Cybill Shepherd First Husband: Meet David M. Ford

Cybill Shepherd’s first husband was David M. Ford. In 1978, Shepherd went home to Memphis, where she met and began dating David M. Ford.

David M. Ford was a local auto parts dealer and nightclub entertainer. The couple married that same year. Their daughter, Clementine Ford, was born in 1979, however, they got divorced in 1982.

Cybill Shepherd had her breakthrough role and film debut as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich’s coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show alongside Jeff Bridges.

Cybill Shepherd had her film debut in The Last Picture Show, a critical and box office hit for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe.

In 1972, Cybill Shepherd posed as a Kodak Girl for the camera manufacturer’s cardboard store poster displays.

Cybill Shepherd was cast as Colleen Champion in NBC’s critically acclaimed television drama The Yellow Rose (1983), opposite Sam Elliott.

Cybill Shepherd was cast as Maddie Hayes in Moonlighting (1985–1989) and the series won Shepherd two Golden Globe Awards.

Cybill Shepherd appeared alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in the 2010 television film, The Client List as Cassie and was subsequently cast as Linette Montgomery in the 2012-13 series based on the film.