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Born
December 25, 1949 · Quitman, Texas, USA

Birth name
Mary Elizabeth Spacek

Spouse
Jack Fisk (April 12, 1974 – present) (2 children)

QUOTES:

[on her daughter Schuyler Fisk becoming an actress] The business has been good to me. I would be a hypocrite if I tried to convince her not to do this.

[Parade magazine, April 1, 2001] I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.

[on why she did not want to appear in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)] I asked if they could use some backflashes instead. I enjoyed the sequel, but hated my role in the first film. I was awful.

My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn’t change what you are in the search for success.