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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
Birth Name: Mary Elizabeth Spacek
Height: 5' 3" (1.6 m)
Born: December 25, 1949 in Quitman, Texas, USA
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Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe
Relatives: Rip Torn (cousin)
Residence: Charlottesville, Virginia
Years active: 1970–present
Children: 2, including Schuyler Fisk
Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
Spacek at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Born
Mary Elizabeth Spacek
December 25, 1949
Quitman, Texas, U.S.
Residence Charlottesville, Virginia Alma mater Actors Studio Occupation
- Actress
- singer
Years active 1970–present Spouse(s)
Jack Fisk (m. 1974)
Children 2, including Schuyler Fisk Relatives Rip Torn (cousin)
Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (/ˈspeɪsɛk/; born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accoladesincluding an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for four BAFTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award.
Born and raised in Texas, Spacek initially aspired a career as a singer. In 1968, using the name "Rainbo," she recorded a single, "John, You've Gone Too Far This Time. Sales of her music sputtered, however, and she was dropped from her record label. She subsequently switched her focus to acting, enrolling at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Spacek began her professional acting career in the early 1970s, making her debut with a minor role in Andy Warhol's Women in Revolt (1971) and received attention for her role as Holly Sargis in Terrence Malick's Badlands (1973). She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Carrie White in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), for which she received her first nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Actress. Following her appearances in acclaimed films Welcome to L.A. (1976) and Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Her other Oscar nominated roles include Missing (1982), The River (1984), Crimes of the Heart (1986) and In the Bedroom (2001). Her other films include Raggedy Man (1981), JFK (1991), Affliction (1997), The Straight Story (1999), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Nine Lives (2005), The Help (2011), and The Old Man & the Gun (2018). On television, Spacek received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for The Good Old Boys (1995), Last Call (2002), Big Love (2011) and portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix thriller series Bloodline (2015-2017).[1] Since 2018, she stars as Ruth Deaver on Hulu's psychological horrorweb series Castle Rock.
As a singer, Spacek sang all of the Lynn's songs for the soundtrack album of Coal Miner's Daughter which garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and released a studio album Hangin' Up My Heart (1983). The album was critically well received and peaked at no. 17 on Billboard Top Country Albums.
Sissy Spacek
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Spacek at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
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Mary Elizabeth Spacek
December 25, 1949
Quitman, Texas, U.S.
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| Residence | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Alma mater | Actors Studio |
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| Years active | 1970–present |
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Jack Fisk (m. 1974)
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| Children | 2, including Schuyler Fisk |
| Relatives | Rip Torn (cousin) |
Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (/ˈspeɪsɛk/; born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accoladesincluding an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for four BAFTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award.
Born and raised in Texas, Spacek initially aspired a career as a singer. In 1968, using the name "Rainbo," she recorded a single, "John, You've Gone Too Far This Time. Sales of her music sputtered, however, and she was dropped from her record label. She subsequently switched her focus to acting, enrolling at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Spacek began her professional acting career in the early 1970s, making her debut with a minor role in Andy Warhol's Women in Revolt (1971) and received attention for her role as Holly Sargis in Terrence Malick's Badlands (1973). She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Carrie White in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), for which she received her first nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Actress. Following her appearances in acclaimed films Welcome to L.A. (1976) and Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Her other Oscar nominated roles include Missing (1982), The River (1984), Crimes of the Heart (1986) and In the Bedroom (2001). Her other films include Raggedy Man (1981), JFK (1991), Affliction (1997), The Straight Story (1999), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Nine Lives (2005), The Help (2011), and The Old Man & the Gun (2018). On television, Spacek received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for The Good Old Boys (1995), Last Call (2002), Big Love (2011) and portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix thriller series Bloodline (2015-2017).[1] Since 2018, she stars as Ruth Deaver on Hulu's psychological horrorweb series Castle Rock.
As a singer, Spacek sang all of the Lynn's songs for the soundtrack album of Coal Miner's Daughter which garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and released a studio album Hangin' Up My Heart (1983). The album was critically well received and peaked at no. 17 on Billboard Top Country Albums.
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Early life[edit]
Spacek was born on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, the daughter of Virginia Frances (née Spilman; December 18, 1917 – November 10, 1981) and Edwin Arnold Spacek Sr. (July 3, 1910 – January 7, 2001),[2] a county agricultural agent. Spacek's father was of three quarters Czech (Moravian) and one quarter German ancestry; her paternal grandparents were Mary (Cervenka) and Arnold A. Spacek (who served as Mayor of Granger, Texas in Williamson County).[3][4] Her mother, who was of English and Irish descent, was from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.[5] At age 6, she performed on stage for the first time, appearing in a local talent show.[6] Although her birth name was Mary Elizabeth, she was always called Sissy by her brothers which led to her stage name. She attended Quitman High School[6] and was named homecoming queen at her senior prom.[7]
Spacek was greatly affected by the death of her close 18-year-old brother, Robbie, in 1967 from leukemia when she was 17, which she has called "the defining event of my whole life".[8] Spacek said the personal tragedy made her fearless in her acting career: "I think it made me brave. Once you experience something like that, you've experienced the ultimate tragedy. And if you can continue, nothing else frightens you. That's what I meant about it being rocket fuel – I was fearless in a way. Maybe it gave more depth to my work because I had already experienced something profound and life-changing."[9]
Spacek was born on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, the daughter of Virginia Frances (née Spilman; December 18, 1917 – November 10, 1981) and Edwin Arnold Spacek Sr. (July 3, 1910 – January 7, 2001),[2] a county agricultural agent. Spacek's father was of three quarters Czech (Moravian) and one quarter German ancestry; her paternal grandparents were Mary (Cervenka) and Arnold A. Spacek (who served as Mayor of Granger, Texas in Williamson County).[3][4] Her mother, who was of English and Irish descent, was from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.[5] At age 6, she performed on stage for the first time, appearing in a local talent show.[6] Although her birth name was Mary Elizabeth, she was always called Sissy by her brothers which led to her stage name. She attended Quitman High School[6] and was named homecoming queen at her senior prom.[7]
Spacek was greatly affected by the death of her close 18-year-old brother, Robbie, in 1967 from leukemia when she was 17, which she has called "the defining event of my whole life".[8] Spacek said the personal tragedy made her fearless in her acting career: "I think it made me brave. Once you experience something like that, you've experienced the ultimate tragedy. And if you can continue, nothing else frightens you. That's what I meant about it being rocket fuel – I was fearless in a way. Maybe it gave more depth to my work because I had already experienced something profound and life-changing."[9]
Career[edit]
1970s and beginning of acting career[edit]
Spacek initially aspired to a career in singing. In 1968, using the name "Rainbo," Spacek recorded a single, "John You Went Too Far This Time". Sales of her music sputtered, however, and she was dropped from her record label. Spacek subsequently switched her focus to acting, enrolling at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She worked for a time as a photographic model (represented by Ford Models) and as an extra at Andy Warhol's Factory. She appeared in a non-credited role in his film Trash (1970). With the help of her cousin, actor Rip Torn, she enrolled in Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio and then the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Her first credited role was in Prime Cut (1972), in which she played Poppy, a girl sold into sexual slavery.[5] The role led to television work, which included a guest role in The Waltons, which she played twice in 1973. Spacek received international attention after starring in Terrence Malick's Badlands (1973), in which she played Holly, the film's narrator and a 15-year-old girlfriend of mass-murderer Kit (Martin Sheen).[5] Spacek has described Badlands as the "most incredible" experience of her career.[10]Vincent Canby of The New York Times called the film a "cool, sometimes brilliant, always ferociously American film" and wrote, "Sheen and Miss Spacek are splendid as the self-absorbed, cruel, possibly psychotic children of our time."[11] On the set of Badlands, Spacek met art director Jack Fisk, whom she married in 1974.[6]
Spacek's most prominent early role came in Brian De Palma's film Carrie (1976), in which she played Carietta "Carrie" White, a shy, troubled high school senior with telekinetic powers.[5] Spacek had to work hard to persuade director de Palma to engage her for the role.[5] After rubbing Vaseline into her hair and donning an old sailor dress her mother made for her as a child, Spacek turned up at the audition with the odds against her, but won the part.[12] Spacek's performance was widely praised, and Pauline Kael, writing for The New Yorker wrote, "Though few actresses have distinguished themselves in gothics, Sissy Spacek, who is onscreen almost continuously, gives a classic chameleon performance. She shifts back and forth and sideways: a nasal, whining child; a chaste young beauty at the prom; and then a second transformation when her destructive impulses burst out and age her. Sissy Spacek uses her freckled pallor and whitish eyelashes to suggest a squashed, groggy girl who could go in any direction; at times, she seems unborn -- a fetus. I don't see how this performance could be any better; she's touching, like Elizabeth Hartman in one of her victim roles, but she's also unearthly -- a changeling."[13] She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in the film. Spacek had previously been the set dresser for DePalma's film Phantom of the Paradise (1974).
After Carrie, Spacek played the small role of housekeeper Linda Murray in Alan Rudolph's ensemble piece Welcome to LA (1976) and cemented her reputation in independent cinema with her performance as Pinky Rose in Robert Altman's classic 3 Women (1977). A review in The New York Times wrote, "In this film Miss Spacek adds a new dimension of eeriness to the waif she played so effectively in Carrie."[14] Altman was deeply impressed by her performance: "She's remarkable, one of the top actresses I've ever worked with. Her resources are like a deep well." Brian de Palma added: "[Spacek is] a phantom. She has this mysterious way of slipping into a part, letting it take over her. She's got a wider range than any young actress I know."[15] Spacek also helped finance David Lynch's directorial debut, Eraserhead (1977) and is thanked in the credits of the film.
Spacek initially aspired to a career in singing. In 1968, using the name "Rainbo," Spacek recorded a single, "John You Went Too Far This Time". Sales of her music sputtered, however, and she was dropped from her record label. Spacek subsequently switched her focus to acting, enrolling at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She worked for a time as a photographic model (represented by Ford Models) and as an extra at Andy Warhol's Factory. She appeared in a non-credited role in his film Trash (1970). With the help of her cousin, actor Rip Torn, she enrolled in Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio and then the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Her first credited role was in Prime Cut (1972), in which she played Poppy, a girl sold into sexual slavery.[5] The role led to television work, which included a guest role in The Waltons, which she played twice in 1973. Spacek received international attention after starring in Terrence Malick's Badlands (1973), in which she played Holly, the film's narrator and a 15-year-old girlfriend of mass-murderer Kit (Martin Sheen).[5] Spacek has described Badlands as the "most incredible" experience of her career.[10]Vincent Canby of The New York Times called the film a "cool, sometimes brilliant, always ferociously American film" and wrote, "Sheen and Miss Spacek are splendid as the self-absorbed, cruel, possibly psychotic children of our time."[11] On the set of Badlands, Spacek met art director Jack Fisk, whom she married in 1974.[6]
Spacek's most prominent early role came in Brian De Palma's film Carrie (1976), in which she played Carietta "Carrie" White, a shy, troubled high school senior with telekinetic powers.[5] Spacek had to work hard to persuade director de Palma to engage her for the role.[5] After rubbing Vaseline into her hair and donning an old sailor dress her mother made for her as a child, Spacek turned up at the audition with the odds against her, but won the part.[12] Spacek's performance was widely praised, and Pauline Kael, writing for The New Yorker wrote, "Though few actresses have distinguished themselves in gothics, Sissy Spacek, who is onscreen almost continuously, gives a classic chameleon performance. She shifts back and forth and sideways: a nasal, whining child; a chaste young beauty at the prom; and then a second transformation when her destructive impulses burst out and age her. Sissy Spacek uses her freckled pallor and whitish eyelashes to suggest a squashed, groggy girl who could go in any direction; at times, she seems unborn -- a fetus. I don't see how this performance could be any better; she's touching, like Elizabeth Hartman in one of her victim roles, but she's also unearthly -- a changeling."[13] She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in the film. Spacek had previously been the set dresser for DePalma's film Phantom of the Paradise (1974).
After Carrie, Spacek played the small role of housekeeper Linda Murray in Alan Rudolph's ensemble piece Welcome to LA (1976) and cemented her reputation in independent cinema with her performance as Pinky Rose in Robert Altman's classic 3 Women (1977). A review in The New York Times wrote, "In this film Miss Spacek adds a new dimension of eeriness to the waif she played so effectively in Carrie."[14] Altman was deeply impressed by her performance: "She's remarkable, one of the top actresses I've ever worked with. Her resources are like a deep well." Brian de Palma added: "[Spacek is] a phantom. She has this mysterious way of slipping into a part, letting it take over her. She's got a wider range than any young actress I know."[15] Spacek also helped finance David Lynch's directorial debut, Eraserhead (1977) and is thanked in the credits of the film.
1980s and Oscar win[edit]
Spacek began the 1980s with an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), in which she played country music star Loretta Lynn, who selected her for the role.[5] In the film, both she and Beverly D'Angelo, who played Patsy Cline, performed their own singing.[5] Film critic Roger Ebert has credited the movie's success "to the performance by Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn. With the same sort of magical chemistry she's shown before, when she played the high school kid in Carrie, Spacek at 29 has the ability to appear to be almost any age on screen. Here, she ages from about 14 to somewhere in her 30s, always looks the age, and never seems to be wearing makeup."[16] In addition, Andrew Sarris, writing for The Village Voice wrote, "Sissy Spacek -- yes, I'm flabbergasted -- is simple and faithful as Lynn. Spacek's face is no more of an actor's instrument than it ever was, but given a human being to play, given a director concerned with acting, she makes that woman exist. She sings the songs herself, nicely, and she has mastered the Appalacian accent."[17] Spacek also was nominated for a Grammy Award for her singing on the film's soundtrack album. She followed this with her own country album, Hangin' Up My Heart (1983); the album spawned one hit single, "Lonely But Only For You", a song written by K. T. Oslin, which reached No. 15 on the Billboard Country chart.[18]
In the film Heart Beat (1980), Spacek played Carolyn Cassady, who slipped (under the influence of John Heard's Jack Kerouac and Nick Nolte's Neal Cassady) into a combination of drudgery and debauchery.[19][20] Spacek was so adamant about getting the role, that she pored through over 4,000 pages of research to prepare for her character. Producer Ed Pressman and director John Byrum took her to dinner to advise her that she did not have the role. Spacek was so distraught at the news that she shattered a glass of wine in her hand. After that, Pressman walked up to Spacek with a piece of shattered glass and told her she had the role. He said that Spacek breaking the glass clinched the deal, and they believed she would ultimately best suit the part.[21] The film was released on April 25, 1980 to mixed critical reviews.[22] Still, Roger Ebert felt her performance as Carolyn was "wonderfully played" and described her scenes with Heard and Nolte as "almost poetic."[23]
Also in the 1980s, Spacek starred alongside Jack Lemmon in Constantin Costa-Gavras's political thriller Missing (1982, based on the book The Execution of Charles Horman) and appeared with Mel Gibson in the rural drama The River (1984), and with Diane Keaton and Jessica Lange in 1986's Crimes of the Heart (1986).[5] She was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for all of these roles, but won her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the latter.[5] Other performances of the decade included star turns in husband Jack Fisk's directorial debut Raggedy Man (1981) and alongside Anne Bancroft in the suicide-themed drama 'night, Mother (1986).[5] Spacek also showed her lighter side by voicing the brain in the Steve Martin comedy The Man with Two Brains (1983).[24]
Spacek began the 1980s with an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), in which she played country music star Loretta Lynn, who selected her for the role.[5] In the film, both she and Beverly D'Angelo, who played Patsy Cline, performed their own singing.[5] Film critic Roger Ebert has credited the movie's success "to the performance by Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn. With the same sort of magical chemistry she's shown before, when she played the high school kid in Carrie, Spacek at 29 has the ability to appear to be almost any age on screen. Here, she ages from about 14 to somewhere in her 30s, always looks the age, and never seems to be wearing makeup."[16] In addition, Andrew Sarris, writing for The Village Voice wrote, "Sissy Spacek -- yes, I'm flabbergasted -- is simple and faithful as Lynn. Spacek's face is no more of an actor's instrument than it ever was, but given a human being to play, given a director concerned with acting, she makes that woman exist. She sings the songs herself, nicely, and she has mastered the Appalacian accent."[17] Spacek also was nominated for a Grammy Award for her singing on the film's soundtrack album. She followed this with her own country album, Hangin' Up My Heart (1983); the album spawned one hit single, "Lonely But Only For You", a song written by K. T. Oslin, which reached No. 15 on the Billboard Country chart.[18]
In the film Heart Beat (1980), Spacek played Carolyn Cassady, who slipped (under the influence of John Heard's Jack Kerouac and Nick Nolte's Neal Cassady) into a combination of drudgery and debauchery.[19][20] Spacek was so adamant about getting the role, that she pored through over 4,000 pages of research to prepare for her character. Producer Ed Pressman and director John Byrum took her to dinner to advise her that she did not have the role. Spacek was so distraught at the news that she shattered a glass of wine in her hand. After that, Pressman walked up to Spacek with a piece of shattered glass and told her she had the role. He said that Spacek breaking the glass clinched the deal, and they believed she would ultimately best suit the part.[21] The film was released on April 25, 1980 to mixed critical reviews.[22] Still, Roger Ebert felt her performance as Carolyn was "wonderfully played" and described her scenes with Heard and Nolte as "almost poetic."[23]
Also in the 1980s, Spacek starred alongside Jack Lemmon in Constantin Costa-Gavras's political thriller Missing (1982, based on the book The Execution of Charles Horman) and appeared with Mel Gibson in the rural drama The River (1984), and with Diane Keaton and Jessica Lange in 1986's Crimes of the Heart (1986).[5] She was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for all of these roles, but won her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the latter.[5] Other performances of the decade included star turns in husband Jack Fisk's directorial debut Raggedy Man (1981) and alongside Anne Bancroft in the suicide-themed drama 'night, Mother (1986).[5] Spacek also showed her lighter side by voicing the brain in the Steve Martin comedy The Man with Two Brains (1983).[24]
1990s–2010s[edit]
She had a supporting role as the wife of Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner) in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991) and made a number of comedies, TV movies, and the occasional film. Most notable of her appearances during these years was her turn as the evil Verena Talbo in the ensemble piece The Grass Harp (1995), which reunited her with both Laurie and Lemmon, as well as a supporting performance, again alongside Nick Nolte, as the waitress Margie Fogg in Paul Schrader's father-son psychodrama Affliction (1997). She also played Rose Straight in David Lynch's The Straight Story (1999) and Brendan Fraser's character's mother in Blast from the Past.
In 2001, she was again nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her work in Todd Field's In the Bedroom (2001).[5] The New York Timesfilm critic Stephen Holden said of her work in the film: "Ms. Spacek's performance is as devastating as it is unflashy. With the slight tightening of her neck muscles and a downward twitch of her mouth, she conveys her character's relentlessness, then balances it with enough sweetness to make Ruth seem entirely human. It is one of Ms. Spacek's greatest performances."[25] Her performance as Ruth Fowler, a grieving mother consumed by revenge, won extraordinary praise and garnered the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress[26] as well as the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, among many others.[27][28]
With her 6th best actress Academy Award nomination, Spacek became only the 8th actress to be nominated for at least 6 leading role Oscars. Spacek is the most recent inductee to this list.
Other performances of this decade include unfaithful wife Ruth in Rodrigo García's Nine Lives (2005) and a turn as a woman suffering from Alzheimer's in the television movie Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007). In 2008, Spacek had a supporting part in the Christmas comedy Four Christmases and a lead role in the independent drama, Lake City. Spacek appeared on the HBO drama Big Love, for a multi-episode arc, as a powerful Washington, D.C. lobbyist.[29]
In 2005, she narrated the audiobook of the original Carrie novel by Stephen King[30] and, in 2006, she narrated the classic Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), which sold over 30 million copies. In 2011, she received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.[31] Spacek was featured in The Help (2011), directed by Tate Taylor, and along with the cast, was awarded with the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for their performance in the film.[32]
In 2012, Spacek published a memoir, My Extraordinary Ordinary Life, with co-author Maryanne Vollers.[33][34] The Washington Post's Jen Chaney called it "refreshingly down-to-earth" and "beautifully written".[35] She also mentioned that Spacek's description of her childhood is so "evocative that one can almost taste the sour stalks of goatweed she chewed on steamy summer afternoons". Jay Stafford of Richmond Times-Dispatch pointed out that, unlike other actors' autobiographies, Spacek's "benefits from good writing and remarkable frankness".[36] The Austin Chronicle's Margaret Moser stated that Spacek's memoir is "as easy to read as it is a pleasure to digest".[37] Joe Muscolino of the Biographile gave the book a 5 out of 5 rating, saying that it "does not disappoint".[38] Kirkus Reviews, however, was less appreciative of the book, calling it "an average memoir" and "overly detailed", while criticizing its lack of "narrative arc", but complimented Spacek for being "truly down-to-earth".[39] It further criticized that "the book is 'ordinary' and does not have enough drama to engage readers not directly interested in Spacek and her work", and ended by saying that it's "for die-hard movie buffs and Spacek fans only".[39]
Spacek became the first person to appear as an actor in a film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in each of the four most recent decades. Each film appeared at or near the beginning of its decade: Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Missing (1982), JFK (1991), In the Bedroom (2001), and The Help (2011).
She had a supporting role as the wife of Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner) in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991) and made a number of comedies, TV movies, and the occasional film. Most notable of her appearances during these years was her turn as the evil Verena Talbo in the ensemble piece The Grass Harp (1995), which reunited her with both Laurie and Lemmon, as well as a supporting performance, again alongside Nick Nolte, as the waitress Margie Fogg in Paul Schrader's father-son psychodrama Affliction (1997). She also played Rose Straight in David Lynch's The Straight Story (1999) and Brendan Fraser's character's mother in Blast from the Past.
In 2001, she was again nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her work in Todd Field's In the Bedroom (2001).[5] The New York Timesfilm critic Stephen Holden said of her work in the film: "Ms. Spacek's performance is as devastating as it is unflashy. With the slight tightening of her neck muscles and a downward twitch of her mouth, she conveys her character's relentlessness, then balances it with enough sweetness to make Ruth seem entirely human. It is one of Ms. Spacek's greatest performances."[25] Her performance as Ruth Fowler, a grieving mother consumed by revenge, won extraordinary praise and garnered the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress[26] as well as the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, among many others.[27][28]
With her 6th best actress Academy Award nomination, Spacek became only the 8th actress to be nominated for at least 6 leading role Oscars. Spacek is the most recent inductee to this list.
Other performances of this decade include unfaithful wife Ruth in Rodrigo García's Nine Lives (2005) and a turn as a woman suffering from Alzheimer's in the television movie Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007). In 2008, Spacek had a supporting part in the Christmas comedy Four Christmases and a lead role in the independent drama, Lake City. Spacek appeared on the HBO drama Big Love, for a multi-episode arc, as a powerful Washington, D.C. lobbyist.[29]
In 2005, she narrated the audiobook of the original Carrie novel by Stephen King[30] and, in 2006, she narrated the classic Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), which sold over 30 million copies. In 2011, she received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.[31] Spacek was featured in The Help (2011), directed by Tate Taylor, and along with the cast, was awarded with the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for their performance in the film.[32]
In 2012, Spacek published a memoir, My Extraordinary Ordinary Life, with co-author Maryanne Vollers.[33][34] The Washington Post's Jen Chaney called it "refreshingly down-to-earth" and "beautifully written".[35] She also mentioned that Spacek's description of her childhood is so "evocative that one can almost taste the sour stalks of goatweed she chewed on steamy summer afternoons". Jay Stafford of Richmond Times-Dispatch pointed out that, unlike other actors' autobiographies, Spacek's "benefits from good writing and remarkable frankness".[36] The Austin Chronicle's Margaret Moser stated that Spacek's memoir is "as easy to read as it is a pleasure to digest".[37] Joe Muscolino of the Biographile gave the book a 5 out of 5 rating, saying that it "does not disappoint".[38] Kirkus Reviews, however, was less appreciative of the book, calling it "an average memoir" and "overly detailed", while criticizing its lack of "narrative arc", but complimented Spacek for being "truly down-to-earth".[39] It further criticized that "the book is 'ordinary' and does not have enough drama to engage readers not directly interested in Spacek and her work", and ended by saying that it's "for die-hard movie buffs and Spacek fans only".[39]
Spacek became the first person to appear as an actor in a film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in each of the four most recent decades. Each film appeared at or near the beginning of its decade: Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Missing (1982), JFK (1991), In the Bedroom (2001), and The Help (2011).
Personal life[edit]
Spacek married production designer and art director Jack Fisk in 1974, after they met on the set of Badlands.[5] Fisk later directed her in the films Raggedy Man (1981) and Violets Are Blue (1986). They have two daughters, Schuyler Fisk (born July 8, 1982) and Madison Fisk (born September 21, 1988).[40] Schuyler Fisk is both an actress and a singer. In 1982, Spacek and her family moved to a farm near Charlottesville, Virginia.[41]
Spacek married production designer and art director Jack Fisk in 1974, after they met on the set of Badlands.[5] Fisk later directed her in the films Raggedy Man (1981) and Violets Are Blue (1986). They have two daughters, Schuyler Fisk (born July 8, 1982) and Madison Fisk (born September 21, 1988).[40] Schuyler Fisk is both an actress and a singer. In 1982, Spacek and her family moved to a farm near Charlottesville, Virginia.[41]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year Title Role Notes 1971 Women in Revolt Girl extra at bar Uncredited[citation needed] 1972 Prime Cut Poppy 1973 Badlands Holly Sargis 1974 Ginger in the Morning Ginger Filmed in 1972[42] 1976 Carrie Carrie White 1976 Welcome to L.A. Linda Murray 1977 3 Women Pinky Rose 1980 Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn 1980 Heart Beat Carolyn Cassady 1981 Raggedy Man Nita Longley 1982 Missing Beth Horman 1983 The Man with Two Brains Anne Uumellmahaye Voice Only
Uncredited[24] 1984 The River Mae Garvey 1985 Marie Marie Ragghianti 1986 Violets Are Blue Augusta 'Gussie' Sawyer 1986 'night, Mother Jessie Cates 1986 Crimes of the Heart Babe Magrath Botrelle 1990 The Long Walk Home Miriam Thompson 1991 Hard Promises Christine Ann Coalter 1991 JFK Liz Garrison 1994 Trading Mom Mrs. Martin and various roles 1995 The Grass Harp Verena Talbo 1997 Affliction Margie Fogg 1999 Blast from the Past Helen Thomas Webber 1999 The Straight Story Rose "Rosie" Straight 2001 In the Bedroom Ruth Fowler 2001 Midwives Sibyl Danforth 2002 Tuck Everlasting Mae Tuck 2004 A Home at the End of the World Alice Glover 2005 Nine Lives Ruth 2005 The Ring Two Evelyn 2005 North Country Alice Aimes 2005 An American Haunting Lucy Bell 2007 Gray Matters Sydney 2007 Hot Rod Marie Powell 2007 Pictures of Hollis Woods Josie Cahill 2008 Lake City Maggie 2008 Four Christmases Paula 2009 Get Low Mattie Darrow 2011 The Help Mrs. Walters 2012 Deadfall June Mills 2016 River of Gold [43] Narrator Documentary 2018 The Old Man & the Gun Jewel
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Women in Revolt | Girl extra at bar | Uncredited[citation needed] |
| 1972 | Prime Cut | Poppy | |
| 1973 | Badlands | Holly Sargis | |
| 1974 | Ginger in the Morning | Ginger | Filmed in 1972[42] |
| 1976 | Carrie | Carrie White | |
| 1976 | Welcome to L.A. | Linda Murray | |
| 1977 | 3 Women | Pinky Rose | |
| 1980 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn | |
| 1980 | Heart Beat | Carolyn Cassady | |
| 1981 | Raggedy Man | Nita Longley | |
| 1982 | Missing | Beth Horman | |
| 1983 | The Man with Two Brains | Anne Uumellmahaye | Voice Only Uncredited[24] |
| 1984 | The River | Mae Garvey | |
| 1985 | Marie | Marie Ragghianti | |
| 1986 | Violets Are Blue | Augusta 'Gussie' Sawyer | |
| 1986 | 'night, Mother | Jessie Cates | |
| 1986 | Crimes of the Heart | Babe Magrath Botrelle | |
| 1990 | The Long Walk Home | Miriam Thompson | |
| 1991 | Hard Promises | Christine Ann Coalter | |
| 1991 | JFK | Liz Garrison | |
| 1994 | Trading Mom | Mrs. Martin and various roles | |
| 1995 | The Grass Harp | Verena Talbo | |
| 1997 | Affliction | Margie Fogg | |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past | Helen Thomas Webber | |
| 1999 | The Straight Story | Rose "Rosie" Straight | |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler | |
| 2001 | Midwives | Sibyl Danforth | |
| 2002 | Tuck Everlasting | Mae Tuck | |
| 2004 | A Home at the End of the World | Alice Glover | |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Ruth | |
| 2005 | The Ring Two | Evelyn | |
| 2005 | North Country | Alice Aimes | |
| 2005 | An American Haunting | Lucy Bell | |
| 2007 | Gray Matters | Sydney | |
| 2007 | Hot Rod | Marie Powell | |
| 2007 | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Josie Cahill | |
| 2008 | Lake City | Maggie | |
| 2008 | Four Christmases | Paula | |
| 2009 | Get Low | Mattie Darrow | |
| 2011 | The Help | Mrs. Walters | |
| 2012 | Deadfall | June Mills | |
| 2016 | River of Gold [43] | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the Gun | Jewel |
Television[edit]
Year Title Notes 1973 Love, American Style Teri Episode: "Love and the Older Lover" 1973 The Girls of Huntington House Sara Television film 1973 The Waltons Sarah Jane Simmonds 2 episodes 1973 The Rookies Barbara Tabnor Episode: "Sound of Silence" 1974 The Migrants Wanda Trimpin Television film 1975 Katherine Katherine Alman Television film 1978 Verna: USO Girl Verna Vane Television film 1992 A Private Matter Sherri Finkbine Television film 1994 A Place for Annie Susan Lansing Television film 1995 The Good Old Boys Spring Renfro Television film 1995 Streets of Laredo Lorena Parker 3 episodes 1996 Beyond the Call Pam O'Brien Television film 1996 If These Walls Could Talk Barbara Barrows Television film; segment: "1974" 2000 Songs in Ordinary Time Marie Fermoyle Television film 2002 Last Call Zelda Fitzgerald Television film 2009 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Narrator 4 episodes 2010 Gimme Shelter Adrienne Nourse Pilot 2010–2011 Big Love Marilyn Densham 5 episodes 2015–2017 Bloodline Sally Rayburn 33 episodes 2018 Castle Rock Ruth Deaver Main cast 2018 Homecoming Ellen Bergman
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Love, American Style | Teri | Episode: "Love and the Older Lover" |
| 1973 | The Girls of Huntington House | Sara | Television film |
| 1973 | The Waltons | Sarah Jane Simmonds | 2 episodes |
| 1973 | The Rookies | Barbara Tabnor | Episode: "Sound of Silence" |
| 1974 | The Migrants | Wanda Trimpin | Television film |
| 1975 | Katherine | Katherine Alman | Television film |
| 1978 | Verna: USO Girl | Verna Vane | Television film |
| 1992 | A Private Matter | Sherri Finkbine | Television film |
| 1994 | A Place for Annie | Susan Lansing | Television film |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boys | Spring Renfro | Television film |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo | Lorena Parker | 3 episodes |
| 1996 | Beyond the Call | Pam O'Brien | Television film |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Barbara Barrows | Television film; segment: "1974" |
| 2000 | Songs in Ordinary Time | Marie Fermoyle | Television film |
| 2002 | Last Call | Zelda Fitzgerald | Television film |
| 2009 | Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People | Narrator | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Gimme Shelter | Adrienne Nourse | Pilot |
| 2010–2011 | Big Love | Marilyn Densham | 5 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | Bloodline | Sally Rayburn | 33 episodes |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | Ruth Deaver | Main cast |
| 2018 | Homecoming | Ellen Bergman |
Discography[edit]
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Albums[edit]
Year Album US Country Label 1983 Hangin' Up My Heart 17 Atlantic
| Year | Album | US Country | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hangin' Up My Heart | 17 | Atlantic |
Singles[edit]
Year Single Chart positions Album US Country US Bubbling 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 10 13 Hangin' Up My Heart 1984 "If I Can Just Get Through the Night" 57 — 41 "If You Could Only See Me Now" 79 — —
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Bubbling | 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 | 10 | 13 | Hangin' Up My Heart |
| 1984 | "If I Can Just Get Through the Night" | 57 | — | 41 | |
| "If You Could Only See Me Now" | 79 | — | — | ||
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