The Life of 70s Hollywood Icon Cybill Shepherd

As Moonlighting became one of the defining shows of the 1980s, Shepherd’s performance received major awards recognition. She won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1986, then won the same award again in 1987.

The back-to-back wins marked one of the strongest peaks of her career. After years of stalled film opportunities and public criticism, she had not only returned to national visibility—she had become an award-winning television star. But even as that success grew, problems behind the scenes were becoming harder to ignore.