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Mary Elizabeth “Sissy” Spacek was born on 25 December 1949, in Quitman, Texas USA, of Irish, English and Polish descent. Sissy is a singer and actress, perhaps still best known for portraying Carrie White in the film “Carrie” in 1976. She has also had acclaimed performances in films such as “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, “The River” and “Missing”. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Sissy Spacek? As of mid-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $15 million, mostly earned through a successful career as an actress. She’s appeared in films and television series since the 1970s, and has even tried her hand at a music career. She’s won 37 awards over the course of her career, and all of these have helped ensure the position of her wealth.

At a young age, Elizabeth was often called by her brothers as Sissy, and it would eventually lead to her using that as her stage name. Her brother died from leukemia during 1967, and the experience helped her to become strong and fearless when it comes to her acting career.

Sissy started her career as a photo model for Ford Models, and as an extra. She appeared in the film “Trash” but would be first credited for a part in “Prime Cut”, in which she portrayed a girl sold as a sex slave. She then found opportunities to appear in “The Waltons” before starring in the hit film “Badlands”. After starring in “Carrie” she was nominated for an Academy Award, which together would gain her international recognition. She then performed a few small roles, and tried her hand at independent films including “3 Women” and “Eraserhead”. In 1980, she starred in “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and her performance led to an Oscar win. She also started to gain popularity for her singing skills, being nominated for a Grammy for her help in the soundtrack of “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, and this led to her creating the album “Hangin’ Up My Heart”, although it only had one hit single – “Lonely But Only for You”. She continued with films such as “Heart Beat”, which received mixed reviews, and in the 1980s, she appeared with Mel Gibson in “The River” and also worked with Diane Keaton in “Crimes of the Heart”. Her net worth rose steadily though.

She took a break from acting for a while, and then resurfaced in the 1990s, appearing in “JFK”. She also appeared in more comedies, including “The Grass Harp”, and then as Brendan Fraser’s mother in “Blast From the Past”. In 2001, she had another Academy Award nomination for her performance in “In the Bedroom”, receiving many positive reviews for her performance, and winning numerous awards including a Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Circle Award. She then starred in “Nine Lives”, “Pictures of Hollis Woods” and even narrated an audio book for the “Carrie” novel.

In 2012, she released a memoir entitled “My Extraordinary Ordinary Life”, and it received great reviews from various critics.

For her personal life, it is known that she married art director Jack Fish in 1974, after they met on the set of “Badlands”. She also appeared in his films “Violets Are Blue” and “Raggedy Man”. They have two daughters, one of whom is actress Schuyler Fisk. Sissy has also been well known for keeping out of the eye of tabloids, maintaining a low private profile.

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1. Her sweet southern accent.

Mary Elizabeth Spacek Quotes

• When I started out in independent films in the early 70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn’t about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You’d die before you’d be bought.
• There’s a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you’re trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it.
• My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn’t change what you are in the search for success.
• [on why she did not want to appear in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)] I asked if they could use some backflashes instead. I enjoyed the sequel, but hated my role in the first film. I was awful.
• [Parade magazine, April 1, 2001] I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.
• [on her daughter Schuyler Fisk becoming an actress] The business has been good to me. I would be a hypocrite if I tried to convince her not to do this.

Mary Elizabeth Spacek Important Facts

• She was considered for the role of Hattie in Pretty Baby (1978) that went to Susan Sarandon.
• She was considered for the role of Frances Farmer in Frances (1982) that went to Jessica Lange.
• She was considered for the role of Cora in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) that went to Jessica Lange.
• She was offered the role of Marie in Don McKay (2009) that went to Melissa Leo.
• She was considered for the role of Jacy Farrow in The Last Picture Show (1971) that went to Cybill Shepherd.
• She auditioned for the role of Thelma Dickinson in Thelma & Louise (1991), but after reading the script, she thought it was “awful”.
• She was considered for the role of Kathryn Murphy in The Accused (1988) that went to Kelly McGillis.
• She auditioned for the role of Lilly Dillon in The Grifters (1990) that went to Anjelica Huston.
• She auditioned for the role of Phoenix in Phantom of the Paradise (1974). She worked as set dresser for this film to assist her boyfriend, Jack Fisk, who was the film’s production designer. According to Spacek, she did her job so poorly that she ruined a day’s worth of filming.
• She was considered for the role of Vicki Vale in Batman (1989) that went to Kim Basinger.
• She was the first choice for the role of Helen Kingsley in _”ER’ (1994) {Just as I Am (#11.14)}_ that went to Frances Fisher’.
• She auditioned for Princess Leia in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977). George Lucas and Brian De Palma were holding joint auditions for Star Wars and Carrie (1976) and Carrie Fisher auditioned for Carrie White. They wound up getting each other’s roles.
• She was considered for the role of Dorothy Malone in Blue Velvet (1986) that went to Isabella Rossellini.
• She was considered for the role of Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987) that went to Glenn Close.
• She was considered for the role of Alex Owens in Flashdance (1983), but the producers felt she was too old.
• She was considered for the role of Catherine Trammell in Basic Instinct (1992) that went to Sharon Stone.
• She was considered for the role of Deborah in Once Upon a Time in America (1984) that went to Elizabeth McGovern.
• She was considered for the role of Sarah Connor in The Terminator (1984) that went to Linda Hamilton.
• She was originally cast as Lee Wakefield Lacker in Marvin’s Room (1996), but dropped out. Meryl Streep replaced her.
• Sissy’s paternal grandparents’ last names are both the names of birds in their native Czech: Spacek (pronounced “shPAH-chek,” which means “Starling”) and Cervenka (pronounced “chair-VENK-ah,” which means “Robin”).
• When she was told that she did not have the role in Heart Beat (1980), she broke a glass of wine in her hands. The producer was so impressed by the gesture, that he ultimately gave Spacek the role. He handed her a piece of shattered glass and said “this clinched the deal”.
• She is the 22nd great granddaughter of King Edward I.
• Her surname pronounced as “SH:pah-chek”.
• She has Celtic, German, Nordic and Slavic ancestry.
• Is one of 14 actresses to have won both the Best Actress Academy Award and the Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Golden Globe for the same performance; hers being for Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980). The others, in chronological order, are: Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday (1950), Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins (1964), Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl (1968), Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972), Glenda Jackson for A Touch of Class (1973), Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977), Cher for Moonstruck (1987), ‘Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets (1997), Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (2007), and Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
• Acting protégée of Piper Laurie.
• Was considered for the role of Leah in And So It Goes (2014), but dropped out later. The role eventually went to Diane Keaton.
• Was replaced by Debra Winger in three movies: Urban Cowboy (1980), Terms of Endearment (1983) and Boychoir (2014).
• Was the 85th actress to receive an Academy Award: she won the Best Actress Oscar for Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) at The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981) on March 31, 1981.
• Gave birth to her second child at age 38, a daughter Madison Fisk on September 21, 1988. Child’s father is her husband, Jack Fisk.
• Gave birth to her first child at age 32, a daughter Schuyler Fisk on July 8, 1982. Child’s father is her husband, Jack Fisk.
• Was replaced by Debra Winger in Boychoir (2014) and Molly Shannon in Other People (2016) due to her commitment to the first and second seasons of Bloodline (2015).
• Her father was of three quarters Moravian (Czech) and one quarter German ancestry. Her mother had English and Irish ancestry.
• Has starred in five films nominated for Best Picture: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), Missing (1982), JFK (1991), In the Bedroom (2001) and The Help (2011).
• She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 1, 2011.
• Was David Cronenberg’s first choice to play Rose in Rabid (1977).
• Mother of Schuyler Fisk and Madison Fisk.
• Was the original choice for the role of Milena Flaherty in Bad Timing (1980), but the production’s start date eventually coincided with her work on another film.
• Her career has several connections to Robert Duvall. She and Duvall both appear in Four Christmases (2008) and Get Low (2009). Sissy starred in Streets of Laredo (1995), a sequel to Lonesome Dove (1989), starring Duvall. Further, her nephew Stephen Spacek appeared with Duvall in Gods and Generals (2003). Finally, Sissy narrates an audiobook version of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was Duvall’s first film.
• According to her commentary on the DVD of Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), she initially aspired to be a singer and auditioned for Decca Records. The label liked her but told her she was too similar to another artist they had on their label. That artist was Loretta Lynn.
• Born at 12:03 AM (CST).
• She has won four New York Film Critics Circle Awards, second to Meryl Streep, who’s won the most with five. Sissy’s wins are for 3 Women (1977), Best Supporting Actress; Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), Best Actress; Crimes of the Heart (1986), Best Actress; and In the Bedroom (2001), Best Actress.
• 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 was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2001 in Austin, Texas.
• In 1969, under the pseudonym “Rainbo”, she recorded a novelty song about John Lennon titled, “John, You’ve Gone Too Far This Time”.
• Her Best Actress Oscar nomination for Carrie (1976) is notable in that performances in horror films are rarely recognized by the academy.
• She won an Oscar for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)_, making her one of 18 actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2015). The other seventeen actors and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Sergeant York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), Jason Robards for playing Ben Bradlee in All the President’s Men (1976), Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980), Jeremy Irons for playing Claus Von Bullow in Reversal of Fortune (1990), Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995), Geoffrey Rush for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001), Jennifer Connelly for playing Alicia Nash in A Beautiful Mind (2001), Helen Mirren for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), Sandra Bullock for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009), Melissa Leo for playing Alice Eklund-Ward in The Fighter (2010), Christian Bale for playing Dickie Eklund in The Fighter (2010), Meryl Streep for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011) and Eddie Redmayne for playing Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014).
• Is first cousin to actor Rip Torn and third cousin to actor Cillian De Ros.
• Frequently works with Tommy Lee Jones, having appeared with him in Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), JFK (1991), and The Good Old Boys (1995). Separately, they have also each appeared in films in the Lonesome Dove series. Jones appeared in the original Lonesome Dove (1989), while Spacek appeared in Streets of Laredo (1995).
• Her performance as Carrie White in Carrie (1976) is ranked #63 on Premiere magazine’s 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
• Godmother of Rebecca Taylor.
• Was Homecoming Queen of her Senior Class in High School.
• Her brother, Edwin Spacek, is a music industry consultant in Austin, Texas.
• Lives on 300 acre farmland named “Beau Val” near Charlottesville, Virginia.
• 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.
• Was the first choice for the role of Emma Greenway in Terms of Endearment (1983), which went to Debra Winger.
• Listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1976” in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 28.
• Not only did she win an Oscar for her performance in Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), but she was nominated for a Grammy for her rendition of the title song in the category Best Country Vocal Performance, Female.
• “Sissy” is a nickname given by her brothers when she was growing up.

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