- Born
- Birth nameCybill Lynne Shepherd
- Height1.73 m
- 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 spokesperson for L'Oreal. This lead to her acting and on her screen debut in Peter Bogdanovich's La dernière séance (1971). Nominated for Most Promising Newcomer, Shepherd continued to build her film career with influential roles in Just Married (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 L'île fantastique (1977). She went on to star with Bruce Willis in the highly recognized show, Clair de lune (1985), and 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.
Aside from the film industry, Shepherd has been an outspoken activist for issues such as gay rights and abortion rights. In 2009, she was honored by the Human Rights Campaign in Atlanta to accept one of two National Ally for Equality awards.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesBruce Oppenheim(March 1, 1987 - March 20, 1990) (divorced, 2 children)David M. Ford(November 19, 1978 - September 23, 1982) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenZachariah Oppenheim
- ParentsPatty ShepherdBill Shepherd
- RelativesCy Shepherd(Grandparent)William Shepherd(Sibling)
- During an appearance at the Emmy Awards, she wore orange Reebok Freestyle hi-top sneakers. This appearance gained her some fashion criticism for wearing orange Reeboks with a black formal strapless gown. Even on the set of Clair de lune (1985), Cybill would switch from pumps into comfortable Reebok sneakers. Sometimes the sneakers would get caught in scenes during filming.
- Cybill was named after her grandfather, Cy, and her father, Bill.
- She has actively fought against racism and received a plaque from the National Civil Rights Museum in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee in 1992. The plaque was inscribed with the motto, "equal opportunity and human dignity," followed by "Thank you Cybill Shepherd for helping break the chain of oppression" Her mother told her: "I've never been as proud of you as I am today".
- A fashion model, she was discovered for films when director Peter Bogdanovich spotted her on the cover of Glamour magazine while standing in a supermarket checkout line (Early 1970s).
- In the 1970s, filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich divorced his wife Polly Platt to be with Cybill. This incident loosely inspired the film Divorce à Hollywood (1984), where a director (Ryan O'Neal) divorced his wife (Shelley Long) to be with a starlet (Sharon Stone). While Platt said that the film "got more right than wrong", Cybill denied that she was anything like the character that Stone played in the film.
- I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true.
- [on her film debut in La dernière séance (1971) and her romance with its director. Peter Bogdanovich] When a film wraps, the actors often like to keep some of their props or wardrobe as mementos. I wanted the heart-shaped locket and brown and white saddle shoes that Jacy wore, but his wife Polly [Polly Platt] was in charge of costumes and wouldn't give them to me. I guess she figured I had enough of a souvenir: her husband.
- I never wanted to be Jane. I always wanted to be Tarzan. I didn't want to vacuum the tree house. I wanted to swing from the vines.
- [on Marilyn Monroe] She had curves in places most other women don't even have places.
- Texasville (1994) - $1 .5 million
- Le ciel s'est trompé (1989) - $1 .5 million
- Clair de lune (1987) - $35,000 (per episode)/first season
- The Yellow Rose (1983) - $1,000 /episode
- Taxi Driver (1976) - $35,000
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