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As a kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam and played
in the woods and gave no indication of one day growing up to be
an Oscar-winning actress. Catch this tomboy turned Hollywood star
this Sunday on Inside the Actors Studio on 10 September on
Pix.
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 also tried modeling and singing. The petite Sissy finally broke
into films, one of her first being Badlands. Her breakout
role was in another film, Carrie, in which she played the
humiliated Prom Queen who goes postal with her telekinesis.
Read more to get a quick peek into another exciting episode of
Inside the Actors Studio …
- “Sissy” was a nickname that her brothers used to call
her, short for “sister” and it stayed with her ever since
- During her audition for Carrie (1976), she wore a dress that
her mother forced her to wear to a party when she was in the seventh
grade
- She released a country LP titled Hangin' Up My Heart on Atlantic
Records in 1983
- Decided to skip college after her older brother, Robbie, died
at 18 years of age in 1967 from leukemia during her senior year
in high school. She decided life was way too short to waste it in
four years of college
- Lives on 300 acre farmland named "Beau Val" near Charlottesville,
Virginia
Watch out for Sissy Spacek and her Tap dance demonstration only
for James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio this Sunday 10 September
at 7 pm on Pix!!!
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