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Daily Mail
3 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Cybill Shepherd, 75, doesn't look like this anymore as Bruce Willis' Moonlighting rival spotted on rare outing
Fans of iconic '80s TV were in for a treat when beloved star Cybill Shepherd stepped out in Los Angeles on Friday. The former model, now 75, whose breakthrough role came in 1972's The Last Picture Show, appeared in high spirits as she made a rare appearance for the play opening Heartbreak Kid. Dressed in a playful floral top and casual jeans, she looked a far cry from the boho-chic style she sported as the object of Travis Bickle's (Robert De Niro) infatuation in Taxi Driver. Wearing shades and comfortable shoes, Cybill also looked very different from her glamorous days as Madelyn Hayes on the detective comedy-drama Moonlighting (1985–1989), where she starred opposite Bruce Willis. While their on-screen chemistry was undeniable, the pair also shared a famously rocky off-screen relationship. 'I remember at one point in the show, it had gotten to where we just hated each other,' Cybill admitted in 2005 about her and Bruce's tumultuous working relationship. She added, 'It was a very volatile show anyway, but that's also what made it great.' The acclaimed actress's latest role was as author Nancy Crampton-Brophy in the 2023 TV movie How to Murder Your Husband, which was written and directed by Stephen Tolkin. Her co-stars in the project included Steve Guttenberg, Sandy Minh Abley, and Primo Allon. Born in Memphis, Shepherd rose to fame through her role on the hit series Moonlighting, where she starred alongside Willis as Maddie opposite his David Addison in the comedic drama. She earned widespread praise for her performance on the show, which aired on ABC from 1985 to 1989. Shepherd won two Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical in 1986 and 1987, and was nominated again in 1988. In addition, she received an Emmy nomination in 1988 for her work on the series. Later, from 1995 to 1997, Shepherd garnered three more Emmy nods for her role on the CBS sitcom Cybill, which also earned her a Golden Globe win in 1996 and a nomination the following year. Willis, now 69, has been in the spotlight recently due to his battle with frontotemporal dementia. In March 2022, his family announced that he would be stepping away from acting because of his health. Following the public news of Willis's diagnosis, Shepherd spoke warmly of her former co-star at the Race to Erase MS benefit gala in Los Angeles in May 2022. 'I will always love Bruce,' Shepherd told Extra. She praised Willis's natural charisma and how he secured the role on Moonlighting, a breakthrough that helped launch his successful film career with hits like Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, and The Sixth Sense. 'I just have to say one thing about Bruce — no one else was ever considered for the part when he walked in the room,' Shepherd added.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘It's in my contract that I have great clothes, funny lines, and a lover': Christine Baranski on her surging career in her 70s
It's hard to think of two more different characters on television right now than the unapologetically uptight Agnes van Rhijn on The Gilded Age and the unapologetically outspoken Victoria on Nine Perfect Strangers. And the woman playing them both couldn't be happier about it. More from GoldDerby 'One of the things that made it so special was that it wasn't for everyone': 'The Leftovers' EPs and cast on the show's legacy David E. Kelley on the secret of his prolific career: 'Don't ever assume you're smarter than the audience' 'I'm glad I'm still alive': Jon Hamm and John Slattery on 'Mad Men,' 10 years later Christine Baranski has made a career out of scene-stealing performances, from Cybill to The Good Wife, and was recently recognized by the ATX TV Festival with its annual Achievement in TV eXcellence Award. Baranski trained at Juilliard with the dream of being a great theater actor, but then found a mid-life renaissance when she was offered the role of Cybill Shepherd's martini-swilling, sharp-tonuged best friend in Cybill, which earned her an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the first season. 'Nobody really starts a Hollywood career in their 40s, but I did,' she said. That then launched her into a 13-year run as the formidable Diane Lockhart on The Good Fight and The Good Wife. 'How did I get so lucky that my first writer that when I took the jump into television was Chuck Lorre?' marveled Baranski, who also credited Robert and Michelle King (The Good Fight, The Good Wife) and Julian Fellowes (The Gilded Age) for giving her great material to work with. 'You're looking at one very, very lucky dame.' SEEChristine Baranski ('The Good Fight') feels 'genuine sense of pride' about 'dangerous,' 'emotional' series finale [Exclusive Video Interview] Baranski praised Lorre for giving Maryann witty one-liners unlike she'd ever seen before on television. 'I knew how to deliver those lines because I had done Neil Simon, I had done Tom Stoppard. I'd done Terrence McNally,' she said.' I knew how to do that one-liner thing, but I'd never read a pilot where I thought, 'You know, it's going to be commensurate with theater writing.'' And then the role of Diane arrived. 'I said to the Kings many times, 'Let's avoid the stereotypes about women. Let's avoid the stereotype that just because she's the head of a law firm and she doesn't have children and she's not married, can we just avoid like playing her like she's an unhappy bitch?'' said Baranski. 'I'm proud of the fact that Diane Lockhart was something of a breakthrough. OK, she gets dressed for work, she looks fabulous, and at the end of the day she can drink scotch with the guys and go toe to toe with the men. She's not angry at men. She likes men.' Wearing Diane's high heels impacted Baranski personally as well. 'I always felt like I aspired to be Diane Lockhart,' she said. 'It was a learning curve for me. I was glad to play that character for 13 years because I think I was learning how to be a woman in power.' As for the infamous slap at the end of The Good Wife, she said she avoids social media, 'so I guess there was a big reaction,' she acknowledged. Her concern, though, was more with the performance. 'I didn't want to hurt Julianna [Margulies], for one thing,' she said. 'In terms of the acting moment, I think Alicia had lost her moral compass, and how she manipulated my husband and me, it was ruthless and horrible. For me, the slap was just, 'Wake up.' So it was easy for me. It wasn't a bitch slap.' The end of The Good Fight actually overlapped with the launch of The Gilded Age — a deal Baranski actually had to step in and negotiate for herself, with a letter sent to the head of CBS at the time asking to be allowed to do both, even though she was locked into a contract with CBS. An exception was made — although she was told to be discreet at the time — and then COVID wreaked havoc with the shooting schedule so the productions coincided. 'That was really, really challenging, but you know, I call it a champagne problem.' Signing on for Nine Perfect Strangers was a far easier deal to make — she agreed without even seeing a script, once she knew it was shooting in Europe and costarring Nicole Kidman. 'I've been making the joke in press that it seems like it's in my contract that I have great clothes, funny lines, and a lover — otherwise, I don't show up,' she quipped. And now in her 70s, with her choice of roles, she admits she's changed her mind about television. 'Television can open our minds and our hearts,' she said. 'The theater's great if you can afford a theater ticket and get to a play, but you turn on your screen in your living room and the world can open up and your consciousness can open up if it's good writing, and there's so much good writing now.' Best of GoldDerby 'I cried a lot': Rob Delaney on the heart and humor in FX's 'Dying for Sex' — and Neighbor Guy's kick in the 'zone' TV directors roundtable: 'American Primeval,' 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,' 'Paradise' 'Paradise' directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on the 'chaos' of crafting 'the world coming to an end' Click here to read the full article.
