Cybill Shepherd was once one of the most famous stars in Hollywood history. It’s not hard to see why: she headlined Moonlighting alongside future movie legend Bruce Willis, and a few years later, she was headlining a sitcom named after herself.
These days, however, you almost have to go out of your way to see Cybill Shepherd’s performances. Moreover, the actor seems to enjoy this: she gets just as much of a kick out of performing for a small room as she does from performing in front of the world.
But how did someone so famous virtually disappear like this? What has she been up to lately, and how has her life changed? Keep reading to discover the truth about Cybill Shepherd!
An affair with Peter Bogdanovich negatively impacted her career
It’s an open secret that when it comes to affairs between men and women, it’s women who usually have their reputations hurt the most. This was certainly the case with Cybill Shepherd’s affair with director Peter Bogdanovich: she was starring in The Last Picture Show while he was director, and both of them intended the affair to last no longer than filming. But the affair continued, leading to Bogdanovich getting a very public and very messy divorce from his wife.
While it takes two to tango in an affair, many in Hollywood saw Shepherd as a bit of a homewrecker because of this. The negative reputation ended up hurting her career: as Bogdonavich himself told Vulture, he was explicitly kept from casting her in his movie Nickelodeon, and he said this was because “There was a kind of mood in the town” regarding Shepherd.