. Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha (1972) Buy this film on DVD Title: Boxcar Bertha Released: 1972 Genre: Drama Runtime: 92 min Country: USA Language: English Tagline: America in the 30's was a Free Country. Bertha was jes' a little bit free'er than most. Plot Summary: Bertha is left on her own after her father dies in a aeroplane accident, and links up with controversial leader of the union, Big Bill Shelley, in depression-era America. On the run from McCarthy-ite witch-hunters who think Shelley is a 'red', they unwillingly become involved in underground crime, escape from jail, and ride boxcars on freight trains until the all-powerful railroad company catch up with Shelley and take their revenge. Comments: This was Martin Scorsese's second full-length feature film and it is a decent one. It's about a young girl in the 1930's who meets and falls in love with a union organizer, who also happens to be a thief. Together, they form a small gang and begin robbing trains as well as anything else they can get their hands on. The fun soon turns to fright when they become fugitives and are hunted down by law enforcement officers. There's action and entertainment but not a movie that you would expect from Martin Scorsese. It has none of his trade marks whatsoever. But do realize that this was one of his first films and try to respect that. I do. Scene Description: Barbara Hershey laying on her back in the hay and kissing a guy while topless. ..Movie Stills ..Movie Stills Available to buy:  Boxcar Bertha (DVD)  Boxcar Bertha: An Autobiography: As Told to Dr. Ben L. Reitman -- by Box-Car Bertha, Ben L. Reitman, Box-Car, Roger A. Bruns (Book)
Trivia Turned down the role that eventually went to Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Member of the drill team and pom-pom squad in high school. Personal quotes "I am afraid of being lazy and complacent. I am afraid of taking myself too seriously." Barbara Hershey - Filmography Below is a complete filmography (list of movies she's appeared in) 11:14 (2003) .... Norma Stranger Beside Me, The (2003) (TV) .... Ann Rule ... aka Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (2003) (TV) (USA) Hunger Point (2003) (TV) .... Marsha Hunter "Daniel Deronda" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Contessa Maria Alcharisi Lantana (2001) .... Dr. Valerie Somers "Chicago Hope" (1994) TV Series .... Dr. Francesca Alberghetti (1999-2000) Drowning on Dry Land (1999) .... Kate Passion (1999) .... Rose Grainger ... aka Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger (1999) Breakfast of Champions (1999) .... Celia Hoover Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, A (1998) .... Marcella Willis ... aka Fille d'un soldat ne pleure jamais, La (1998) (France) Staircase, The (1998) (TV) .... Mother Madalyn Frogs for Snakes (1998) .... Eva Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) .... Madame Serena Merle Pallbearer, The (1996) .... Ruth Abernathy Last of the Dogmen (1995) .... Professor Lillian Sloan Abraham (1994) (TV) .... Sarah ... aka Bibel - Abraham, Die (1994) (TV) (Germany) ... aka Bible: Abraham, La (1994) (TV) (France) ... aka Bible: Abraham, The (1994) (TV) "Return to Lonesome Dove" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Clara Allen Dangerous Woman, A (1993) .... Frances Splitting Heirs (1993) .... Duchess Lucinda Swing Kids (1993) .... Frau Muller Falling Down (1993) .... Beth ... aka Chute libre (1993/II) (France) Public Eye, The (1992) .... Kay Levitz Stay the Night (1992) (TV) .... Jimmie Sue Finger Defenseless (1991) .... Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller Paris Trout (1991) (TV) .... Hanna Trout Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) .... Aunt Julia ... aka Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1990) Killing in a Small Town, A (1990) (TV) .... Candy Morrison ... aka Evidence of Love (1990) (TV) Beaches (1988) .... Hillary Whitney Essex ... aka Forever Friends (1988) Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988) .... Mary Magdalene World Apart, A (1988) .... Diana Roth Shy People (1987) .... Ruth Tin Men (1987) .... Mrs. Nora Tilley Passion Flower (1986) (TV) .... Julia Gaitland Hoosiers (1986) .... Myra Fleener ... aka Best Shot (1986) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) .... Lee My Wicked, Wicked Ways... The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985) (TV) .... Lili Damita Natural, The (1984) .... Harriet Bird Right Stuff, The (1983) .... Glennis Yeager Weekend (1982) (TV) Working (1982) (TV) .... Call Girl "Twilight Theater" (1982) TV Series .... Various Characters ... aka "Steve Martin's Twilight Theater" (1982) (USA: complete title) Americana (1981) .... Jess's daughter Entity, The (1981) .... Carla Moran Take This Job and Shove It (1981) .... J.M. Halstead Stunt Man, The (1980) .... Nina Franklin Angel on My Shoulder (1980) (TV) .... Julie "From Here to Eternity" (1980) TV Series .... Karen Holmes "Man Called Intrepid, A" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Madelaine Sunshine Christmas (1977) (TV) .... Cody Blanks Just a Little Inconvenience (1977) (TV) .... Nikki Klausing In the Glitter Palace (1977) (TV) .... Ellen Lange ... aka Woman Accused, A (1977) (TV) Trial by Combat (1976) .... Marion Evans ... aka Choice of Arms, A (1976) ... aka Choice of Weapons (1976) ... aka Dirty Knight's Work (1976) (USA) Flood! (1976) (TV) .... Mary Cutler Last Hard Men, The (1976) .... Susan Burgade Diamonds (1975) (as Barbara Seagull) .... Sally ... aka Diamond Shaft (1975) ... aka Yahlumim (1975) (Israel: Hebrew title) Crazy World of Julius Vrooder, The (1974) (as Barbara Seagull) .... Zanni Love Comes Quietly (1973) .... Angela ... aka Angela (1973) You and Me (1972) .... Waitress ... aka Around (1972) (USA) Boxcar Bertha (1972) .... 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972) .... Susan Pursuit of Happiness, The (1971) .... Jane Kauffman Baby Maker, The (1970) .... Tish Gray Liberation of L.B. Jones, The (1970) .... Nella Mundine Last Summer (1969) .... Sandy Heaven with a Gun (1969) .... Leloopa (Indian girl) With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) .... Stacy Iverson ... aka Man in Mommy's Bed, A (1968) "Monroes, The" (1966) TV Series .... Kathy Monroe (1966-1967) Barbara Hershey - Notable TV Guest Appearances "V Graham Norton" (2002) playing "Herself" 11 July 2002 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) playing "Jessie Dean" in episode: "Wake Me When I'm Dead" (episode # 1.3) 20 October 1985 "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) playing "Kitchen Maid" in episode: "The Nightingale" (episode # 2.2) 10 May 1983 "American Sportsman, The" (1965) playing "Herself" (episode # 18.6) 9 May 1982 "Kung Fu" (1972) playing "Nan Chi" (as Barbara Seagull) in episode: "Besieged: Cannon at the Gates" (episode # 3.11) 22 November 1974 "Kung Fu" (1972) playing "Nan Chi" (as Barbara Seagull) in episode: "Besieged: Death on Cold Mountain" (episode # 3.10) 15 November 1974 "Love Story" (1973) (as Barbara Seagull) in episode: "The Roller Coaster Stops Here" (episode # 1.3) 24 October 1973 "High Chaparral, The" (1967) playing "Moonfire" in episode: "The Peacemaker" (episode # 1.25) 3 March 1968 "Run for Your Life" (1965) playing "Sara Jane" in episode: "Sara-Jane, You Never Whispered Again" (episode # 3.20) 7 February 1968 "Daniel Boone" (1964) playing "Dinah Hubbard" in episode: "The King's Shilling" (episode # 4.6) 19 October 1967 "Invaders, The" (1967) playing "Beth Ferguson" in episode: "The Miracle" (episode # 3.7) 27 February 1967 "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) playing "Casey Holloway" in episode: "Holloway's Daughters" (episode # 3.19) 11 May 1966 "Gidget" (1965) playing "Ellen" in episode: "Ask Helpful Hannah" (episode # 1.29) 31 March 1966 "Gidget" (1965) playing "Ellen" in episode: "Love and the Single Gidget" (episode # 1.25) 3 March 1966 "Farmer's Daughter, The" (1963) in episode: "The Fall and Rise of Steven Morley" (episode # 3.18) 21 January 1966 "Gidget" (1965) playing "Ellen" in episode: "Chivalry Isn't Dead" (episode # 1.12) 1 December 1965