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Sybil is a 1976 two-part American made-for-television film starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. It is based on the book of the same name , and was broadcast on NBC on November 14–15, 1976. Plot
Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show (1971) alongside Jeff Bridges.
Sybil is a 2007 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent, and written by John Pielmeier, based on the 1973 book Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber, which fictionalized the story of Shirley Ardell Mason, who was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (more commonly known then as "split personality", now called dissociative identity disorder).
Joanne Woodward won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and later went on to play Dr. Cornelia Wilbur in the film Sybil (1976), which was a reversal of roles for Woodward. In Sybil , she played the psychiatrist who diagnosed Sybil Dorsett (played by Sally Field , who subsequently won an Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal) with multiple ...
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 11 Jim the World's Greatest: Universal Pictures: Don Coscarelli (director/screenplay); Craig Mitchell (screenplay); Gregory Harrison, Reggie Bannister, Rory Guy, Marla Pennington, Robbie Wolcott, Karen McLain, David Lloyd
Albino (also known as The Night of the Askari, [1] Death in the Sun and Whispering Death) is a 1976 German thriller film directed by Jürgen Goslar [2] and starring Christopher Lee, James Faulkner and Sybil Danning filmed on location during the Rhodesian Bush War. The film is based on the novel The Whispering Death by Daniel Carney.
Sally Field in a 1971 promotional photograph for the television series Alias Smith and Jones.. Sally Field is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and she has been nominated for a Tony Award and two BAFTA Awards.
In 1998, Sigmund Freud historian Peter J. Swales discovered Sybil's true identity. [7] Schreiber's book, whose veracity was challenged (e.g., Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan [8]), stated that Mason had multiple personalities as a result of severe child sexual abuse at the hands of her mother, who, Wilbur believed, had schizophrenia. [9]