page_title: Cybill Shepherd
section_title: Political activism
hierarchical_section_title: Cybill Shepherd / Political activism
caption_attribution_description: English: President Ronald Reagan Greeting Actress Cybill Shepherd in Oval Office, 6/8/1988
context_page_description: Cybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress and former model. Shepherd's better-known roles include Jacy in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show, Kelly in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid, Betsy in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, and Nancy in Woody Allen's Alice. She was also known for her roles in television, such as Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting, Cybill Sheridan on Cybill, Phyllis Kroll on The L Word, Madeleine Spencer on Psych, Cassie in the television film The Client List, and Linette Montgomery on The Client List.
context_section_description: Throughout her career, Shepherd has been an outspoken activist for issues such as gay rights and abortion rights. In 2009, she was honored by the Human Rights Campaign in Atlanta to accept one of two National Ally for Equality awards. She has been an advocate for same-sex marriage.
  She was present at the opening of the National Civil Rights Museum in her hometown of Memphis, to which she lent some financial support.
caption: Shepherd with President Ronald Reagan in 1988
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