- Films
- 48
- Avg rating
- 6.57
- Peak run
- 1982’86
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Barbara by the numbers
Average
6.57
36 rated films
Vote weighted
6.66
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.82
rating spread
Career
56y
1968 to 2023
Total votes
2.37M
across every film
Best
8.0
Black Swan
Worst
4.6
Breakfast of Champions
Newest first
Filmography
| 2023 |  Strange Darling | Genevieve | 7.0 | 72,787 |
| 2021 | The Manor | Judith | 5.3 | 8,836 |
| 2013 |  Insidious: Chapter 2 | Lorraine Lambert | 6.6 | 207K |
| 2010 |  Black Swan | Erica Sayers | 8.0 | 899K |
| 2010 |  Insidious | Lorraine Lambert | 6.8 | 374K |
| 2009 | Albert Schweitzer | Helene Schweitzer | · | 439 |
| 2008 | Uncross the Stars | Hilda | · | 330 |
| 2007 | Love Comes Lately | Rosalie | · | 356 |
| 2007 | The Bird Can't Fly | Melody | · | 284 |
| 2004 |  Riding the Bullet | Jean Parker | 5.2 | 11,668 |
| 2003 |  11:14 | Norma | 7.1 | 53,005 |
| 1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Celia Hoover | 4.6 | 8,831 |
| 1999 | Passion | Rose Grainger | · | 314 |
| 1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Marcella | 6.7 | 2,552 |
| 1996 |  The Portrait of a Lady | Madame Serena Merle | 6.2 | 13,609 |
| 1995 | Last of the Dogmen | Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan | 7.0 | 6,653 |
| 1993 | A Dangerous Woman | Frances | 5.7 | 1,996 |
| 1993 |  Falling Down | Beth | 7.5 | 230K |
| 1993 | Splitting Heirs | Duchess Lucinda | 5.5 | 4,841 |
| 1993 |  Swing Kids | Frau Muller | 6.8 | 18,439 |
Better together?
Barbara Hershey's regulars
- Barry LevinsonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.51
- Martin ScorseseDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.75 avg▼−0.29
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Barbara Hershey
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1997Barbara Hershey
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.