Editing Cybill Shepherd (section)

==Personal life==
Shepherd began a relationship with Peter Bogdanovich on the set of ''The Last Picture Show'', during his marriage to Polly Platt, whom Bogdanovich subsequently divorced. The relationship between the young star and her director lasted eight years. In her autobiography,<ref name = Autobiography>{{cite book| last1 = Shepherd| first1 = Cybill| title = ''Cybill Disobedience'' | publisher = Avon| isbn = 0-06-103014-7| year = 2001}}</ref> Shepherd revealed that she called her mother in 1978, crying and unhappy with the way her life and career were going. Her mother replied, "Cybill, come home." Shepherd went home to Memphis, where she met and began dating David M. Ford, a local auto parts dealer and nightclub entertainer. She became [[pregnant]], and the couple married that year. Their daughter, [[Clementine Ford]], was born in 1979. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982.

In 1987, Shepherd became pregnant by chiropractor Bruce Oppenheim and married him. They had twins named Ariel and Zachariah Shepherd Oppenheim born during the fourth season of ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-07-me-8287-story.html|title= Local News in Brief: Twins for Cybill Shepherd|date= October 7, 1987|newspaper= Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1990.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} She had an intimate relationship with author [[Larry McMurtry]], whom she once called the love of her life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/books/review/tracy-daugherty-larry-mcmurtry-a-life.html |title=Larry McMurtry, a Critter of the American West Who Rejected Its Mythos |work=[[The New York Times Book Review]] |first=Dwight |last=Garner |date=September 4, 2023 |access-date=2023-09-04}}</ref>

In June 2012, Shepherd became engaged to psychologist Andrei Nikolajevic.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/cybill-shepherd-reveals-engaged-a-jeweler-gave-a-gorgeous-sparkler-a-gem-article-1.1119768#ixzz21SndTrJQ | work=Daily News | title=Cybill Shepherd reveals she's recently engaged | date=July 23, 2012 | access-date=July 23, 2012 | archive-date=July 25, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725050223/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/cybill-shepherd-reveals-engaged-a-jeweler-gave-a-gorgeous-sparkler-a-gem-article-1.1119768#ixzz21SndTrJQ | url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2015, the engagement had been called off.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/161141_cybill_shepherd_shares_her_spiritual_journey|title=Cybill Shepherd Shares Her Spiritual Journey|website=Entertainment Tonight|date=March 14, 2015 }}</ref>

===Political activism===
[[File:President Ronald Reagan greeting actress Cybill Shepherd in the Oval Office.jpg|thumb|right|Shepherd with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1988]]
Throughout her career, Shepherd has been an outspoken activist for issues such as [[gay rights]]<ref>{{cite web|date=April 21, 1993|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hYVIAAAAIBAJ&dq=cybill%20shepherd%20gay%20march&pg=5028%2C3121721|title=New video counters anti-gay message|work= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref> and [[abortion rights]].<ref>{{cite news|date=April 26, 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/3659039.stm|title=In Pictures: US Abortion March - Actresses Cybill Shepherd, Whoopi Goldberg and Ashley Judd were among those marching|work=[[BBC]]|access-date=May 23, 2011}}; {{cite web|author=Cox News Service|date=April 11, 1989|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yWdYAAAAIBAJ&dq=cybill%20shepherd%20abortion%20rally&pg=4007%2C611968|title=Nationwide pro-choice rally planned|work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]]|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref> In 2009, she was honored by the [[Human Rights Campaign]] in [[Atlanta]] with one of two National Ally for Equality awards.{{cn|date=November 2024}} She has been an advocate for [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite web|date=April 1, 2008|url=http://www.proudparenting.com/node/1130|title=Cybill Shepherd works with her daughter on 'The L Word'. Both play lesbians, and ignore each other's love scenes|work=www.proudparenting.com|access-date=May 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728021714/http://www.proudparenting.com/node/1130|archive-date=July 28, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

She was present at the opening of the [[National Civil Rights Museum]] in her hometown of Memphis, to which she lent financial support.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/175963%7C0/Cybill-Shepherd#biography|title=Overview for Cybill Shepherd|work=[[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]]|access-date=October 15, 2024}}</ref>

===Religious beliefs===
Shepherd was raised Christian, but stated that she eventually "lost touch" with the religion.<ref name="Christianity Today"/> In a 2007 interview with ''[[Metro Weekly]]'', she described herself as being "a [[goddess]]-worshipping Christian [[Paganism|Pagan]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/index.php?ak=2609 |title='Cybill Rights', March 22, 2007, interview by Randy Shulman for Metro Weekly |publisher=Metroweekly.com |date=March 22, 2007 |access-date=April 5, 2012}}</ref>

In October 2014, Shepherd said that she had reconnected with her Christian faith.<ref name="Christianity Today"/>