Her third Golden Globe followed for her series, Cybill (1995), with which she also took on a producer role.
Cybill Shepherd’s 5 most popular quotes
- One of my ex-husbands thought I had a breast job. They looked bigger. I just got the proper lingerie.
- I’ll always push the envelope. To me, the ultimate sin in life is to be boring. I don’t play it safe.
- We are all benefiting from the great feminists who struggled and suffered and worked to give us everything women now enjoy… I refer to myself as a feminist, and I do it with pride.
- I had the serendipity of modeling during a temporary interlude between Twiggy and Kate Moss, when it was actually okay for women to look as if we ate and enjoyed life.
- I’m afraid to start plastic surgery. And my breasts are so versatile now, I can wear them down, up, and side to side.
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