Barbara Hershey (born as Barbara Lynn Herzstein on February 5, 1948; also known as Barbara Seagull) is an American actress and activist.
Hershey was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. She is the daughter of Arnold Nathan Herzstein, a horse racing columnist and occasional actor. Her father was Jewish and her mother was an Arkansas-born Presbyterian of Irish descent.
Hershey attended Hollywood High School.
Hershey lived with...
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Barbara Hershey (born as Barbara Lynn Herzstein on February 5, 1948; also known as Barbara Seagull) is an American actress and activist.
Hershey was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. She is the daughter of Arnold Nathan Herzstein, a horse racing columnist and occasional actor. Her father was Jewish and her mother was an Arkansas-born Presbyterian of Irish descent.
Hershey attended Hollywood High School.
Hershey lived with actor David Carradine between 1969 and 1975, and was married to Stephen Douglas, an artist, between 1992 and 1993.
Hershey and Carradine were a prominent symbol of the Hollywood counterculture, becoming parents to a child whom they named Free (who later changed his name to Tom).
Hershey has been dating actor Naveen Andrews; during a brief separation in 2005, Andrews fathered a child with another woman. The couple has since reconciled.
Hershey's acting debut came in three episodes of Gidget in 1965, which she followed up by being cast in the...
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