sissy spacek played loretta lynn in coal miners daughter.
sissy spacek played loretta lynn in coal miners daughter.
who played loretta lynn in coal miners daughter?
sissy spacek
spacek began the 1980s with an academy award for best actress for her performance in "coal miner's daughter" (1980), in which she played country music star loretta lynn, who selected her for the role. in the film, both she and beverly d'angelo, who played patsy cline, performed their own singing. film critic roger ebert has credited the movie's success "to the performance by sissy spacek as loretta lynn. with the same sort of magical chemistry she's shown before, when she played the high school kid in "carrie," spacek at 29 has the ability to appear to be almost any age on screen. here, she ages from about 14 to somewhere in her 30s, always looks the age, and never seems to be wearing makeup." in addition, andrew sarris of "the village voice" wrote "sissy spacek – yes, i'm flabbergasted – is simple and faithful as lynn. spacek's face is no more of an actor's instrument than it ever was, but given a human being to play, given a director concerned with acting, she makes that woman exist. she sings the songs herself, nicely, and she has mastered the appalachian accent." spacek also was nominated for a grammy award for her singing on the film's soundtrack album. she followed this with her own country album titled "hangin' up my heart" (1983); the album spawned one hit single, "lonely but only for you", a song written by k. t. oslin, which reached no. 15 on the "billboard" country chart.
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coal miner's daughter: a tribute to loretta lynn









































coal miner's daughter: a tribute to loretta lynn is a tribute album compiled by various music artists that is dedicated to country music icon loretta lynn. it was released in the united states on november 9, 2010 through columbia records. the release celebrates lynn's 50th anniversary in the music industry.
coal miner's daughter: a tribute to loretta lynn