Some of the "women roles" that followed "The Stunt Man" included the horror movie "The Entity" (1982); Philip Kaufman's "The Right Stuff" (1983), in which she played Glennis Yeager, wife of test pilot Chuck Yeager; and "The Natural" (1984), in which she shot Robert Redford's character, inspired by a real-life incident where Ruth Ann Steinhagen shot ballplayer Eddie Waitkus. For the role of Harriet Bird, Hershey had chosen a particular hat as her "anchor". Director Barry Levinson disagreed with her choice, but she insisted on wearing it. Levinson later cast Hershey as the wife of Danny DeVito's character in the comedy "Tin Men" (1987).