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Birthdate: December 25, 1949

Sissy Spacek

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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All-time

of 196,423

143
All Time Actress

of 24,002

56
Decades
- 1970s
  
  of 21,065
  
  14
- 1980s
  
  of 44,733
  
  1,359
- 1990s
  
  of 71,584
  
  261
- 2000s
  
  of 82,682
  
  318
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,607
  
  6,218
- Adventure
  
  of 25,528
  
  431
- Biography
  
  of 11,944
  
  85
- Comedy
  
  of 84,814
  
  2,664
- Crime
  
  of 34,304
  
  209
- Documentary
  
  of 9,403
  
  2,345
- Drama
  
  of 107,138
  
  266
- Family
  
  of 15,339
  
  1,786
- Fantasy
  
  of 17,834
  
  656
- History
  
  of 5,928
  
  496
- Horror
  
  of 36,680
  
  258
- Mystery
  
  of 16,953
  
  31
- Romance
  
  of 37,234
  
  1,197
- Thriller
  
  of 49,528
  
  90

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1970s

3.0029

1980s

2.0550

1990s

2.7212

2000s

2.7163

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: Sissy Spacek is ranked overall as 3.0027 of of 4 stars

3.0027

Sissy Spacek Movie Rankings

Badlands (1973)

3.2672

Kit Carruthers, a young garbage collector and his girlfriend Holly Sargis from Fort Dupree, South Dakota, are on the run after killing Holly's father who disagreed with their relationship. ...more about Badlands

DVD from $13.79

(9 sellers)

JFK (1991)

3.2375

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, begins investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Skeptical of the FBI's report Garrison presents a list of possible conspirators and motives, including Vice President Johnson. ...more about JFK

DVD from $1.45

(16 sellers)

Straight Story, The (1999)

3.2236

After hearing about the hospitalization of his estranged brother, 73-year-old Alvin Straight sets on a mission across the country, on his John Deere tractor, to visit. ...more about Straight Story

Actor Awards

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama

DVD from $10.98

(11 sellers)

In the Bedroom (2001)

3.1110

The Fowlers are a normal family in Maine. Matt (Tom Wilkinson) is the town doctor and loves to fish, his wife, Ruth (Sissy Spacek), is the school's choir leader, and their son, Frank (Nick Stahl), is home from his first year of college. ...more about In the Bedroom

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
AFI Awards, USA - AFI Actor of the Year - Female - Movies
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
Vancouver Film Critics Circle - Best Actress

DVD from $7.02

(12 sellers)

3 Women (1977)

3.0465

Shy, reclusive girl Pinky starts work at a solarium and becomes emotionally attached to her fellow worker, Millie. After an accident, the women seem to inexplicably swap personalities, and then return back to normal. ...more about 3 Women

Actor Awards

New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress

DVD from $25.89

(8 sellers)

Affliction (1997)

3.0285

Wade Whitehouse � un poliziotto di campagna che vive una vita di espedienti in una piccola e depressa cittadina del New Hampshire. Il suo matrimonio con Lillian � fallito e riesce di rado a vedere la figlia Jill, con la quale ha un pessimo rapporto. ...more about Affliction

DVD from $9.99

(7 sellers)

Carrie (1976)

3.0050

Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. ...more about Carrie

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actress

DVD from $5.69

(14 sellers)

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

2.9755

At only thirteen years of age, Loretta Webb marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible for a sizeable family. ...more about Coal Miner's Daughter

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress

DVD from $6.35

(12 sellers)

Nine Lives (2005)

2.9612

Nine Lives is a moving exploration of the individual experiences of nine women as told through nine single unbroken takes. ...more about Nine Lives

DVD from $3.95

(9 sellers)

Prime Cut (1972)

2.9205

A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only grinds his enemies into sausage, but sells women as sex slaves. ...more about Prime Cut

DVD from $4.94

(11 sellers)

North Country (2005)

2.8676

A semi-fictionalized account of a long legal battle of group of women miners who endured a hostile work environment and numerous and continuous insults and unwanted touching when they became the first women to go underground at Eveleth Mines in Minnesota. ...more about North Country

DVD from $4.60

(14 sellers)

Blast from the Past (1999)

2.8512

After 35 in a bomb shelter Adam West emerges to the surface to collect supplies for his family and find a wife. Slowly he learns there was no atomic bomb and they have been living underground for no reason. Now, he must adjust to life in the 90's. ...more about Blast from the Past

Actor Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actress

DVD from $7.49

(12 sellers)

Tuck Everlasting (2002)

2.7818

Tuck Everlasting is the story of a girl named Winnie and a family who she meets, the Tucks. The Tucks have a secret, they're immortal.They drank water from a spring that was actually a fountain of youth. Till the end of time, they will stay that way. ...more about Tuck Everlasting

Actor Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actress

DVD from $7.02

(13 sellers)

Decade Under the Influence, A (2003)

2.6019

The 1970s was an extraordinary time of rebellion, of questioning every accepted idea: political activism, hedonism, protests, the sexual revolution, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the music revolution, rage and liberation. ...more about Decade Under the Influence

DVD from $8.99

(11 sellers)

Home at the End of the World, A (2004)

2.5930

This chronicle of two childhood friends looks at what we mean by love, commitment and loyalty. Perhaps most importantly, it re-examines the idea of family, and in doing so shows us its very essence and the ways in which that essence can be redefined. ...more about Home at the End of the World

DVD from $4.99

(12 sellers)

Grass Harp, The (1995)

2.4042

After his mother's death, Collin Fenwick goes to live with his father's cousins, the wealthy, avaricious, and controlling Verena Talbo, and her compliant, earthy sister Dolly. ...more about Grass Harp

DVD from $7.00

(12 sellers)

Missing (1982)

2.3670

Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman, this is the story of an American father of conservative background who comes to a South American country to search for his missing son, a journalist. ...more about Missing

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

DVD from $3.92

(12 sellers)

American Haunting, An (2005)

2.3366

Based on true events validated by the State of Tennessee of the only case in US History where a spirit or entity caused the death of a man. ...more about American Haunting

DVD from $5.49

(15 sellers)

Ring Two, The (2005)

2.2689

The story picks up six months after the horrifying events that terrorized Rachel Keller (Watts) and her son Aidan (Dorfman) in Seattle. ...more about Ring Two

DVD from $3.26

(17 sellers)

Long Walk Home, The (1990)

2.2269

Dramatizes the events in 1955-1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, when blacks boycotted public transport becuase they were forced to sit at the back. ...more about Long Walk Home

DVD from $7.24

(2 sellers)

Hot Rod (2007)

2.0590

Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble (Samberg) is preparing for the jump of his life. Rod plans to clear fifteen buses in an attempt to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank’s life-saving heart operation. He’ll land the jump, get Frank better, and then fight him, hard. ...more about Hot Rod

DVD from $7.95

(15 sellers)

Crimes of the Heart (1986)

1.9000

Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. ...more about Crimes of the Heart

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress

DVD from $3.29

(9 sellers)

'Night, Mother (1986)

1.8994

What would you do if someone you love sat down with you one night and calmly told you they were going to end their life before morning? This is Thelma Cates' dilemma. Her daughter, Jessie, has had it. ...more about 'Night

Not Available on DVD

American Haunting, An (2006)

1.8848

An American Haunting is based on true events documented by the State of Tennessee. Between the years 1818-1820, the Bell Family of Red River, Tennessee was visited by an unknown, unseen presence that terrorized the family. ...more about American Haunting

Not Available on DVD

Gray Matters (2007)

1.4475

Sam and Grey's brother/sister relationship is so close it's often assumed they are dating, but when the two fall for the same girl their relationship will be put to its toughest test. ...more about Gray Matters

Not Available on DVD

Raggedy Man (1981)

1.4169

Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on leave causes tongues to wag in town. ...more about Raggedy Man

Actor Awards

Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama

DVD from $4.99

(10 sellers)

Violets Are Blue... (1986)

1.3925

After fifteen years of traveling around the world Gussie (Spacek), a famous photographer, returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up. ...more about Violets Are Blue...

Not Available on DVD

Marie (1985)

1.3149

Not Available on DVD

Trading Mom (1994)

1.3120

Not Available on DVD

Welcome to L.A. (1976)

1.2519

This mosaic comedy-drama tells the story of a La Ronde-like circle of romantic adventures and failed affairs centered around a songwriter named Carroll Barber (Keith Carradine) and his father Carl Barber (Denver Pyle). ...more about Welcome to L.A.

Not Available on DVD

Heart Beat (1980)

0.9496

Not Available on DVD

Hard Promises (1991)

0.8904

A man who doesn't like stable work environments has been away for too many years, and finds out his wife has divorced him and is planning to remarry. ...more about Hard Promises

DVD from $7.90

(8 sellers)

River, The (1984)

0.4748

Farming family battles severe storms, a bank threatening to reposses their farm, and other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm. ...more about River

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

DVD from $3.92

(12 sellers)

Ginger in the Morning (1974)

No Reviews Available

DVD from $3.30

(4 sellers)

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick (2002)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

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