It starred Jessica Lange as Cline, and she earned immense praise for her performance.Įven though Coal Miner’s Daughter cast someone to play Cline, Sweet Dreams did not cast an actress to portray Lynn. Titled Sweet Dreams, the movie was released in 1985, just five years after Coal Miner’s Daughter. While we see Cline and Lynn’s friendship play out from beginning to end in Coal Miner’s Daughter, their relationship was handled differently when Cline earned a biopic of her own. She went on to name one of her twin daughters Patsy, and also recorded a tribute album of her songs in the 1970s. The film shows how the two developed their friendship through time, and also shows Lynn’s devastated reaction when she learned Cline lost her life in a plane crash in 1963. Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn and Beverly D'Angelo as Patsy Cline, do all their own singing in the excellent biography COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER. Lynn was played by Sissy Spacek (who won an Oscar for her performance) and Cline was portrayed by Beverly D’Angelo. The duo’s first meeting was replicated in the 1980 biopic about Lynn’s life, Coal Miner’s Daughter. She heard Lynn’s performance and expressed that she’d like to meet her. Lynn got the chance to perform on Ernest Tubb’s Midnight Jamboree radio show, and sang Cline’s “I Fall to Pieces” in her honor, since she was recovering from a recent accident. So how did these two iconic country singing women go on to become such good friends? How Their Friendship Started In one interview, Lynn recalled how Cline once gave her a pair of panties, and she said they were “ the best panties” she had ever seen. Cline even helped Lynn shave her legs and gave her some of her old clothes that she no longer wore. The veteran performer took Lynn under her wing, and helped guide her through the earliest stages of her career. Cline was already experienced in the industry when a young Loretta Lynn first came on the scene.

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