The New York Times has a story up on Cybill Shepherd, a hometowner who’s earned favored-celebrity status from Memphians after four decades in the public eye.
Margy Rochlin’s story starts, “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.’”
Look for more Cybill in the future; as soon as this weekend, in fact, with Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith, which airs on the Hallmark Channel Saturday at 8 p.m.
She’ll also have a recurring role on Eastwick, an ABC show based on The Witches of Eastwick — you remember that, right? — that drops in September.