Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1981
Sissy Spacek Coal Miner’s Daughter 1981
SEX WORKER ROLE
Linda Murray in Welcome To L.A. 1976
Lorena Wood in Streets of Laredo 1995
First Character Is A Prostitute. Second Character Is A Topless Maid
Sissy Spacek in Welcome To L.A. 1976 and Streets of Laredo 1995
Welcome to L.A. is a film by Robert Altman (though produced and directed by Alan Rudolph) that features intertwined story lines involving a large ensemble cast. The film centers on themes of shallowness and romantic melancholy in the decadent upper class of the 1970s. Sissy plays Linda Murray, a maid who works topless.
Watch clip of the film “Welcome To L.A.”
Almost twenty years later, she would star in the prequel to the Lonesome Dove series, “Streets of Laredo.” This mini-series featured an ensemble cast, including Sissy in the part of Lorena. The character is a former prostitute, now married with children. The residents must be okay with her previous occupation, as she is now the town’s schoolteacher!
Watch trailer of the film “Streets of Laredo”
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