Full Name | Kitty Wells |
Net Worth | $500,000 |
Date Of Birth | August 30, 1919 |
Died | July 16, 2012, Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
Place Of Birth | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Profession | Singer-songwriter |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Johnnie Wright |
Children | Bobby Wright, Ruby Wright, Carol Sue Wright |
Parents | Charles Cary Deason, Myrtle Deason |
Nicknames | Kitty Wells, Wells, Kitty |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0920299 |
Awards | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Hall of Fame, Academy of Country Music Awards Cliffie Stone Icon Award |
Movies | The Legendary Ernest Tubb |
Star Sign | Virgo |
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1 | (September 27, 2009) Her oldest child, a daughter Ruby Wright, died from heart disease at age 69. |
2 | Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 22, a son John Robert Wright (aka John Wright) on March 30, 1942. Child's father is her now late husband, Johnnie Wright. |
3 | Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 21, a daughter Carol Sue Wright on June 12, 1941. Child's father is her now late husband, Johnnie Wright. |
4 | Gave birth to her 1st child at age 20, a daughter Ruby Wright on October 27, 1939. Child's father is her now late husband, Johnnie Wright. |
5 | Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976. |
6 | Received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1991, the first female country singer so honored,. |
7 | Inducted into the Native American Music Awards Hall Of Fame in 2002. |
8 | Recorded some of her biggest hits in the 1950s with legendary Nashville guitarist Hank Garland. |
9 | Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976. |
10 | Formed the Kitty Wells/Johnny Wright Family Show in 1969; children Bobby and Ruby are part of the show. |
11 | Her 1955 hit, "Makin' Believe," holds the record for most weeks at No. 2 on Billboard's country charts (15 weeks) without going to No. 1. |
12 | Her other two Billboard country No. 1 hits were "One By One" (1954, duet with Red Foley) and "Heartbreak USA" (1961). |
13 | 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." |
14 | Created her stage name, Kitty Wells, when she married Johnny Wright in 1939. |
15 | Country singer. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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September 12th | 2017/I | performer: "Jambalaya On The Bayou" post-production | |
The Aliens | 2016 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
31 | 2016 | performer: "We Buried Her Beneath The Willows" | |
The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA | 2014 | TV Movie documentary performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | |
The Marty Stuart Show | 2010 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 | 2010 | Video performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | |
Crazy Heart | 2009 | performer: "Searching for Someone Like You" 1955, "Searching For Someone Like You" | |
Wicked Lake | 2008 | performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honkey Tonk Angels" | |
Opry Video Classics: Queens | 2007 | Video performer: "Makin' Believe" | |
Neal Cassady | 2007 | performer: "Christmas Ain't Like Christmas Anymore" | |
Biography | 2006 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
The Devil's Rejects | 2005 | performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | |
Silent Voyeur | 2004 | performer: "Release Me" 1954 | |
Sunshine State | 2002 | performer: "Makin' Believe" 1954 | |
Men of Honor | 2000 | performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | |
Bastard Out of Carolina | 1996 | performer: "Searching For Someone Like You" | |
Needful Things | 1993 | performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | |
Northern Exposure | 1990 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Mississippi Burning | 1988 | performer: "Making Believe" | |
Dolly | 1988 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Desert Hearts | 1985 | performer: "AMIGOS GUITAR", "IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS" / writer: "AMIGOS GUITAR" | |
The Blues Brothers | 1980 | performer: "YOUR CHEATIN' HEART" | |
Coal Miner's Daughter | 1980 | performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | |
50 Years of Country Music | 1978 | TV Movie performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | |
September 30, 1955 | 1977 | performer: "Makin' Believe" | |
8th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 1974 | TV Special performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | |
The Johnny Cash Show | 1971 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
The Road to Nashville | 1967 | performer: "A woman half my age" | |
Flaming Creatures | 1963 | performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | |
Country Style, U.S.A. | 1958 | TV Series short performer - 1 episode | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Marty Stuart Show | 2010 | TV Series | Herself - Special Guest |
American Roots Music | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Life and Times of the Women of Country | 1999 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Life and Times of Roy Acuff | 1995 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Roots of Country: Nashville Celebrates the Ryman | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
The Women of Country | 1993 | TV Movie | Herself |
Nashville Now | 1987-1991 | TV Series | Herself |
The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself |
An All Star Salute to Country Music | 1990 | TV Movie | Herself |
22nd Annual Country Music Association Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
Dolly | 1988 | TV Series | Herself |
Austin City Limits | 1984 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Johnny Cash and the Country Girls | 1981 | TV Movie | Herself |
50 Years of Country Music | 1978 | TV Movie | Herself |
That's Country | 1977 | | Herself |
10th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 1976 | TV Special | Herself - Hall-Of-Fame Inductee |
Hee Haw | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
8th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 1974 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
The Johnny Cash Show | 1971 | TV Series | Herself - Singer |
That Good Ole Nashville Music | 1970 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Performer |
The Road to Nashville | 1967 | | Herself (singer) (as Kitty Wells Show) |
The Porter Wagoner Show | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
The Jimmy Dean Show | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar | 1965 | | Herself |
Country Style, U.S.A. | 1958 | TV Series short | Herself - Singer |