Blue Valley Songbird (1999)
From heartbreak to happiness, she lived through her music.
Country singer Leana Taylor (Dolly Parton) struggles to escape from her controlling manager/boyfriend Hank (John Terry) as well as her troubled past. After turning to her guitarist (Billy Dean), Leanna finally faces her past, including her estranged mother and the death of her father. Through flashbacks, Leana deals with her past as she attempts to move her life forward and begin a recording career.
- Date of release
- 1999-11-01
- TMDB
- 4.8 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, TV Movie
- Director
- Richard A. Colla
Casting
- Dolly Parton — Leanna Taylor
- John Terry — Hank
- Billy Dean — Bobby
- Beth Grant — Ruby
- Kimberley Kates — Thelma Russell
- Teegan Eley — Young Leanna Taylor
- Bob Morrison — Leanna's Father
- Joe Keenan — Rev. Joseph Taft
- Charlie Monk — Peter McNally
- Brian Mathis — John Conroy
Interesting facts
Blue Valley Songbird is a 1999 American musical drama television film directed by Richard A. Colla, written by Ken Carter and Annette Haywood-Carter, and starring Dolly Parton, John Terry, and Billy Dean. is based on the song from Parton's 1998 album Hungry Again. It was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee and originally premiered on Lifetime on November 1, 1999.
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