Editing Cybill Shepherd (section)

==Early life and career==
Shepherd was born February 18, 1950, in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cybill Shepherd |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/shepherd-cybill-1950 |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |publisher=[[Cengage]] |access-date=January 28, 2022}}</ref> She is the second of three children. She had an older sister, Terry, and has a younger brother, William.<ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2019-11-18|title=Cybill Shepherd Dedicates Trevor Project Award to Late Sister and LGBTQ Youth|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/cybill-shepherd-hayley-kiyoko-receive-honors-at-trevor-project-gala-1255566/|access-date=2022-02-12|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cybill Disobedience: Cybill Shepherd returns to her Memphis hometown|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/movies/2018/03/16/cybill-shepherd-memphis-rose-screening-orpheum/426283002/|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Memphis Commercial Appeal|language=en}}</ref> Cybill was named with a blend of her grandfather Cy and her father Bill's names. While attending [[East High School (Memphis, Tennessee)|East High School]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lauderdale |first1=Vance |title=When Cybill Shepherd Was a Student at East High School |url=https://memphismagazine.com/ask-vance/when-cybill-shepherd-was-a-student/ |access-date=6 November 2019 |work=Memphis Magazine |publisher=Contemporary Media |date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Shepherd won the "Miss Teenage Memphis" title and represented the city at the 1966 [[Miss Teenage America]] pageant at age 16, where she won the congeniality award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/teenage_america.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009121428/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/teenage_america.htm|url-status=usurped|title=Cybill Shepard, Miss Congeniality 1966|archive-date=October 9, 2012}}</ref> She competed at the 1968 "Model of the Year" contest at age 18, resulting in fashion model assignments through high school and afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|author=UPI|date=August 20, 1973|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AeEeAAAAIBAJ&pg=4779,2209579&dq=cybill+shepherd+successful-model&hl=en|title=Cybill Shepherd relaxes with her success|work= [[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|access-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Cybill Shepherd 1970.jpg|thumb|upright|Cybill Shepherd in a photo from ''[[Teen (magazine)|Teen]]'' from 1970]]
According to Shepherd's autobiography, a 1970 ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' magazine cover caught the eye of film director [[Peter Bogdanovich]]. His then-wife, [[Polly Platt]], claimed that when she saw the cover in a check-out line in a [[Ralphs]] grocery store in southern California, he said "That's Jacy,"{{efn|Polly Platt talks about the magazine cover discovery in the film documentary based on the [[Peter Biskind]] book, ''[[Easy Riders, Raging Bulls]]''.}} referring to the role Bogdanovich was casting—and ultimately given to Shepherd—in ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' (1971).

===Celebrity===
Her first film was ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'', also starring [[Jeff Bridges]] and [[Timothy Bottoms]]. The film became a critical and box office hit, earning eight Academy Awards nominations and winning two. Shepherd was nominated for a Golden Globe. In 1972, Shepherd was cast opposite [[Charles Grodin]] in ''[[The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)|The Heartbreak Kid]]''. She played Kelly, a young woman for whom Grodin's character falls while on his honeymoon in Miami. Directed by [[Elaine May]] and written by [[Neil Simon]], it was another critical and box office hit.<ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes | id=m/heartbreak_kid/ | title=The Heartbreak Kid}}</ref> Also in 1972, Shepherd posed as a [[Kodak]] Girl for the [[camera]] manufacturer's then-ubiquitous cardboard store poster displays.<ref>{{cite book | first=Nancy Martha | last=West | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nuae4VHlyrYC&q=cybill%20shepherd%20kodak&pg=PA53 | title=Kodak and the Lens of Nostalgia | publisher=University Press of Virginia | location=[[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]] and London | year=2000 | page=53 | isbn=0-8139-1959-2 | access-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref>

In 1974, Shepherd again teamed up with Peter Bogdanovich for the title role in ''[[Daisy Miller (film)|Daisy Miller]]'', based on the [[Henry James]] novella. The film—a period piece set in Europe—was a [[box office]] failure. That same year, she launched a singing career, releasing a studio album ''Cybill Does It...To Cole Porter'' for MCA Records.<ref name="Cybill Shepherd Music Discography">{{cite web |url=http://cybillshepherd.co.uk/discography.htm |title=Cybill Shepherd Music Discography |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=April 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040215041215/http://cybillshepherd.co.uk/discography.htm |archive-date=February 15, 2004 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It was panned by ''[[Village Voice]]'' critic [[Robert Christgau]], who wrote: "Her voice is surprisingly pleasant, but you'd never know how these songs sparkle. Since [[Cole Porter|Cole]] didn't like to . . . do it with (or 'to') women very much, maybe the 'do' is as hostile as it sounds."<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last1=Christgau|first1=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies}}</ref>

In 1975, she made ''[[At Long Last Love]]'', a [[film musical]] directed by Bogdanovich.  The film received scathing negative reviews, named by many as the worst major film of the year, and Shepherd herself received negative reviews.<ref> https://movie-film-review.com/devharsh.asp?act=2&param=840</ref><ref name="peter">Gallagher, John. [http://www.nbrmp.org/features/PeterBogdanovich.cfm ''August 2004: Peter Bogdanovich''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206113712/http://www.nbrmp.org/features/PeterBogdanovich.cfm |date=December 6, 2012 }} [[National Board of Review]], accessed June 4, 2013</ref>

Shepherd returned with good reviews for her supporting work in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' (1976). According to Shepherd, Scorsese had requested a "Cybill Shepherd type" for the role. She portrayed Betsy, a volunteer for a presidential candidate with whom [[Robert De Niro]]'s character, Travis Bickle, becomes infatuated.

A series of less-successful roles followed, including ''[[The Lady Vanishes (1979 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1979), a remake of [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s [[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|1938 film]]. Already sitting in on an acting class taught by [[Stella Adler]], Shepherd was offered work at a dinner theater in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], and turned to friend [[Orson Welles]] for advice. He encouraged her to get experience on stage in front of an audience, anywhere but Los Angeles or New York City,<ref>{{cite news | first=Roger | last=Ebert | author-link=Roger Ebert | date=March 14, 1989 | title=Many sides of Cybill Shepherd revealed | work=[[Observer–Reporter]] | location=[[Washington, Pennsylvania]]}}</ref> away from the harsh big-city critics<ref>{{cite magazine | first=Deirdre | last=Donahue | date=November 4, 1985 | title=Cybill's Style | magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] | url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-cybills-style-vol-24-no-19/}}</ref> so she moved back to her home town of Memphis to work in regional theatre.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bykowsky, Stuart|date=January 9, 1985|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wQpZAAAAIBAJ&dq=cybill%20shepherd%201982&pg=6962%2C1909727|title=Cybill Shepherd: 'There is a freakdom to beauty'|work= [[Evening Independent]]|access-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref>

In 1981, Shepherd appeared in a play directed by [[Orson Bean]], ''[[Vanities]]'', staged in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref>"Cybill Sherpherd at Westport." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, Sunday, February 01, 1981, p 33.</ref>

===Return to Hollywood===
In 1982, Shepherd returned to New York and to the stage when she played alongside [[James MacArthur]] in a theatre tour of ''Lunch Hour'' by [[Jean Kerr]].<ref>{{cite web|date=August 4, 1982|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NBpJAAAAIBAJ&dq=james%20macarthur%20cybill%20shepherd&pg=1112%2C382002|title=MacArthur & Shepherd star in ''Lunch Hour''|work= [[The Hour (newspaper)|The Hour]]|access-date=August 30, 2012}}</ref> The following year, Shepherd went back to Los Angeles and was cast as Colleen Champion in the [[NBC]] television drama ''[[The Yellow Rose]]'' (1983), opposite [[Sam Elliott]]. Although critically acclaimed, the series lasted only one season. A year later, Shepherd was cast as Maddie Hayes on ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'' (1985–1989), a role that defined her career. The producers knew that her role depended on having "chemistry" with her co-star, and involved her in the selection of [[Bruce Willis]]. A lighthearted combination of [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] and [[comedy]], the series won Shepherd two [[Golden Globe Award]]s.<ref name="Cybill Shepherd - Awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001732/awards|title=Cybill Shepherd - Awards|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Cybill Shepherd - 1985.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Shepherd in 1985]]
She starred in ''[[Chances Are (film)|Chances Are]]'' (1989) with [[Robert Downey Jr.]] and [[Ryan O'Neal]], receiving excellent reviews. She then reprised her role as Jacy in ''[[Texasville]]'' (1990), the sequel to ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' (1971), as the original cast (and director Peter Bogdanovich) reunited 20 years after filming the original. She appeared in Woody Allen's ''[[Alice (1990 film)|Alice]]'' (1990) and [[Eugene Levy]]'s ''[[Once upon a Crime (1992 film)|Once Upon a Crime]]'' (1992), as well as several television films. In 1997, she won her third Golden Globe award<ref name="Cybill Shepherd - Awards"/> for ''[[Cybill]]'' (1995–1998), a television [[sitcom]] in which the title character, Cybill Sheridan, an actress struggling with hammy roles in [[B movie]]s and bad [[soap opera]]s, was loosely modeled on herself,  including portrayals of her two ex-husbands and her then-teenage daughter.

In 2000, Shepherd's bestselling autobiography, ''Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think'', written in collaboration with Aimee Lee Ball, was published.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/05/14/bsp/besthardnonfiction.html|title=Best Sellers: Hardcover Nonfiction|access-date=April 5, 2011 | work=The New York Times}}</ref> That same year, Shepherd hosted a short-lived syndicated talk show version of the book ''[[Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus]]'', but left the show in early 2001.{{efn|Shepherd was replaced on the talk show by [[Cristina Ferrare]], [[Bo Griffin]], [[Sam Phillips (model)|Sam Phillips]], [[Drew Pinsky]], and [[Rondell Sheridan]].}} In 2003, she guest-starred on ''[[8 Simple Rules]]'' as the sister of Cate Hennessy (portrayed by [[Katey Sagal]]). She has played [[Martha Stewart]] in two television films: ''[[Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart]]'' (2003) and ''[[Martha: Behind Bars]]'' (2005).

From 2007 until it ended, Shepherd appeared on ''[[The L Word]]'' as [[Phyllis Kroll]] for the show's final three seasons. In 2008, she joined the cast of ''[[Psych]]'' as main character [[Shawn Spencer]]'s mother, [[Madeleine Spencer]]. On November 7, 2008, Shepherd guest-starred in a February episode of the CBS drama ''[[Criminal Minds]]''.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/News/Criminal-Minds-Casting-35440.aspx Exclusive: Michael Biehn, Cybill Shepherd Cop ''Criminal'' Roles]" ''[[TV Guide]]''. November 7, 2008. Retrieved on November 7, 2008.</ref> In 2010 Shepherd appeared in an episode of ''[[No Ordinary Family]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Exclusives-Ordinary-1022551.aspx|title=No Ordinary Family Books Cybill Shepherd... and Bruce!|date=September 2010|work=TV Guide|access-date=September 1, 2010}}</ref> and in November of the same year she guest-starred in an episode of ''[[$♯*! My Dad Says]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tvguide.com/News/DadSays-Cybill-Shepherd-1025036.aspx|title= Exclusive $#*!: Cybill Shepherd Guest-Starring on CBS Comedy|date= November 3, 2010|work=TV Guide|access-date=November 3, 2010}}</ref>

Shepherd appeared alongside [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] in the 2010 television film ''[[The Client List]]'' and then in the 2012-13 [[The Client List (TV series)|series based on the film]].

In July 2012, Shepherd made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in the revival of [[Gore Vidal]]'s ''[[The Best Man (play)|The Best Man]]'' at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre]] alongside [[James Earl Jones]], [[John Stamos]], [[John Larroquette]], [[Kristin Davis]], and [[Elizabeth Ashley]] to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 7, 2012|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-07/news/33087097_1_broadway-debut-broadway-rookie-john-stamos|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130110747/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-07/news/33087097_1_broadway-debut-broadway-rookie-john-stamos|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2013|title=First-rate second cast on Broadway in 'Gore Vidal's The Best Man'|work= [[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|access-date=August 30, 2012}}; {{cite web|date=July 8, 2012|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/playing_politics_remains_vidal_kGMnONvXE1oMcZMl3zrfYK|title=Playing politics remains Vidal|work= [[New York Post]]|access-date=August 30, 2012}}; {{cite web|date=June 8, 2012|url=http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/08-2012/gore-vidals-the-best-man_60186.html|title=REVIEW: Gore Vidal's 'The Best Man' looks better than ever |access-date=August 30, 2012}}</ref>

Shepherd appeared as a mother grieving the death of her daughter in ''[[Do You Believe? (film)|Do You Believe?]]'' (2015), a Christian-themed movie produced by [[Pure Flix Entertainment]].<ref name="Christianity Today">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.christiantoday.com/article/cybill.shepherd.rekindles.christian.faith.says.shes.talking.to.jesus.again/41914.htm |title=Cybill Shepherd rekindles Christian faith, says she's 'talking to Jesus' again', October 20, 2014 |magazine=Christianity Today |date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref>

In 2019, she took on a role as an ex-cop senior struggling with illness who unexpectedly finds love on a road trip in the direct-to-cable ''[[Being Rose]]''.

In 2023, Shepherd starred in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] film ''[[How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story]],'' where she portrayed Nancy Brophy, opposite [[Steve Guttenberg]] as Daniel Brophy, in a dramatization of the [[Murder of Daniel Brophy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/how-to-murder-your-husband-trailer-see-cybill-shepherd-as-novelist-nancy-brophy-exclusive-196077|title='How to Murder Your Husband': Watch Cybill Shepherd and Steve Guttenberg in the Trailer (Exclusive)|website=ET Online|first=Stacy|last=Lambe|date=December 16, 2022|access-date=January 15, 2023}}</ref>