What is the latest television and film venture for star and actress Cybill Shepherd?”
The film, titled in reference to the classic Jimmy Stewart movie Mr. Smith goes to Washington, tells the story of a divorced woman, Mrs. Washington (Cybill Shepherd), who goes back to school, Smith. In what seems like an odd choice to include in the What To Watch section, a movie rated with a C, a TV Guide review says, “Don’t let the TV movie’s clever title fool you: This drama -starring Cybill Shepherd as a middle-aged woman who heads back to college -is slow, predictable, and cringeworthy [Ouch.]. Several of said cringes are for Shepherd, who looks strartlingly dumpy until the inevitabe midmovie makeover.” You have a chance to form your own opinion on Mrs. Washington goes to Smith with Cybill Shepherd tonight, August 2nd, and on Friday, August 7th at 9pm EST at 9pm EST on Hallmark Channel.
The first time Cybill Shepherd appeared on a talk show was on “The Tonight Show” back in 1968. At the time she was a radiant 18-year-old from Memphis with a confrontational gaze who owned the title Model of the Year. “I could barely say a word,” she said. “All I could do was say `Yes’ and look terrified.” Forty-one years later Shepherd now looks at the untold hours she has logged talking about herself on camera as not unlike time spent on a different kind of couch. “Before I ever did psychotherapy or analysis I did interviews and talk shows, which are a kind of therapy,” she said. “I mean, you’re talking about yourself, and it does bring about some possibilities of thinking about who you are and where you are in your life.” So who is Shepherd? At 59 she has become the actress who is up for almost anything. She has done guest spots on popular television shows like “Psych,” “Criminal Minds” and “Samantha Who?” On Showtime’s defunct lesbian drama, “The L Word,” she had a recurring role as
