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{{short description|American actress and former model (born 1950)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Cybill Shepherd | image = Cybill Shepherd (cropped).jpg | caption = Shepherd in 2007 | birth_name = Cybill Lynne Shepherd | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|2|18}} | birth_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer|model}} | years_active = 1968βpresent | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|David Ford|1978|1982|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Bruce Oppenheim|1987|1990|reason=divorced}} }} | partner = <!--Parameter is for unmarried/long term life partners. Not a complete dating list.--> | children = 3, including [[Clementine Ford]] }} '''Cybill Lynne Shepherd''' (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and [[breakthrough role]] came as Jacy Farrow in [[Peter Bogdanovich]]'s coming-of-age drama ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' (1971) alongside [[Jeff Bridges]]. She also had roles as Kelly in [[Elaine May]]'s ''[[The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)|The Heartbreak Kid]]'' (1972), Betsy in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' (1976), and Nancy in [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Alice (1990 film)|Alice]]'' (1990). On television, her first major role was as Colleen Champion in the one season of the night-time drama ''[[The Yellow Rose]]'' (1983). Shepherd played Madelyn Hayes on the detective comedy-drama ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'' (1985β1989) opposite [[Bruce Willis]], for which she won two [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress β Television Series Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV Series]] out of three such nominations. She later starred as Cybill Sheridan on ''[[Cybill]]'' (1995β1998), for which she won her third Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV series. Her later television roles included [[Phyllis Kroll]] on ''[[The L Word]]'' (2007β2009), Madeleine Spencer on ''[[Psych]]'' (2008β2013), Cassie in the television film ''[[The Client List]]'' (2010), and Linette Montgomery on ''[[The Client List (TV series)|The Client List]]'' (2012β2013).
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