who plays cora in once upon a time
Barbara Hershey Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein; February 5, 1948),[1] once known as Barbara Seagull,[2] is an American actress. In a career spanning over 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema in several genres, including Westerns and comedies. She began acting at age 17 in 1965, but did not achieve much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses."[3]