The cast was young and relatively new, though the stars Sissy Spacek and John Travolta had gained considerable attention for previous work in, respectively, film and episodic sitcoms.

Rabid exploited the unexpected acting talents of pornographic actress Marilyn Chambers ( Cronenberg's first choice was a young, then-unknown Sissy Spacek ).

Alvin ( Richard Farnsworth ) is an elderly World War II veteran who lives with his daughter Rose ( Sissy Spacek ), a kind woman with a mental disability.

* Sissy Spacek as Rose Straight

** Sissy Spacek, American actress

Sissy Spacek ( born Mary Elizabeth Spacek ; December 25, 1949 ) is an Academy Award winning American actress and singer.

Screenwritten by Lawrence D. Cohen and directed by Brian De Palma, the film starred Sissy Spacek as Carrie, along with Piper Laurie as Margaret, Amy Irving as Sue, Nancy Allen as Chris, John Travolta as Billy, Betty Buckley as Miss Desjardin a. k. a. Miss Collins, and William Katt as Tommy.

Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie received Academy Award nominations for their performances.

Badlands is a 1973 American crime drama art film written and directed by Terrence Malick, starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek.

* Sissy Spacek as Holly Sargis

His next important feature film role was in 1973, when he starred with Sissy Spacek in the crime drama Badlands, which he has said is his best film.

The lead characters in Badlands — Kit and Holly ( Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek )— mildly echo those of Jim Stark and Judy ( Dean and Woods ).

His first work was Badlands ( 1973 ), an independent film starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek as a young couple on a crime spree in the 1950s.

* Katherine, starring Sissy Spacek and Henry Winkler

( See Sissy Spacek.

In the present day, Charlottesville's Albemarle County is home to, or has been the home of movie stars Rob Lowe, Sissy Spacek, and Sam Shepherd, novelist John Grisham, the poet Rita Dove, the rock band Dave Matthews Band, and the pop band Parachute.

Missing is a 1982 American drama film directed by Costa Gavras, and starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi and Janice Rule.

Missing won the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Jack Lemmon ), Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Sissy Spacek ) and Best Picture.

Also, parts of the Brian De Palma movie Carrie ( 1976 ) starring Sissy Spacek were filmed in the small town.

It is most notable for being the birthplace of Academy Award winning actress Sissy Spacek.

* Sissy Spacek, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress, and most notably known for playing Carrie White in Carrie, country star Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter and for several other film including In the Bedroom, Crimes of the Heart, Badlands and The Help.

The 1986 film version of the same name starred Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft as daughter and mother, respectively.

Her best-selling 1976 autobiography was made into an Academy Award-winning film, Coal Miner's Daughter, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones, in 1980.

The song later served as the impetus for the best-selling biography ( 1976 ) and the Oscar-winning biopic starring Sissy Spacek ( 1980 ), both of which share the song's title.

Sissy ( derived from sister ; also sissy baby, sissy boy, etc.

Sissy ( or sis ) can also be a relationship nickname formed from sister, given to girls to indicate their role in the family, especially the oldest female sibling.

Justice also admits that she, along with Missy, Sissy and Chrissy, were in fact jewel thieves.

The movie Coal Miner's Daughter profiled the life of Loretta Lynn ( with Sissy Spacek in the lead role ), while Willie Nelson also had a series of acting credits.

The movie Coal Miner's Daughter profiled the life of Loretta Lynn ( with Sissy Spacek in the lead role ), while Willie Nelson also had a series of acting credits.

This theme combined with a voiceover spoken by Arquette is an homage to Terrence Malick's 1973 crime movie Badlands, in which Sissy Spacek speaks the voiceover, and that also shares similar dramatic motifs.

Among cross-dressing female-dominated men, there is also an extensive Sissy subculture with men roleplaying as submissive " sissy maids " wearing a feminine French maid costume.

The movie also highlights the many fights between cowboys at Gilley's and the mechanical bull, which leads to a break-up of Bud and Sissy's relationship, and to Sissy moving in with Bud's arch-rival, Wes ( Scott Glenn ).

Long-established performers such as Rebirth Brass Band, Irma Thomas, Big Chief Bo Dollis of The Wild Magnolias, Allen Toussaint and Walter " Wolfman " Washington are represented, along with younger performers in the traditional vein, such as Trombone Shorty and Corey Henry, John Boutté, Josh Cohen and Ryan Scully of Morning 40 Federation, and Glen David Andrews, and also Bounce artists Cheeky Blakk, Big Freedia, Katey Red, and Sissy Nobby.

Overtly queer " sissy bounce " or " sissy rap " performers such as Katey Red, Big Freedia and Sissy Nobby have also made significant contributions.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Decourt it starred Hungarian actor Istvan Bujtor as Mathias Sandorf, Ivan Desny as Zathmar, and also Amadeus August, Claude Giraud, Monika Peitsch, Sissy Höfferer and Jacques Breuer.

He also had a babysitter named Sissy ( played in one episode by Demi Moore ).

Sissy Spacek wins that year's Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Lynn ; Tommy Lee Jones and Beverly D ' Angelo also play leading roles.

* Sissy ( transgender ), a biological male that not only cross-dresses, but also adopts feminine behavior or engages in perceived feminine activities.

Sissy Spacek also made a quick uncredited appearance as ' a girl who sits at the bar ' but was cut from the final film.

The delegates insisted on nominating eight candidates for Vice President, including not only Eagleton but also Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska, former Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody, and Frances " Sissy " Farenthold of the Texas state House.

Katherine ( also known as The Radical ) is a 1975 television movie starring Sissy Spacek, Art Carney and Henry Winkler.

Besides being featured on television shows, having produced two Grammy-nominated foreign LPs in 1989 and 1990, Joe Sun has also acted as Tommy Fratter in the motion picture Marie, A True Story alongside Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels and Morgan Freeman.