EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Academy Award winner and Texas native Sissy Spacek will be a special guest at this year’s El Paso Community Foundation Plaza Classic Film Festival.
The 17th annual film festival will be held from July 18-28 in and around El Paso’s historic Plaza Theatre.
Spacek will appear with the showing of “Coal Miner’s Daughter” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Juy 27 in the Plaza Theatre. She received the Academy Award for her portrayal of legendary country singer and songwriter Loretta Lynn in the 1980 Michael Apted movie, in which Spacek did her own singing.
Here is a short biography of Spacek that was provided by the Plaza Classic Film Festival:
“Sissy Spacek has been one of the industry’s most respected actresses in a career spanning six decades. Her many honors include an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, five additional Oscar nominations, a Grammy nomination, three Golden Globe Awards, and numerous critics awards.
“Born in Quitman, Texas, Spacek aspired to be a singer-songwriter before her acting career took off. She first gained the attention of critics and audiences in Terrence Malick’s widely praised ‘Badlands,‘ on which she met production designer Jack Fisk, with whom she celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary this year.
“Spacek earned her first Academy Award nomination for her chilling performance in the title role of Brian de Palma’s ‘Carrie,’ based on the Stephen King novel. Other notable film credits include ‘Three Women,’ Fisk’s ‘Raggedy Man,’ and Oscar-nominated performances in ‘Missing,’ ‘The River,’ ‘Crimes of the Heart,’ and ‘In the Bedroom.’ Other film credits include ‘The Straight Story,’ ‘JFK,’ and ‘The Help.’ She also starred in Netflix’s ‘Bloodline,’ Hulu’s ‘Castle Rock,’ and Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Homecoming’ and ‘Night Sky,’ with a recurring role in FX’s forthcoming ‘Dying for Sex.'”
Tickets for this year’s Plaza Classic Film Festival went on sale Friday, June 14 at the Plaza Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster. Passes are on sale at plazaclassic.com/tickets. Go to plazaclassic.com for more information.
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