Sissy Spacek

  • Name: Sissy Spacek
  • Date of Birth: December 25, 1949
  • Place of Birth: Quitman, Texas, USA
Mini-bio: As a kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam and played in the woods (other than that, she gave no indication of one day becoming an Oscar-winning actress). She was born Mary Elizabeth Spac...( read more)ek on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas. She attended Quitman High School and was homecoming queen (therefore popular, unlike her character in Carrie (1976)). After graduating, Sissy decided on an acting career, having gotten interested in the profession through her cousin, Rip Torn. She relocated to New York, and through him, enrolled in the New York branch of the Actors Studio. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, and also tried modeling and singing, appearing in West Village showcases such as the Bitter End for $10 a night. The petite (5'2") Sissy finally broke into films, one of her first being Badlands (1973), art direction by Jack Fisk, with whom she would make eight films and marry in 1974. Her breakout role was in another film she worked on with Fisk, Carrie (1976), in which she played the humiliated prom queen who goes postal with her telekinesis. Sissy had a long career in TV and movies, winning the Oscar for Best Actress for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980); she seems to take it all in stride. Sissy and Jack and their two daughters, Schuyler Fisk and Madison Fisk, live on a large horse ranch in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. For the last several years the most important thing for Sissy has just been creating a stable home life for her family. And when Sissy isn't working on a movie, she can be seen tooling around town in a pickup, being a mountain mom.
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Replace this image with an actor photoSissy Spacek mini-bio: As a kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam and played in the woods (other than that, she gave no indication of one day becoming an Oscar-winning actress). She was born Mary Elizabeth Spacek on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas. She attended Quitman High School and was homecoming queen (therefore popular, unlike her character in Carrie (1976)). After graduating, Sissy decided on an acting career, having gotten interested in the profession through her cousin, Rip Torn. She relocated to New York, and through him, enrolled in the New York branch of the Actors Studio. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, and also tried modeling and singing, appearing in West Village showcases such as the Bitter End for $10 a night. The petite (5'2") Sissy finally broke into films, one of her first being Badlands (1973), art direction by Jack Fisk, with whom she would make eight films and marry in 1974. Her breakout role was in another film she worked on with Fisk, Carrie (1976), in which she played the humiliated prom queen who goes postal with her telekinesis. Sissy had a long career in TV and movies, winning the Oscar for Best Actress for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980); she seems to take it all in stride. Sissy and Jack and their two daughters, Schuyler Fisk and Madison Fisk, live on a large horse ranch in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. For the last several years the most important thing for Sissy has just been creating a stable home life for her family. And when Sissy isn't working on a movie, she can be seen tooling around town in a pickup, being a mountain mom.

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  • madmac17
    madmac17
    Sissy is phenomenal in all of her roles, but I especially love her in Badlands with Martin Sheen and Affliction with Nick Nolte. Anyone who is a fan of hers, but hasn't seen those films should definitely do so.
    posted 33 days ago
  • fungifago
    fungifago
    I Luv Sissy Spacek. Lovit in Carrie, Missing & Straight Story!
    posted 46 days ago
  • filmjunkie25
    filmjunkie25
    i did my speech on her last year
    posted 532 days ago
  • redddwagon
    redddwagon
    Sissy Spacek was born December 25, 1949...In Tyler,Texas. Sissys real name is Mary Elizabeth Spacek.
    posted 762 days ago
  • trupirate
    trupirate
    i saw her at the airport in Virginia with her husband daughter and their dog! no joke
    posted 822 days ago
  • YourTypicality
    YourTypicality
    she's brill as Carrie!
    posted 828 days ago
  • bigladytf
    bigladytf
    She is my fav actdress ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    posted 848 days ago
  • HersheyKisses20042
    HersheyKisses20042
    Love all you movie like so many others .. my mom loves you .. thanks for a well job done!
    posted 882 days ago
  • brandonmachew
    brandonmachew
    She played one of my favorite country singers Miss Loretta Lynn and for that I will always be greatrful! Sissy Rocks my world.
    posted 980 days ago
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