June Carter Cash

Biography

June Carter Cash was an American country singer, songwriter, comedian and actress who started out with the Carter Family as a child. Born in Maces Spring, Virginia, she came from a musical family; her mother, Maybelle, performed country music. During the 1940s she toured with the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, playing autoharp and acting as front person and comic. Elia Kazan caught her act at the Grand Ole Opry in 1955 and urged her to study acting, which she did at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Her screen credits included Murder in Coweta County (1983), The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James and The Apostle (1997). She wrote Ring of Fire, sang hit duets with Johnny Cash, and won five Grammy Awards, among them one for her solo album Press On. She died in 2003.

73years old at death

Born June 23, 1929Maces Spring
Died May 15, 2003Nashville
Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Valerie June Carter (birth name)Also credited as June Carter and Valerie June Carter Cash

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 37 years1983 to 2020

Every film, newest first

2020My Darling VivianIMDb rating 7.5
1997The ApostleIMDb rating 7.2
1986StagecoachIMDb rating 5.9
1986The Last Days of Frank and Jesse JamesIMDb rating 6.2
1983Murder in Coweta CountyIMDb rating 7.4

Genres

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Early training
Elia Kazan watched Carter sing at the Grand Ole Opry in 1955 and told her to take up acting. In New York, she studied with Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.

June Carter Cash movies on Netflix

My Darling Vivian2020IMDb rating 7.5as Himself
The Apostle1997IMDb rating 7.2as Mrs. Dewey Sr.
Stagecoach1986IMDb rating 5.9as Mrs. Pickett
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James1986IMDb rating 6.2as Mother James
Murder in Coweta County1983IMDb rating 7.4as Mayhayley Lancaster

Most often with

Johnny Cash appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Johnny Cash

Kris Kristofferson

Willie Nelson

David Allan CoeEarl Poole Ball

Films together

Johnny Cash4 films together, 1983 to 2020
Johnny Cash's page
- My Darling Vivian2020IMDb rating 7.5Cash as HimselfCash as Himself
- Stagecoach1986IMDb rating 5.9Cash as Mrs. PickettCash as Marshal Curly Wilcox
- The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James1986IMDb rating 6.2Cash as Mother JamesCash as Frank James
- Murder in Coweta County1983IMDb rating 7.4Cash as Mayhayley LancasterCash as Lamar Potts
Kris Kristofferson3 films together, 1986 to 2020
Kris Kristofferson's page
- My Darling Vivian2020IMDb rating 7.5Cash as HimselfKristofferson as Himself
- Stagecoach1986IMDb rating 5.9Cash as Mrs. PickettKristofferson as Ringo Kid
- The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James1986IMDb rating 6.2Cash as Mother JamesKristofferson as Jesse James
Willie Nelson3 films together, 1986 to 2020
Willie Nelson's page
- My Darling Vivian2020IMDb rating 7.5Cash as HimselfNelson as Himself
- Stagecoach1986IMDb rating 5.9Cash as Mrs. PickettNelson as Doc Holliday
- The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James1986IMDb rating 6.2Cash as Mother JamesNelson as Gen. Jo Shelby
David Allan Coe2 films together, 1986
David Allan Coe's page
- Stagecoach1986IMDb rating 5.9Cash as Mrs. PickettCoe as Ike Plummer
- The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James1986IMDb rating 6.2Cash as Mother JamesCoe as Whiskeyhead Ryan
Earl Poole Ball2 films together, 1983 to 1986
Earl Poole Ball's page
- The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James1986IMDb rating 6.2Cash as Mother JamesBall as Squire Earthman
- Murder in Coweta County1983IMDb rating 7.4Cash as Mayhayley LancasterBall as Steve Smith

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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