Reba McEntire Add to My Celebs Age 57 Birthday Mar. 28th, 1955 Born in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA Height 5' 7"

Reba McEntire's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Reba Reba Hart Country Music Awards 2008 Herself - H… Malibu Country Reba CMT Crossroads Performer (… Revealed with Jules Asner Reba McEntire

Main Movie Roles 2006 - Charlotte's Web 2001 - One Night At McCool 1994 - Maverick 1994 - North 1994 - The Little Rascals 1990 - Tremors

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

The reigning queen of country music has pursued a musical career since the age of 5. In junior high, she performed with her siblings as the Singing McEntires. A fine athlete, McEntire followed in the footsteps of her rodeo champion father in competitive barrel racing. Her performance of the "Star Spangled Banner" at the 1974 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City caught the attention of songwriter, Red Steagall who suggested she consider a career in country music. She has since earned 7 gold and 5 platinum albums and 2 Grammy Awards. She has also explored other avenues of entertainment, serving as a guest host on "Good Morning, America" and earning generally favorable reviews for her acting in the movie Tremors (1990) and the miniseries Buffalo Girls (1995) (TV). In 1988, she formed Starstruck Entertainment to oversee the various aspects of her career.


TRIVIA:

• 1995: Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
• 1993: Had a patch of skin cancer on her forehead removed.
• 1996 tour statistics: 16 trucks, 7 buses, 1 jet, 100 dates (12,500 per date) concerts, 200-foot expandable stages, 3 separate performance areas, 10 dancers, 5 video cameras, 6 video screens, 96-person crew, 40 tons of equipment.
• Has won two Grammy awards, nine People's Choice Awards (for singing *and* acting), seven CMA (Country Music Association) Awards (including an unprecedented Female Vocalist of the Year four years in a row), two Country Radio Awards, 11 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards (including an unprecedented Top Female Vocalist seven times), 14 American Music Awards (including an unprecedented Favorite Female Country Singer 10 times), five TNN/Music City News Awards, three International Awards and the 2001 Drama Desk Award for her Broadway debut in "Annie Get Your Gun."
• 2000: Named the #2 Best-selling Female Artist (of all genres) of All Time, following 'Barbra Streisand' (qv).
• She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Her grandfather, John Wesley McEntire (1897-1976 ), was world steer roping champion for 1934 and was also a calf roper. He was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1984.
• Was 'James Cameron (I)' (qv)'s first choice to play "the unsinkable" Molly Brown in _Titanic (1997)_ (qv), but she had to decline because her touring schedule overlapped the filming date.

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