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Barbara was a member of the drill team and pom pom squad in high school.
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Barbara is the daughter of Arnold Herzstein.
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Barbara is five feet, five inches tall.
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She won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for playing a murderess in the TV movie A Killing in a Small Town (1990). The movie was based on a true story about two women in North Texas.
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The first performer to win back to back acting awards at the Cannes Film Festival. (As of 2006, the only performer to do this.)
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As of 2006, she lives with her partner, actor Naveen Andrews from the TV series Lost, who is 21 years her junior.
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Spouse: Stephen Douglas (8 August 1992 - 1993) (divorced). Son with actor David Carradine: Free (later changed his name to Tom).