Kitty Wells(1919-2012)

Actress
Music Department
Soundtrack

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Kitty Wells

Kitty Wells was born on 30 August 1919 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Les Blues Brothers (1980), Mississippi Burning (1988) and Crazy Heart (2009). She was married to Johnny Wright. She died on 16 July 2012 in Madison, Tennessee, USA.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in Les Blues Brothers (1980)

Les Blues Brothers

7.9

Movie

Soundtrack("Your Cheatin' Heart")

1980

Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning (1988)

Mississippi Burning

7.8

Movie

Soundtrack("Making Believe")

1988

Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (2009)

7.2

Movie

Soundtrack("Searching (for Someone Like You)" (1955), "Searching (For Someone Like You)")

2009

Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. in Les chemins de la dignité (2000)

Les chemins de la dignité

7.2

Movie

Soundtrack("It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels")

2000

Credits

Actress

Kitty Wells: There's Poison in Your Heart
Music Video
- Kitty Wells
- 1957

Music Department

Soundtrack

Monstres
7.8
TV Series
- performer: "Jingle Bells" (uncredited)
- 2022
Nomadland
7.3
- performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
- 2020
L'un des nôtres
6.7
- performer: "All the Time"
- 2020
Pose
8.6
TV Series
- performer: "Jingle Bells"
- 2018
Pottersville
5.5
- performer: "Silent Night"
- 2017
Le château de verre
7.1
- performer: "I Can't Stop Loving You"
- 2017
American Folk
6.5
- performer: "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)"
- 2017
The Aliens
6.2
TV Mini Series
- performer: "The Things I Might Have Been"
- 2016
31
5.1
- performer: "We Buried Her Beneath The Willows"
- 2016
The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA
7.3
TV Movie
- performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
- 2014
The Marty Stuart Show
8.7
TV Series
- performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
- 2010
Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1
8.4
Video
- performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
- 2010
Crazy Heart
7.2
- performer: "Searching (for Someone Like You)" (1955), "Searching (For Someone Like You)"
- 2009
Wicked Lake
3.0
- performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honkey Tonk Angels"
- 2008
Opry Video Classics: Queens
Video
- performer: "Makin' Believe"
- 2007

Personal details

Official sites
- Last.fm
- MySpace
Alternative name
- Kitty Wells Show
Born
- August 30, 1919
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Died
- July 16, 2012
- Madison, Tennessee, USA(complications from a stroke)
Spouse
- Johnny WrightOctober 30, 1937 - September 27, 2011 (his death, 3 children)
Other works
CD: "Country Music Hall of Fame" (USP)
Publicity listings

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Trivia
In 1952, became the first female country singer to have a solo No. 1 hit on Billboard magazine's country charts, with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels." The song was a response to Hank Thompson's No. 1 hit that same year, "The Wild Side of Life."

Nickname
- The Queen of Country Music

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