It was released in October 1980 on MCA Records and was Helm's third studio album. [17] On Metacritic, which assigns a rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". The melody had originally been written in a bluegrass style, which matched the style of music she was raised singing. The soundtrack reached the top 40 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. ", Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sissy_Spacek&oldid=981405649, Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (film) winners, Best Musical or Comedy Actress Golden Globe (film) winners, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead winners, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 03:17. "[11] On the set of Badlands, Spacek met art director Jack Fisk, whom she married in 1974. However, there have been several karaoke sing-along versions made in the past ten years. Spacek was born on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, the daughter of Virginia Frances (née Spilman; December 18, 1917 – November 10, 1981) and Edwin Arnold Spacek Sr. (July 3, 1910 – January 7, 2001),[2] a county agricultural agent. [5] Fisk later directed her in the films Raggedy Man (1981) and Violets Are Blue (1986). "Coal Miner's Daughter" is an autobiographical 1970 country music song written and performed by Loretta Lynn. The legend will turn 87 in April.If you're new, Subscribe! [12] Spacek's performance was widely praised, and Pauline Kael of The New Yorker wrote, "Though few actresses have distinguished themselves in gothics, Sissy Spacek, who is onscreen almost continuously, gives a classic chameleon performance. [7], In 1967, Spacek was affected greatly by the death of her close 18-year-old brother Robbie from leukemia when she was 17, which she has called "the defining event of my whole life". Released in 1970, the song became Lynn's signature song, one of the genre's most widely known songs, and provided the basis for both her autobiography and a movie on her life.