Cybill is a phonetic spelling of Sibyl — from the Greek *sibylla* ("prophetess, oracle") — the ten prophetic women of classical antiquity (Cumaean Sibyl, Delphic Sibyl, etc.) consulted by Roman emperors. **Cybill Shepherd (born 1949)** — **American actress; her debut role as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's *The Last Picture Show* (1971) earned her the Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year — Female and launched her career; her relationship with Bogdanovich during production became one of the era's most-publicized Hollywood romances**. **Iris Steensma in Martin Scorsese's *Taxi Driver* (1976) opposite Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster**. **Maddie Hayes in ABC's *Moonlighting* (1985-1989) opposite Bruce Willis — the show defined the modern romantic-comedy dramedy genre; Shepherd won three Golden Globe Awards across her run on the show (1986, 1987, 1988)**. **Title role in CBS's *Cybill* (1995-1998) — won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy Series (1996)**. **Her father named her "Cybill" by combining her maternal grandfather Cyrus's name with her father Bill's name — making her perhaps the only person in the world with the spelling "Cybill" rather than the standard "Sibyl" or "Cybil"**. **Memoir *Cybill Disobedience* (2000)**.
Featured throughout American film and television.
Cybill reduces to five — the number of Moonlighting.