Barbara Hershey was born Barbara Herzstein on February 5, 1948, in Hollywood, California, to Arnold Norman, a horse-racing columnist and Melrose Herzstein.
Barbara was lanky, thin, and painfully shy, although by the age of ten she distinguished herself as an “A” student.
She was very quiet; many assumed she was deaf. She was given the name Sarah Bernhardt because of her dramatic performances in the backyard.
The Chicago Tribune referred to Hershey as “one of America’s finest actresses.”
Additionally, she won an award for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ for her portrayal of Mary Magdalene.
She won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Shy People.
Hershey was featured in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters and many other less memorable films, television movies, and several television series.
It is aptly stated and validated to be true that Hershey is a “great little actress, not just a pretty face”. However, she did not attain professional acclaim, recognition for her gift, or success until after almost twenty years into her career had passed.
Barbara Hershey plastic surgery might be obsessed with being youthful. She underwent plastic surgeries procedure to achieve this. She has tried botox injections, lip injections and a facelift. The lip injection made her lips look more plump than before, but it’s not a permanent lip injection. It was removed and made her lips look like they had before.
Most of the rumors regarding Barbara Hershey plastic surgery started after her appearance in “Beaches”. It was very obvious that she has had filler injected into her lips – they have suddenly become fuller and swollen. Actress didn’t even try to deny it and has confirmed that she has had Collagen injections. However, these injections was a one-time thing done specially for her role in that movie. Later her lips became normal again. There were some speculations about face lift procedure and Botox injections, but these rumors have never been confirmed.
All things considered, we can safely say that at least some of the rumors about Barbara Hershey plastic surgery are true. There is no doubt that she has had a lip fillers procedure in the past. Also, it seems highly possible that she has had a face lift and Botox injections in order to look as youthful as she does now. Actress is in her 60s, but she looks at least 20 years younger – it is not possible to maintain this without plastic surgery. There is always a risk that something might go wrong, but at least for now Barbara Hershey looks beautiful and hasn’t yet become a bad plastic surgery celebrity.
At that point, Hershey then decided to go for a facelift, which is designed to make her facial skin appear tighter and look much younger than before. Her facelift was a cosmetic procedure that went well, so it could be deemed a success. Even though she has not publicly confirmed that she has undergone the procedure, many people say it is obvious from looking at her photos. The facelift left her looking younger in a more natural way.
The third procedure she opted for was lip injections. Injections make the lips appear more full and luscious. The injections that Hershey had done, however, were not permanent. Because after a while, her lips returned to their regular appearance. Since the lips have not gotten plump again, she must have preferred her appearance without the lip injections.
In the movie, Beaches Barbara’s cosmetically augmented, lush, and full lips stole the show. Comedian Steve Harvey referred to her as “that little big lipped girl”.
Erma Brombeck stated in an article: “I have no idea what ‘Beaches‘ was all about. All I could focus on was Barbara Hershey’s lips. She looked like she stopped off at a gas station and someone said, ‘your lips are down 30 pounds. Better let me hit ‘em with some air.’”
Barbara admits that she received collagen injections for her role in “Beaches” and not as part of any longer term or permanent cosmetic enhancement. Her lips returned to normal soon afterwards.
Like other famous actors and actresses (see Bethenny Frankel and Kim K plastic surgery), it has been reported that she has received several touch-ups over the years.
Barbara Hershey’s Plastic Surgery After Break-Up
It was reported that Barbara Hershey had an extensive face lift after her relationship with her significant other, Naveen Andrews, was severed or terminated in May 2010.
They were in a committed relationship for 12 years. Although Naveen was twenty-one years younger than Hershey, in photographs, they looked almost the same age. This was suggested that Hershey’s perpetual youth may have been the result of her use of rejuvenation procedures such as fillers to provide her with a smooth, shiny, creaseless, sculptured looking forehead, and wrinkle free face.
Some say the skin on her face is unnaturally taut and has an eerie plastic appearance.
One doctor from Manhattan, who has not personally treated Barbara Hershey himself alleges and unequivocally believes that she may have recently undergone a major face-lift in order to look younger after her breakup with Naveen and for the role of Natalie Portman’s mom in Black Swan.
Her look could have conceivably influenced movie decision makers to decide in her favor.
The Oscar nominated movie, Black Swan was released earlier this year. The movie was excellent but the Hershey’s look left some wondering whether it is an example of plastic surgery gone bad as the “after” result left a lot to be desired; it looked a bit unnatural and ‘plastic’. Kenny Rogers’ cosmetic surgery falls into the same category.
