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Cybill was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty at Every Age section, for age 57, in May 2007.
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Cybill uses Vaseline on her face, a tip she got from her grandmother who used it herself.
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Her parents are Patty Shobe and the late William Jennings Shepherd. They divorced when Cybill was a teen.
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Cybill refused to try out for the part of Daisy in
The Great Gatsby because she felt they could see she was perfect for the part. The role got to
Mia Farrow.
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She did a reading for the movie
Travels with My Aunt with
George Cukor. His response was that she should stay away from comedy because she simply couldn't do it. Cindy Williams got the part.
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One of the characters in
American Beauty was based on Cybill Shepherd. The part was played by
Annette Bening and the screenwriter for that movie was
Alan Ball who had also written for
the Cybill Show.
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When Cybill's youngest children moved away to college, she suffered from the empty-nest syndrome. To cope with it she moved in her things in their bedrooms and spent a lot of time there.
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Cybill made her TV acting debut with "A Guide For the Married Woman" in 1978.
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Cybill made her stage debut in New York 1977 with A Shot In The Dark.
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Cybill started singing in church choirs at age eight and began to study music at age 16.
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The name Cybill is a contraction of her grandfathers' names, Cy and Bill. Had she been a boy her name would have been Cyrus William.
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When modelling, Cybill used to have her photos taken from the left. When the photographer insisted on trying to take some from the right, those pictures didn't end up in the magazines anyway. People weren't used to seeing her that way.
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Cybill's formal training began, at sixteen, studying with the coach of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus when the company was in her home town of Memphis, Tennessee.
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Cybill appeared in print ads for Ultima II Full Moisture Lipcolour in 1999.
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Cybill performed in Concert on BBC Radio 2 in 1995.
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Cybill appeared in print ads for Ultima II Glowtion Skin Brightening Moisturizer in 2000.
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Cybill appeared in a print ad for Easy Spirit shoes in 2000.
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Cybill appeared in a print ad for Breck shampoo in 1969.
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As a cabaret singer and comedienne, Cybill performed for 5 nights, Wednesday 13th March to Sunday 17th March 2002, at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, Soho, London, England.
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Cybill appeared in a TV commercial for Cover Girl makeup in 1969.
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Cybill appeared in several TV commercials for Loreal hair products in the 1990's.
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Cybill appeared in print advertising (billboards) for Mercedes-Benz automobiles in 1997.
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Cybill appeared in a TV commercial for Mercedes Benz Automobiles in 1997.
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Cybill appeared in a TV commercial for National Airlines in 1971.
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Cybill's Star on the Walk of Fame for her contributions to Television is located at 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA.
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In 1997, Cybill was nominated for the Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
for:
Cybill (1995).
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In 1972, Cybill was nominated for the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer - Female for: The Last Picture Show (1971).
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In 1987, Cybill won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical for:
Moonlighting (1985).
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In 1988, Cybill was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical for:
Moonlighting (1985).
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In 1996, Cybill won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical for:
Cybill (1995).
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In 1997, Cybill was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical for:
Cybill (1995).
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In 1996, Cybill won the Golden Apple Award for Female Star of the Year.
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In 1986, Cybill was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for:
Moonlighting (1985).
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In 1995, Cybill was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for:
Cybill (1995).
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In 1996, Cybill was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for:
Cybill (1995).
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In 1997, Cybill was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for:
Cybill (1995).
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In 1988, Cybill won the TV Prize for Best Foreign TV Personality - Female (Bästa utländska kvinna) at the Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden.
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During an appearance at the 1985 Emmy Awards, Cybill wore orange Reebok Freestyle hitop sneakers. This appearance gained her some fashion critism for wearing orange Reeboks with a black formal strapless gown. Even on the Moonlighting set, Cybill would switch from pumps into comfortable Reebok sneakers. Sometimes the sneakers would get caught in scenes during filming.
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Cybill was the subject of a cover story, along with her lover
Peter Bogdanovich, in the May 13, 1974 issue of "People Magazine." It was the 10th issue of the magazine, which was first published on March 4, 1974.
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Cybill's early salaries:
The Yellow Rose (1983) $1,000/episode
The Last Picture Show (1971) $5,000
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Cybill gave her former lover and artistic mentor
Peter Bogdanovich a signed photograph that hangs in his New York City apartment in which she addresses him as "Sven," short for "Svengali." Svengali was a musician in George du Maurier's Bohemian novel
Trilby who, through hypnosis, teaches the eponymous heroine to sing and controls her singing for his own purposes.
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As a fashion model in the early 70s, Cybill was discovered for films when director Peter Bogdanovich spotted her on the cover of Glamour magazine while standing in a supermarket checkout line.
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In 2002, Cybill was treated for a serious melanoma which will require monitoring for the remainder of her life.
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Cybill's look-alike daughter,
Clementine Shepherd-Ford is a budding actress who was named Miss Golden Globe, handed to celebrity off-spring.
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Cybill once had a longterm relationship with director Peter Bogdanovich.
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Cybill is the mother of three children. Her daughter
Clementine Ford was born in 1980, and twin sons Ariel and Zachariah Oppenheim were born on October 6, 1987.
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Cybill has been married and divorced twice. First to David Ford, an auto parts dealer, from 1978 to 1982, then to doctor Bruce Oppenheim from 1987 to 1990.
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Cybill revealed in her autobiography Cybill Disobedience that her engagement to Robert Martin (in the book given the fake name "Howard Roark") ended on October 24, 1998 when he told her in their couples' therapy session.
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Cybill graduated from Memphis East High School in 1968.
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Cybill was the winner of Miss Teenage Memphis 1966 .
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Cybill won the 1968 Model of the Year Award.
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When Cybill was 19, she dated
Elvis Presley a few times. Cybill didn't care much for the posse surrounding him, she liked him better when he was relaxed, home alone in Memphis. She also claims he wore more make-up than she did.
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Cybill was named after her grandfather, Cy, and her father, Bill.
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Cybill is 5' 8" (1.73 m) tall.
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Cybill has released 8 albums:
Cybill Does It To Cole Porter
Mad About The Boy
Vanilla
Somewhere Down The Road
Talk Memphis To Me
Songs From The Cybill Show
Live At The Cinegrill
At Home With Cybill
She also contributed two songs to the
Moonlighting soundtrack:
Blue Moon and
I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out.