This block contains the information about Sissy Spacek and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Sissy Spacek, whose real name is Mary Elizabeth Spacek was born in Quitman, which is located in Texas,. Her younger brothers were calling her Sissy, that is how she got her first nick name, that later became her pen name for the entire life. When she decided to become a singer she went to NY, where she was singing in the Greenwich Village café, and also she was voicing advertising commercials (she comprised those two jobs). Later she entered Lee Strasberg’s theatre studio. She debut in the cinema in 1971 in a movie created by Andy Warhol, which was called “Trash” though her official debut is considered to be in 1972, when she played with Martin Sheen in a movie created by Terrence Malik. The real success came to Sissy in 1976, after the released on the screens of the movie “Carrie” which was filmed by Bryan de Palma, on the basis of Stephen King’s novel. For the role in this movie she was nominated for the “Oscar” award, which became a real honor for the young actress and singer. But four years later she already won this award, for the movie in which she performed the singer Loretta Lynn, and this role is considered as the best from the actresses works. Currently the actress is playing mostly in TV shows, as it takes not that much time as the work in the movies.

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Here you can learn about the movies Sissy Spacek acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Four Christmases - Paula	$80M	2008	$31.1M	$120M
JFK - Liz Garrison	$40M	1991		$70.4M
Blast from the Past - Helen	$35M	1999	$9.16M	$26.5M
North Country - Alice Aimes	$35M	2005	$6.42M	$18.3M
The River - Mae Garvey	$18M	1984		$8.8M
Tuck Everlasting - Mae Tuck	$15M	2002	$5.27M	$19.2M
An American Haunting - Lucy Bell	$14M	2005	$5.78M	$16.3M
The Straight Story - Rose	$10M	1999	$92.3K	$6.2M
The Grass Harp - Verena Talbo	$8M	1995	$117K	$493K
Get Low - Mattie Darrow	$7.5M	2009	$88.2K	$9.13M
A Home at the End of the World - Alice Glover	$6.5M	2004	$64.7K	$1.03M
Affliction - Margie Fogg	$6M	1997	$64K	$6.3M
Lake City - Maggie	$4M	2008
Carrie - Carrie White	$1.8M	1976
In the Bedroom - Ruth Fowler	$1.7M	2001	$94K	$35.9M
3 Women - Pinky Rose	$1.5M	1977
Phantom of the Paradise - Set Dresser	$1.3M	1974
Nine Lives - Ruth	$500K	2005	$28.4K	$479K
Badlands - Holly	$450K	1973
Trash - Girl extra at bar (uncredited)	$25K	1970