Biography
Loretta Lynn (née Webb; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as: "Hey Loretta", "The Pill", "Blue Kentucky Girl", "Love Is the Foundation", "You're Lookin' at Country", "You Ain't Woman Enough", "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter". The 1980 musical film Coal Miner's Daughter was based on her life.
Lynn received many awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She was nominated 18 times for a Grammy Award and won three times. As of 2022, Lynn was the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (the 1970s). Lynn scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number-one albums. She ended 57 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip in 2018.
Lynn was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, on April 14, 1932. She was the oldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie "Clary" (née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981) and Melvin Theodore "Ted" Webb (June 6, 1906 – February 22, 1959). Ted was a coal miner and subsistence farmer. The family claims Cherokee heritage but they are not recognized by or members of a tribe. She was named after the film star Loretta Young. The other Webb children were: Melvin "Junior" Webb (December 4, 1929 – July 2, 1993); Herman Webb (September 3, 1934 – July 28, 2018); Willie "Jay" Lee Webb (February 12, 1937 – July 31, 1996); Donald Ray Webb (April 2, 1941 – October 13, 2017); Peggy Sue Wright (née Webb; born March 25, 1943); Betty Ruth Hopkins (née Webb; born January 5, 1946); Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb; January 9, 1951).
Loretta's father Ted died at the age of 52 from a stroke four years after relocating with her mother and younger siblings to Wabash, Indiana. He had also been battling black lung disease at the time of his death.
Through her matriline, Lynn was distant cousins with country singer Patty Loveless. ...
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Filmography
all 53
self 44
Movies 29
TV Shows 24
Voice 1
Writer 1
Loretta Lynn: My Story In My Words (2021)
Country Music by Ken Burns (2019)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl (2016)
ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014 (2014)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always Live (2009)
Ghost Adventures (2008)
Johnny Cash's America (2008)
Opry Video Classics: Queens of Country (2007)
Opry Video Classics : Legends (2007)
Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame (2007)
Opry Video Classics: Duets (2007)
Opry Video Classics: Love Songs (2007)
CMT: Inside Fame (2005)
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 3 (2005)
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 1 (2005)
Loretta Lynn: In Concert (2004)
Legends in Concert: Loretta Lynn (2004)
Dolly Parton and Friends: On the Country Train (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Lost Highway: The Story of Country Music (2003)
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits (2003)
Buck Owens: Acting Naturally (2001)
Where Are They Now? (1999)
The Roseanne Show (1998)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
The Women of Country (1993)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
George Jones: Same Ole Me (1989)
Roseanne (1988)
Muppet Treasures (1985)
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
Sinatra and Friends (1977)
The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Arena (1975)
Numéro un (1975)
Austin City Limits (1975)
The Midnight Special (1972)
That Good Old Nashville Music (1971)
Hee Haw (1969)
The Johnny Cash Show (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Music City U.S.A. (1966)
Nashville Rebel (1966)
Forty Acre Feud (1965)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
An evening with Loretta Lynn
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GenderFemale
Birthday1932-04-14
Deathday2022-10-04 (90 years old)
Birth NameLoretta Webb
Birth PlaceButcher Hollow, United States of America
RelationshipsOliver Lynn (1948-01-10 - 1996-08-22)
SiblingsCrystal Gayle, Peggy Sue, Jay Lee Webb
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesCuster · Butcher Hollow · Hurricane Mills, United States of America
Also Known AsLoretta Webb
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, Kentucky Women Remembered, Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Grammy Award for Best Country Album, American Music Award of Merit, Kennedy Center Honors, American Music Award for Favorite Country Female Artist, American Music Award for Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting, Americana Award for Artist of the Year
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