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Acting

Sissy Spacek

Career: Active from 1972 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 39
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Badlands
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sissy Spacek Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.5, average 2.4
Pop Culture
1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Nostalgic 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Rural Setting 4
Character Study 4
Social Commentary 3
Complex Relationships 3
Heartwarming 3
Character-Driven Drama 3
Thought-Provoking 3
Biographical Drama 3
Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 70

Love Letter to Texas

as Narrator

Die My Love

65

as Pam

Dying for Sex

80

TV show · as Gail

Night Sky

72

TV show · as Irene York

Sam & Kate

50

as Tina

Without Getting Killed or Caught

83

as Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)

2010s

8 titles · average score 70

The Old Man & the Gun

76

as Jewel

Castle Rock

75

TV show · as Ruth Deaver

Homecoming

73

TV show · as Ellen Bergman

River of Gold

as Narrator

Bloodline

70

TV show · as Sally Rayburn

Deadfall

48

as June

The Help

75

as Missus Walters

Get Low

75

as Mattie Darrow

2000s

15 titles · average score 55

Lake City

37

as Maggie

Four Christmases

43

as Paula

Hot Rod

54

as Marie Powell

Pictures of Hollis Woods

72

as Josie Cahill

An American Haunting

36

as Lucy Bell

The Ring Two

41

as Evelyn

North Country

70

as Alice Aimes

Tuck Everlasting

64

as Mae Tuck

Last Call

62

as Zelda Fitzgerald

In the Bedroom

82

as Ruth Fowler

Midwives

60

as Sibyl Danforth

Songs In Ordinary Time

38

as Marie Fermoyle

1990s

19 titles · average score 65

The Straight Story

86

as Rose

Blast from the Past

60

as Helen

Affliction

76

as Margie Fogg

If These Walls Could Talk

78

as Barbara Barrows

Beyond the Call

68

as Pam O'Brien

Streets of Laredo

67

TV show · as Lorena

The Good Old Boys

64

as Spring Renfro

Trading Mom

49

as Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha

A Place for Annie

67

as Susan Lansing

Hard Promises

49

as Christine Ann Coalter

A Private Matter

59

as Sherri Finkbine

The Long Walk Home

69

as Miriam Thompson

1980s

10 titles · average score 61

'night, Mother

78

as Jessie Cates

Crimes of the Heart

58

as Babe Magrath

Violets Are Blue

53

as Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer

Marie: A True Story

57

as Marie Ragghianti

The River

44

as Mae Garvey

The Man with Two Brains

68

as Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)

Missing

81

as Beth Horman

Raggedy Man

63

as Nita

Coal Miner's Daughter

79

as Loretta Lynn

Heart Beat

34

as Carolyn Cassady

1970s

15 titles · average score 65

Verna: USO Girl

as Verna Vane

3 Women

81

as Mildred "Pinky" Rose

Carrie

80

as Carrie

Welcome to L.A.

49

as Linda Murray

Katherine

61

as Katherine Alman

Phantom of the Paradise

76

Set Dresser

The Migrants

as Wanda Trimpin

Ginger in the Morning

49

as Ginger Brown

Badlands

87

as Holly Sargis

Prime Cut

69

as Poppy

The Waltons

65

TV show

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Verna Vane

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Susan Lansing