Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherd
Shepherd in 1985
Born	Cybill Lynne Shepherd (1950-02-18) February 18, 1950 (age 67) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1971–present
Spouse(s)	David Ford (1978–1982) Bruce Oppenheim (1987–1990)
Children	3, including Clementine Ford

Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model. Shepherd's better known roles include Jacy in The Last Picture Show (1971), Kelly in The Heartbreak Kid (1972), Betsy in Taxi Driver (1976), Maddie Hayes in Moonlighting (1985–1989), Cybill Sheridan in Cybill (1995–1998), Phyllis Kroll in The L Word (2007–2009), Madeleine Spencer in Psych (2008–2013) and Linette Montgomery in The Client List (2012-2013).

Shepherd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Patty (née Shobe), a homemaker, and William Jennings Shepherd, who managed a home appliance business. Named after her grandfather Cy and her father Bill, Shepherd won the 1966 "Miss Teenage Memphis" contest at age 16, and the 1968 "Model of the Year" contest at age 18, making her a fashion star of the 1960s, resulting in fashion modeling work through high school and after.

According to Shepherd's autobiography, it was a 1970 Glamour magazine cover that caught the eye of film director Peter Bogdanovich. His then-wife, Polly Platt, claimed that it was she who, upon seeing the cover in a check-out line in a Ralphs grocery store in southern California, said "That's Jacy", referring to the role Bogdanovich was casting—and ultimately offered to Shepherd—in The Last Picture Show (1971). She became intimately involved with him, as well as co-star Jeff Bridges, screenwriter Larry McMurtry, and then location manager Frank Marshall.