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Irving Amen

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'''Irving Amen''' (1918–2011<ref name=NYT>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=irving-amen&pid=154830408 Irving Amen: Obituary], Paid death notice, ''[[The New York Times]]'' November 30 – December 1, 2011.</ref>) was an American painter, [[printmaker]] and sculptor.

==Life==
Born in New York City in 1918,<ref name="Smith2004">{{cite book|author=Donald E. Smith|title=American Printmakers of the Twentieth Century: A Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kfxLAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Donald E. Smith|isbn=978-1-878282-28-6}}</ref> Amen began drawing at the age of four. A scholarship to the Pratt Institute was awarded to him when he was fourteen years old.<ref name="Who2006">{{cite book|author=Marquis Who's Who|title=Who's Who in American Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EyBWe3yuQMwC|date=November 2006|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|isbn=978-0-8379-6306-8}}</ref>

From 1942 to 1945 he served with the Armed Forces. He headed a mural project and executed murals in the United States and Belgium.<ref name="Polner1982">{{cite book|author=Murray Polner|title=American Jewish Biographies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gIl2AAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=978-0-87196-462-5}}</ref>

His first exhibition of woodcuts was held at the New School for Social Research and his second at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in 1949. He also exhibited at the Artists House in Jerusalem, the [[Library of Congress]], and the [[National Academy of Design]].

Amen studied in Paris in 1950. Upon his return to the United States, he had one man shows in New York and Washington DC.

In 1953, Amen traveled throughout Italy. This resulted in a series of eleven woodcuts, eight etchings and a number of oil paintings. One of these woodcuts, "Piazza San Marco #4" and its four woodblocks constitute a permanent exhibit of block printing in color at the Smithsonian Institution.

Travel in Israel, Greece and Turkey in 1960 led to a retrospective show at the Artist's House in Jerusalem. His art is widely owned and loved. Irving Amen has taught at Pratt Institute and at the University of Notre Dame. He had a show of woodcuts at the Artists Studio in NYC.

In 1974 he illustrated ''[[The Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' in [[linocut]]s and [[woodcuts]] for the Limited Editions Club. He designed a set of stained glass windows depicting the [[Twelve Tribes of Israel]] for Agudas Achim Synagogue in [[Bexley, Ohio]].<ref name=NYT/><ref>Murray Polner, ''American Jewish Biographies'', New York: Facts on File, 1982, {{ISBN|9780871964625}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gIl2AAAAMAAJ&q=Agudas+Achim p. 8].</ref> His work often depicts themes of Judaism, [[chess]], people, music, Italy and [[Don Quixote]]. In his later years he lived and worked in [[Boca Raton, Florida]].

Commissions include a Peace Medal in honor of the Vietnam War. He created designs for 12 stained glass windows 16 feet high depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel, commissioned by Agudas Achim Synagogue in Columbus, Ohio.

He is listed in Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and the Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists by Paul Cummings. Amen was also a member of the [[Society of American Graphic Artists]]. He was elected member of Accademia Fiorentina Delle Arti Del Disegno, an organization to which Michelangelo, his idol, belonged.

Born in New York City,<ref name="AAA">{{cite web | author=| year=2011 | title=Irving Amen papers, 1960–1964 | work=Research Collections | publisher=[[Archives of American Art]] | url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/irving-amen-papers-5955 | access-date=June 16, 2011}}</ref> he taught at the [[Pratt Institute]] and at the [[University of Notre Dame]] in the early 1960s.<ref name=NYT/>

==Notable collections – U.S. ==
*[[Museum of Modern Art]], New York<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/143|title=Irving Amen – MoMA|website=www.moma.org}}</ref>
*[[National Museum of American History]], Washington, D.C.
* [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art|The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388347 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930034103/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388347 |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |title=Irving Amen {{!}} New York {{!}} The Met}}</ref>
*[[The National Gallery of Art]] Washington<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.26214.html|title=Artist Info|website=www.nga.gov}}</ref>
*University of South Alabama – Mobile, Alabama
*Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona
*Tucson Museum of Art – Tucson, Arizona<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tucsonmuseumofart.pastperfectonline.com/webobject?page=5|title=Tucson Museum of Art : Online Collections|website=tucsonmuseumofart.pastperfectonline.com}}</ref>
*Arkansas Art Center Foundation – Little Rock, Arkansas
*Arkansas State University – State University, Arkansas
*Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum – Berkeley, California
*Skirball Museum Hebrew Union College – Los Angeles, California'
*Mills College – Oakland, California
*Stanford University Museum of Art – Stanford, California
*Hausatonic Museum – Bridgeport, Connecticut
*Yale University – New Haven, Connecticut
*University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia
*Honolulu Academy of Arts – Honolulu, Hawaii
*Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artic.edu/artists/33406/irving-amen|title=Irving Amen – The Art Institute of Chicago|website=The Art Institute of Chicago|date=1918 }}</ref>
*Quincy College Art Gallery – Quincy, Illinois
*Rosary College – River Forest, Illinois
*Illinois State Museum – Springfield, Illinois
*Lafayette Art Center – Lafayette, Indiana
*Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame – Notre Dame, Indiana
*Davenport Municipal Art Gallery – Davenport, Iowa
*Des Moines Art Center – Des Moines, Iowa
*University of Maine Art Gallery – Orono, Maine
*Baltimore Museum of Art – Baltimore, Maryland
*Boston Museum of Fine Arts – Boston, Massachusetts
*Harvard Art Museum – Boston, Massachusetts<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/257932|title=From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Scandal|last=Harvard|website=www.harvardartmuseums.org}}</ref>
*Town of Brookline Public Library – Brookline, Massachusetts
*Fogg Art Museum – Cambridge, Massachusetts
*De Cordova and Dana Museum – Lincoln, Massachusetts
*Art Museum Mount Holyoke College – South Hadley, Massachusetts
*Museum of Fine Arts – Springfield, Massachusetts
*Albion College – Albion, Michigan
*University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, Minnesota
*Central Missouri State University – Warrensburg, Missouri
*Art Gallery University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Nebraska
*The Art Museum Princeton University – Princeton, N.J.
*Dartmouth College – Hanover, New Hampshire
*Rutgers University – New Brunswick, New Jersey
*Museum of New Mexico – Santa Fe, New Mexico
*Jewish Museum – New York City, N.Y.
*New York Public Library – New York City, N.Y.
*State University of New York – New Paltz, N.Y.
*University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery – Rochester, N.Y.
*Syracuse University Art Collection – Syracuse, N.Y.
*Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ashevilleart.org/artists/irvingamen/|title=Irving Amen – Asheville Art Museum|website=www.ashevilleart.org}}</ref>
*Salem College – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*[[Cincinnati Art Museum]] – Cincinnati, Ohio
*Dayton Art Institute – Dayton, Ohio
*[[Butler Institute of American Art]] – Youngstown, Ohio
*Oklahoma Museum of Art – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
*Coos Art Museum – Coos Bay, Oregon
*Oregon State University – Corvallis, Oregon
*Lehigh University – Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
*City of Philadelphia Public Library – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*[[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Museum of Art – Carnegie Institute – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*The Charleston Museum – Charleston, South Carolina
*Colombia Museum of Art – Columbia, South Carolina
*Brooks Memorial Art Gallery – Memphis, Tennessee
*Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – Richmond, Virginia
*Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington, D.C.
*Library of Congress – Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/92504563/|title=Seasons greetings / Irving Amen.|website=[[Library of Congress]]|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Smithsonian American Art Museum]] – Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/irving-amen-81|title=Irving Amen|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}</ref>
*Huntington Galleries – Huntington, West Virginia
*Madison Art Center – Madison, Wisconsin
*Neville Public Museum – Green Bay, Wisconsin
*Milwaukee Public Library – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library – Topeka, Kansas

==Notable collections – international ==

*Albertina Museum – Vienna, Austria
*Bibliothèque Royal – Brussels, Belgium
*University Art Museum – Edmonton, Canada
*Fitzwilliam Museum – Cambridge, England
*Usher Gallery – Lincolnshire, England
*Victoria and Albert Museum – London, England<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1037440/rialto-and-the-bridge-of-print-amen-irving/|title=Rialto and the Bridge of Sighs – Amen, Irving – V&A Search the Collections|website=collections.vam.ac.uk|date=1957 }}</ref>
*Biblioteheque Nationale – Paris, France<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.bnf.fr/14979013/irving_amen/|title=Irving Amen – Author – Resources from the BnF|website=data.bnf.fr}}</ref>
*Bezalel National Museum – Jerusalem, Israel
*Auckland City Art Gallery – Auckland, New Zealand
*Statische Museum – Elberfeld, Germany

==Commissions==
*Designed a Peace Medal to commemorate the end of the Vietnam War.
*Illustrated the classic, GILGAMESH, for the Limited Editions Club.
*Created Designs for twelve stained glass windows sixteen feet high depicting the twelve tribes of Israel, commissioned by Agudas Achim Synagogue at Columbus, Ohio.

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.irvingamen.com/ Official website]

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Sybil (1976 film)

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{{short description|1976 film directed by Daniel Petrie}}
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| based_on = {{based on|''[[Sybil (Schreiber book)|Sybil]]''|[[Flora Rheta Schreiber]]}}
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| screenplay = [[Stewart Stern]]
| story =
| director = [[Daniel Petrie]]
| starring = [[Sally Field]] [[Joanne Woodward]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Leonard Rosenman]]
| country = United States
| language = English
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| executive_producer = [[Philip Capice]] Peter Dunne
| producer = [[Jacqueline Babbin]]
| location = [[New York City]] Stage 17, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California
| cinematography = [[Mario Tosi]]
| editor = [[Michael S. McLean]] Rita Roland
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| runtime = 198 minutes (original television) 133 minutes (theatrical) 187 minutes (DVD)
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''''' Sybil''''' is a 1976 two-part American [[television film|made-for-television film]] starring [[Sally Field]] and [[Joanne Woodward]]. It is based on the [[Sybil (Schreiber book)|book of the same name]], and was broadcast on [[NBC]] on November 14–15, 1976.

==Plot==

After suffering a small breakdown in front of her students (and then being forced to hear a neighbor play [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s [[Étude Op. 25, No. 11 (Chopin)|Étude in A Minor]], "Winter Wind", incessantly), Sybil Dorsett is given a [[neurological examination]] by [[Cornelia B. Wilbur|Dr. Cornelia Wilbur]], a psychiatrist. She admits to having blackouts and fears that they are getting worse. Dr. Wilbur theorizes that the incidents are a kind of hysteria, all related to a deeper problem. She asks Sybil to return at a later date for more therapy. Sybil says she will have to ask her father.

Sybil's father, Willard Dorsett, and her stepmother, Freida, are in New York on a visit. Sybil meets them at a cafeteria for lunch. She explains to her father that the problems she used to have as a young girl have returned and that she wants to see a psychiatrist, Dr. Wilbur. Sybil's father make it clear to Sybil that they disapprove of psychiatry. Sybil becomes upset and dissociates into Peggy, who becomes enraged and breaks a glass. Peggy angrily storms out of the cafeteria. Later that evening, Dr. Wilbur receives a late night call from someone who identifies herself as Vickie and says Sybil is about to jump out a hotel window. Dr. Wilbur rescues Sybil, who denies knowing Vickie. Suddenly, Sybil becomes hysterical and begins speaking like a young girl. This girl introduces herself as Peggy, and Wilbur realizes that Sybil is suffering from multiple personality disorder (now known as [[dissociative identity disorder]]).

Vickie introduces herself to Wilbur at the next session. Vickie, who knows everything about the other personalities, tells Wilbur about some of them, including Marcia, who is suicidal, and Vanessa, who plays the piano although Sybil has not played in years and swears she has forgotten how to play piano.

Over the weeks, each of the personalities introduces herself to Wilbur. At the same time, the personality Vanessa falls in love with a charming neighbor named Richard.

Wilbur finally explains to Sybil about the other personalities. As proof, Wilbur plays the session's tape to allow Sybil to hear their voices, but when a voice that sounds like Sybil's mother Hattie speaks, an infant personality named Ruthie emerges. Wilbur is unable to communicate with the pre-verbal child and must wait until Sybil returns.

Life becomes more chaotic for Sybil as the other personalities grow stronger. The personalities make Dr. Wilbur a Christmas card, but Sybil made everything purple, a color that frightens Peggy. Dr. Wilbur hypnotizes Vickie and asks about the purple. Vickie relates a memory of a time Sybil's mother locked young Sybil in the wheat bin in the barn. Thinking she was smothering, Sybil used her purple crayon to scratch on the inside of the bin so someone would know she had been there.

Vanessa invites Richard and his son Matthew to have Christmas dinner, after which Richard spends the night in Sybil's apartment. Sybil has a nightmare and awakens as Marcia, who tries to throw herself off the roof. Richard rescues her and calls Wilbur. Soon afterwards, Richard moves away, crushing both Sybil and Vanessa. Once again confronted with her diagnosis, Sybil attempts to convince Wilbur that she has in fact been faking all of the other personalities the entire time and denies that multiple personalities exist within her.

Wilbur goes in search of Sybil's father, who mentions that Sybil's mother Hattie was diagnosed with [[paranoid schizophrenia]] but denies that she ever abused Sybil. Wilbur also seeks out Sybil's [[pediatrician]]. The doctor gives Wilbur a frightening account of extensive internal scarring he found while treating Sybil for a bladder problem. Finally, Wilbur visits the old Dorsett house, where she discovers the green kitchen Sybil's selves have described many times. She also finds the purple crayon scratches inside the wheat bin. She takes them back to New York City to prove all the memories really happened.

Dr. Wilbur takes Sybil for a drive, during which Peggy reveals the horrific physical abuse she suffered at her mother's hands. After Peggy exhausts herself, Sybil emerges, remembering everything that Peggy has just said. Finally, she is able to express her rage against her mother.

Dr. Wilbur hypnotizes Sybil to introduce her to the other personalities. Sybil, who has always been frightened of Peggy, meets her at last and is surprised that she is only a young girl. Sybil embraces a weeping Peggy. A voiceover from Dr. Wilbur explains that after this incident, Sybil recovered her memories and went on to live a full and happy life as an academic.

==Cast==
[[File:1976 Sally Field & Joanne Woodward.JPG|thumb|Joanne Woodward and Sally Field]]
{{Div col}}
* [[Joanne Woodward]] as Dr. Cornelia Wilbur
* [[Sally Field]] as Sybil Dorsett
* [[Brad Davis (actor)|Brad Davis]] as Richard, Sybil's neighbor boyfriend
* [[Martine Bartlett]] as Hattie Dorsett, Sybil's mother
* [[Penelope Allen]] as Miss Penny
* Jane Hoffman as Frieda Dorsett
* [[Charles Lane (actor, born 1905)|Charles Lane]] as Dr. Quinoness
* Jessamine Milner as Grandma Dorsett
* [[William Prince (actor)|William Prince]] as Willard Dorsett
* [[Camila Ashland]] as Cam
* Tommy Crebbs as Matthew
* Gina Petrushka as Dr. Lazarus
* Harold Pruett as Danny
* Natasha Ryan as Child Sybil
* Paul Tulley as Dr. Castle
* Anne Beesley as The Selves
* Virginia Campbell as The Selves
* Missy Karn as The Selves
* Tasha Lee as The Selves
* Cathy Lynn Lesko as The Selves
* Rachel Longaker as The Selves
* Jennifer McAllister as The Selves
* Kerry Muir as The Selves
* [[Karen Oberdiear|Karen Obediear]] as The Selves
* Tony Sherman as The Selves
* Danny Stevenson as The Selves
* [[Gordon Jump]] as Tractor farmer
* Lionel Pina as Tommy
{{div col end}}

==The Alters==
*'''Peggy''': A nine-year-old girl who believes she is still in the small town in which Sybil grew up. Peggy holds the rage Sybil felt at her mother's abuse and frequently expresses her anger through temper tantrums and breaking glass. Like many of the selves, she enjoys drawing and painting. She fears hands, dishtowels, music, and the colors green and purple, all triggers to specific instances of abuse.
*'''Vickie''': A very sophisticated and mature eighteen-year-old girl who is aware of all the other personalities and knows everything the others do, though Sybil does not. Vickie speaks French and claims to have grown up in Paris with many brothers and sisters and loving parents. The dominant personality and the only personality to undergo hypnosis.
*'''Vanessa''': A young, vibrant, red-haired girl about twelve years old, she is outgoing and full of "[[joie de vivre]]". Falls in love with Richard and helps Sybil build a relationship with him, until he moves away.
*'''Marcia''': A young girl obsessed with thoughts of death and suicide, who tries to kill herself (and thus Sybil) on several occasions. Dresses in black.
*'''Ruthie''': A preverbal infant. When Sybil is extremely frightened, she regresses into Ruthie and cannot move or speak.
*'''Mary''': Named for and strongly resembles Sybil's grandmother. When Sybil's grandmother (the only person Sybil felt loved her) died, Sybil was so bereft that she created Mary as an internalized version of Grandma. Mary speaks in the voice of an old woman and frequently behaves as one.
*'''Nancy''': A product of Sybil's father's religious fanaticism, Nancy fears the end of the world and God's punishment.
*'''Clara''': Around 8–9 years old. Very religious; critical and resentful of Sybil.
*'''Helen''': Around 13–14 years old. Timid and afraid, but determined "to be somebody".
*'''Marjorie''': Around 10–11 years old. Serene and quick to laugh, enjoys parties and travel.
*'''Sybil Ann''': Around 5–6 years old. Pale, timid, and extremely lethargic; the defeated Sybil.
*'''Mike''': A brash young boy who likes to build and do carpentry. He builds bookshelves and a partition wall for Sybil's apartment, frightening her badly when she doesn't know how they got there. He and Sid both believe that they will grow a penis and be able "to give a girl a baby" when they're older.
*'''Sid''': Younger and a little more taciturn than Mike, he also enjoys building things, as well as sports. Identifies strongly with Sybil's father and wants to be like him when he grows up.

==Production==
[[Sally Field]] stars in the title role, with [[Joanne Woodward]] playing the part of Sybil's [[Psychiatry|psychiatrist]], [[Cornelia B. Wilbur]]. Woodward herself had starred in ''[[The Three Faces of Eve]]'', in which she portrayed a woman with three personalities, winning the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the role.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1958 Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958 |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Oscars.org |date=October 4, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> Based on the book ''Sybil'' by [[Flora Rheta Schreiber]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neary |first=Lynn |date=October 20, 2011 |title=Real 'Sybil' Admits Multiple Personalities Were Fake |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141514464/real-sybil-admits-multiple-personalities-were-fake |website=[[NPR]] |access-date=March 5, 2024}}</ref> the movie dramatizes the life of a shy young [[graduate student]], Sybil Dorsett (in real life, [[Shirley Ardell Mason]]), suffering from [[dissociative identity disorder]] as a result of the [[psychological trauma]] she suffered as a child. With the help of her psychiatrist, Sybil gradually recalls the severe [[child abuse]] that led to the development of 16 different personalities. Field's portrayal of Sybil won much critical acclaim, as well as an [[Emmy Award]].

==Edited and unedited versions==
The film, originally 198 minutes long, was initially shown over the course of two nights on NBC in 1976. Due to high public interest, the [[VHS]] version of ''Sybil'' was released in the 1980s, with one version running 122 minutes and another, extended version running 132 minutes. Several key scenes, including Sybil's final [[climax (narrative)|climactic]] "introduction" to her other personalities, are missing in both versions. The film is shown frequently on television, often with scenes restored or deleted to adjust for time constraints and the varying sensitivity of viewers. The [[DVD]] includes the full 198-minute version originally displayed on the NBC broadcast.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lecter |first=Scott |date=September 11, 2006 |title=Sybil |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/23745 |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref>

A 128-minute edit of the film was shown in cinemas in Australia, opening in January 1978.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bennett |first= Colin |title=Sybil Gets Herself Together |location= Melbourne |work=[[The Age]] |date=2 January 1978 |page=2}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors#Eddie Awards|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television|Best Edited Television Special]]
| [[Rita Roland]] and [[Michael S. McLean]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[34th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film|Best Motion Picture – Made for Television]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/tv-show/sybil |title=Sybil – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1977}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of Peabody Award winners (1970–79)#1976|Peabody Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[NBC|NBC-TV]] for "a truly outstanding dramatic program"
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Sybil |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/sybil |access-date=2016-11-26 |website=[[Peabody Awards]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[29th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie|Outstanding Special – Drama or Comedy]]
| Peter Dunne, [[Philip Capice]], and [[Jacqueline Babbin]]
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years]]''.}}
| rowspan="6" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/sybil-nbc-world-premiere-movie-big-event |title=Sybil – NBC World Premiere Movie: The Big Event |website=Emmys.com |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/sybil-big-event |title=Sybil – The Big Event |website=Emmys.com |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy]]
| [[Sally Field]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Joanne Woodward]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy – Adaptation]]
| [[Stewart Stern]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special]]
| [[Mario Tosi]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special|Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special (Dramatic Underscore)]]
| [[Leonard Rosenman]] & [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman]]
| {{won}}
|}

==In popular culture==

Pop rock band [[Tears for Fears]] named their album ''[[Songs from the Big Chair|Songs From the Big Chair]]'' after the 1976 TV movie, as the title character could only prevent herself from using her different guises as defense mechanisms when she was sitting in her analyst's "big chair."<ref>{{cite web |title=Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f8xc |website=BBC Four |access-date=5 March 2024 |date=14 February 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Shirley Ardell Mason]], the real-life patient upon whom the book and film are based

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0075296|title=Sybil}}
*[http://www.astraeasweb.net/plural/controversy.html Multiple Personality Controversies] Links to many articles about the real Sybil, Shirley Mason.

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