| Birth Name | Cybill Lynne Shepherd |
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| Birth | Born on 1950-02-18 at Memphis, Tennessee United States |
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| Height | 5' 8" |
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| Sex | F |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Profession | Actress |
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| Education | High School: Memphis East High School (1968)
University: Hunter College, New York City, NY
University: College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
University: New York University
University: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Married To | Bruce Oppenheim (1 March 1987 - 1990) (divorced) 2 children
David Ford (19 November 1978 - 1982) (divorced) 1 child |
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| Relationships | Elvis Presley (dated briefly)
Robert Martin (ex-, engagement called off 24-Oct-1998)
Peter Bogdanovich (film director, long term relationship) |
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| Father | Bill |
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| Sons | Zachariah Oppenheim (twin, b. 6-Oct-1987) |
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| Daughters | Clementine Ford (b. 1980)
Ariel Oppenheim (twin, b. 6-Oct-1987) |
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| Claim To Fame | As Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting (1985) |
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 Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American actress. At age sixteen Cybill Shepherd won the 1966 "Miss Teenage Memphis" contest that landed her modelling work through high school and after. Film director Peter Bogdanovich spotted her on the cover of a magazine and offered her a role in The Last Picture Show (1971), impressed by what he described as her " ..
Cybill Shepherd's Biography |
| Quote: "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." More Quotes | | Trivia: Was the presenter of the 1973 Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the ceremony held on April 2, 1974, along with co-presenter Ernest Borgnine. When Shepherd, reading through the list of nominees, reached John Houseman, she credited his performance to "Paper Moon" instead of the film in which he had actually appeared, "The Paper Chase." After her error, Shepherd said "Oops!" and soldiered on. When she reached Randy Quaid, she credited his Oscar-nominated performance to "The Last Picture Show." Although Quaid had indeed appeared in "The Last Picture Show," the movie his nominated role had appeared in was "The Last Detail," directed by Hal Ashby. "Oops again," Miss Shepherd lamely apologized. Both "mispronouncements" were films directd by her then-lover, Peter Bogdanovich. The "mix-ups" were seen by the audience in the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion as a crass and calculated attempt to be "cute," according to Oscar historian Robert Osbourne. More Trivia | | Cybill Shepherd Photo Gallery | | Contact Cybill Shepherd |
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