Look Back at Cybill Shepherd's Life and Career in Photos as the Actress Turns 75 Today

Mar. 15, 2025

Cybill Shepherd in ‘The Last Picture Show.'.Photo:John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty

John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty

Cybill Shepherdhas been dazzling onscreen for more than five decades!

From her pageant beginnings to her return to the stage later this year, take a look back at Shepherd’s life and career in photos.

01of 16Cybill Shepherd’s Early LifeCybil Shepherd at the Model of the Year Pageant in 1968.CBS via GettyCybill Shepherd was born on February 18, 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee. She stepped into the spotlight at an early age, first as a model, competing in the Miss Teenage America Pageantwhen she was 16 where she earned the title of Miss Congeniality.In 1968 she was named model of the year and went on to have more than a dozenGlamourcovers which was ultimately how she landed her first film role.The Last Pictureshow director Peter Bogdanovich saw her seventh cover in a supermarket in 1970 and remembers doing “a double take,” hetold PEOPLE in 1974.“I owe my entire career to that cover,” she said,per Glamour.

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Cybill Shepherd’s Early Life

Cybil Shepherd at the Model of the Year Pageant in 1968.CBS via Getty

CBS via Getty

Cybill Shepherd was born on February 18, 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee. She stepped into the spotlight at an early age, first as a model, competing in the Miss Teenage America Pageantwhen she was 16 where she earned the title of Miss Congeniality.

In 1968 she was named model of the year and went on to have more than a dozenGlamourcovers which was ultimately how she landed her first film role.The Last Pictureshow director Peter Bogdanovich saw her seventh cover in a supermarket in 1970 and remembers doing “a double take,” hetold PEOPLE in 1974.

“I owe my entire career to that cover,” she said,per Glamour.

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Cybil Shepherd in ‘The Last Picture Show’

Cybill Shepherd in ‘The Last Picture Show.'.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

1971’sThe Last Picture Showmarked Shepherd’s first onscreen role, starring as Jacy Farrow alongside the likes ofJeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms and Cloris Leachman.

03of 16Cybill Shepherd and Peter BogdanovichPeter Bogdanovich and Cybill Shepherd on the May 13, 1974 cover of People magazine.Though Bogdanovich was married when they first met, he left his wife and moved with Shepherd into a Bel Air mansion,PEOPLE reported at the time.“We have absolutely no thoughts of being married,” Shepherd said as part of the couple’s PEOPLE cover story in 1974. Bogdanovich  said the question of marriage was “a chilling thought. Does she look like Mrs. Bogdanovich?”The pair broke up in 1978.

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Cybill Shepherd and Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich and Cybill Shepherd on the May 13, 1974 cover of People magazine.

Though Bogdanovich was married when they first met, he left his wife and moved with Shepherd into a Bel Air mansion,PEOPLE reported at the time.

“We have absolutely no thoughts of being married,” Shepherd said as part of the couple’s PEOPLE cover story in 1974. Bogdanovich  said the question of marriage was “a chilling thought. Does she look like Mrs. Bogdanovich?”

The pair broke up in 1978.

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Cybill Shepherd Becomes a Mom

Cybill Shepherd and David Ford with their newborn daughter Clementine Ford.Donaldson Collection/Getty

Donaldson Collection/Getty

In the late 1970s, Shepherd moved back to Memphis where she met auto-parts dealer David Ford. The two married after a few months and welcomed their daughter Clementine in 1979.

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Cybill Shepherd on ‘The Yellow Rose’

Sam Elliott and Cybill Shepherd in ‘The Yellow Rose.'.RGR Collection/Alamy

RGR Collection/Alamy

06of 16Cybill Shepherd on ‘Moonlighting’Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis in ‘Moonlighting’.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/GettyJust a few years later she landed the role of Maddie Hayes onMoonlighting.She andBruce Willisstarred together on the show for its entire five-season run. Her performance on the show earned her an Emmy nomination in 1986, as well as Golden Globe wins in 1986 and 1987.

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Cybill Shepherd on ‘Moonlighting’

Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis in ‘Moonlighting’.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

Just a few years later she landed the role of Maddie Hayes onMoonlighting.She andBruce Willisstarred together on the show for its entire five-season run. Her performance on the show earned her an Emmy nomination in 1986, as well as Golden Globe wins in 1986 and 1987.

07of 16Cybill Shepherd at the Golden GlobesCybill Shepherd at the 43rd annual Golden Globe Awards.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via GettyFor her first Golden Globe win in 1986, Shepherd wore a blue velvet off-the-shoulder gown. She has won a total of four Golden Globes over her career including two in 1996 when her eponymous showCybillwon best television series - musical or comedy and she also took one home for her performance on the series.

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Cybill Shepherd at the Golden Globes

Cybill Shepherd at the 43rd annual Golden Globe Awards.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty

For her first Golden Globe win in 1986, Shepherd wore a blue velvet off-the-shoulder gown. She has won a total of four Golden Globes over her career including two in 1996 when her eponymous showCybillwon best television series - musical or comedy and she also took one home for her performance on the series.

08of 16Cybill Shepherd and Bruce OppenheimCybill Shepherd and Bruce Oppenheim.Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch via GettyShepherd met chiropractor Bruce Oppenheim in 1985 while she was getting treated for migraines. The two hit it off and wed two years later — after Shepherd found out she was pregnantwith the couple’s twins.The pair split up in 1989, per theL.A. Times.

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Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Oppenheim

Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Oppenheim.Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch via Getty

Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch via Getty

Shepherd met chiropractor Bruce Oppenheim in 1985 while she was getting treated for migraines. The two hit it off and wed two years later — after Shepherd found out she was pregnantwith the couple’s twins.

The pair split up in 1989, per theL.A. Times.

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Cybill Shepherd Welcomes Twins

Cybill Shepherd and her twins on the cover of PEOPLE in Dec. 1987.

Ten weeks after their birth, Molly Ariel and Cyrus Zachariah Shepherd-Oppenheim graced the cover of PEOPLE with their mom.

10of 16Cybill Shepherd and Her Three KidsClementine Ford, Ariel Oppenheim, Cybill Shepherd and Zach Oppenheim.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via GettyShepherd and her three kiddos were all dressed up for a wedding in 1993.

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Cybill Shepherd and Her Three Kids

Clementine Ford, Ariel Oppenheim, Cybill Shepherd and Zach Oppenheim.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Shepherd and her three kiddos were all dressed up for a wedding in 1993.

11of 16Cybill Shepherd Gets Her Own ShowCybill Shepherd and Christine Baranski on ‘Cybill.'.CBS via GettyCybillpremiered in 1995 and aired for four seasons until 1998. In 2018,Shepherd claimedthat the show was cut short after she denied former CBS CEOLes Moonves’ advances.“My show could have run another five years, but I didn’t fall on the right side of Les,” she said on SiriusXM’sThe Michelle Collins Show. “I wasn’t going to fall, at all, for Les.”Moonves denied the allegations.

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Cybill Shepherd Gets Her Own Show

Cybill Shepherd and Christine Baranski on ‘Cybill.'.CBS via Getty

Cybillpremiered in 1995 and aired for four seasons until 1998. In 2018,Shepherd claimedthat the show was cut short after she denied former CBS CEOLes Moonves’ advances.

“My show could have run another five years, but I didn’t fall on the right side of Les,” she said on SiriusXM’sThe Michelle Collins Show. “I wasn’t going to fall, at all, for Les.”

Moonves denied the allegations.

12of 16Cybill Shepherd Celebrates Her Twins’ BirthdayClementine Ford, Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim, Cybill Shepherd and Cyrus Zackariah Shepherd-Oppenheim,.John Sciulli/WireImageIn 2005 Shepherd and her eldest daughter Clementine joined twins Ariel and Zack to celebrate their 18th birthday

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Cybill Shepherd Celebrates Her Twins’ Birthday

Clementine Ford, Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim, Cybill Shepherd and Cyrus Zackariah Shepherd-Oppenheim,.John Sciulli/WireImage

John Sciulli/WireImage

In 2005 Shepherd and her eldest daughter Clementine joined twins Ariel and Zack to celebrate their 18th birthday

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Cybill Shepherd on ‘Psych’

Corbin Bernsen, James Roday and Cybill Shepherd.Alan Zenuk/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Alan Zenuk/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

14of 16Cybill Shepherd Supports Race to Erase MSCybill Shepherd and her daughter, Clementine Ford, attend the 23rd Annual Race To Erase MS Gala in Beverly Hills, California, in April 2016.VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty ImagesThe actress has also shown support for causes close to her heart, including Race to Erase MS following her daughter Clementine’s diagnosis.At the 2022 gala she told the crowd, “That diagnosis of my daughter Clementine was one of the most difficult days of my life, but she’s doing great right now and I have two grandchildren,“Varietyreported.

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Cybill Shepherd Supports Race to Erase MS

Cybill Shepherd and her daughter, Clementine Ford, attend the 23rd Annual Race To Erase MS Gala in Beverly Hills, California, in April 2016.VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

The actress has also shown support for causes close to her heart, including Race to Erase MS following her daughter Clementine’s diagnosis.

At the 2022 gala she told the crowd, “That diagnosis of my daughter Clementine was one of the most difficult days of my life, but she’s doing great right now and I have two grandchildren,“Varietyreported.

15of 16Cybill Shepherd Roasts Bruce WillisCybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis at the Roast of Bruce Willis in 2018.Tommaso Boddi/WireImageShepherd joined many of Bruce Willis’ loved ones back in 2018 to take part in Comedy Central’s Roast of Bruce Willis where she called the actor “one of the most brilliant actors and finest man I’ve ever known.”

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Cybill Shepherd Roasts Bruce Willis

Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis at the Roast of Bruce Willis in 2018.Tommaso Boddi/WireImage

Tommaso Boddi/WireImage

Shepherd joined many of Bruce Willis’ loved ones back in 2018 to take part in Comedy Central’s Roast of Bruce Willis where she called the actor “one of the most brilliant actors and finest man I’ve ever known.”

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Cybill Shepherd Today

Cybill Shepherd in Sept. 2024.David Crotty/Getty

David Crotty/Getty

In April she’ll be returning to the stage at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club where she’ll be performing her showCybill Shepherd: Queen of the Lucky Club.

source: people.com