The original Coal Miner’s Daughter soundtrack, which featured the singing talents of Spacek, Beverly D’Angelo (as Patsy Cline) and Levon Helm (as Lynn’s father, Ted Webb) was also a hit ...

In 1980, Hollywood turned Lynn’s memoir, also called Coal Miner's Daughter, into a movie with Sissy Spacek stepping in not only to play Lynn, but to also sing her songs.

Now 72, Spacek won an Academy Award for best actress in the 1980 film Coal Miner’s Daughter, which told the life story of Lynn, a girl from Butcher Holler, Ky. Lynn died Tuesday at her home in ...

Sissy Spacek falls into all three categories, having been personally selected by Lynn to star in the 1980 biopic, Coal Miner's Daughter, based on her rags-to-riches life story.

Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) Michael Ochs Archives/Getty. Spacek began acting in the early '70s, moving to New York and enrolling in the Actors Studio.

The 1980 Loretta Lynn biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter — which airs tonight at 8pm EST on TCM as part of their “Mary Stuart Celebrates Music in the Movies” series — first hit theaters over ...

In 1983, three years after singing on the soundtrack for Coal Miner’s Daughter, the biographical film of Loretta Lynn‘s life, and winning the Academy Award for Best Actress, Sissy Spacek ...

Sissy Spacek's stunning turn in 1980's "Coal Miner's Daughter" as country star Loretta Lynn, who died Tuesday, earned her a best actress Oscar. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 📚 ...

Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) Michael Ochs Archives/Getty. Spacek began acting in the early '70s, moving to New York and enrolling in the Actors Studio.