At its center is Lily Blake,
a talented singer who shuns the limelight and cherishes her privacy.
His single - minded devotion is put to the test when he falls in love with his newest client, Courtney Clarke (Academy Award ® and Grammy ® winner Jennifer Hudson), a tremendously
talented singer who he discovers at an amusement park.
Not exact matches
Santana, a
talented singer and dancer
who had applied to The Juilliard School, was struck by a minivan near the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge on Jan. 13.
Santana, a
talented singer and dancer
who lived in the East Village's Jacob Riis II Houses, was killed Jan. 13 as she crossed Delancey Street at Clinton Street.
Santana, a
talented singer and dancer
who had applied to The Julliard School, was struck and killed by a minivan as she crossed Delancey Street at Clinton Street Jan. 13.
The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel
singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative,
who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims;
talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio
who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant
who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn),
who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but
who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be
singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner
who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star
who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and
who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum),
who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but
who has no dialogue.
Lucian (Andrew Borba) is a
talented but arrogantly self - important musician and composer
who has recently released an album in collaboration with his wife, a free - spirited violinist and
singer named Gypsy (Annunziata Gianzero).
Jenkins was a real person, a rich socialite and music lover
who lived in New York in the early 20th century and enjoyed performing amateur operatics, which is all well and good, except she was a terrible
singer: always off - key, probably tone - deaf, and worst of all, she chose really difficult pieces to sing that would have challenged even
talented professionals.
The film is conventional, but not predictable, and Blythe gives a very textured, charismatic performance as a
talented former
singer (she delivers a triumphant blues tune at a karaoke bar)
who's vulnerable, but nobody's fool.
The
talented Canadian actress and
singer,
who originally appeared as a guest on the show but was made a permanent member of the cast by popular demand, hails from Vancouver, British Columbia.
An aging and broke bad - boy rocker from the 1990s gets another shot at fame 25 years later as a songwriter for a brash and
talented young
singer who's a big fan of his early work.
Comedy stars Murray as washed - up rock manager
who gets stranded in Afghanistan and discovers
talented singer
On her website, which includes a number of glamorous headshots, Makhnevich is described as «a
talented and imaginative dentist and an opera
singer who is driven by an incredible passion for self - expression through art.»