June Carter Cash was a famous American singer and songwriter
June Carter Cash
@Singer-songwriter, Facts and Family
Jun 23, 1929
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: June 23, 1929
- Died on: May 15, 2003
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Singer-songwriter, Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses, Singers
- Birth Place: Maces Spring, Virginia
- Gender: Female
- Sun Sign: Cancer
June Carter Cash born at
Maces Spring, Virginia
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Birth Place
In 1952, she married Carl Smith. They had a daughter namely Rebecca Carlene. They got divorced in the later part of 1950s.
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Personal Life
She married Rip Nix, a police officer of Nashville, in 1957. They had a daughter namely Rosie.
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Personal Life
On March 1, 1968, she tied the nuptial knot for the third time with Johnny Cash. Their only son’s name was Johnny Carter Cash.
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Personal Life
June Carter Cash was born as Valerie June Carter to Maybelle Addington Carter and Ezra Carter in Maces Spring, Virginia.
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Childhood & Early Life
She learnt to play autoharp from her mother. Besides this, she also learnt playing banjo and guitar during her childhood days. At that time she developed a particular guitar style which later came to known as the Carter scratch.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1937, she performed at public events with her sisters Helen and Anita as the Carter Sisters. Their show also featured June’s humorous comic performances and monologues.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1949, the Carter Sisters, their mother Maybelle and the group’s lead guitarist Chet Atkins moved to Springfield, Missouri, to perform regularly at KWTO, the radio station there.
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Career
In 1950, this group joined the Grand Ole Opry, a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville. After watching June’s performance at the Opry in 1955, director Eliza Kazan suggested her to study acting.
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Career
Thereafter, she studied acting at The Actor’s Studio in New York City. In 1957, she acted in various supporting roles on ‘Gunsmoke’ and ‘The Adventures of Jim Bowie’. Both of these are American Western television series.
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Career
In 1958, she acted in the film ‘Country Music Holiday’. She also featured on the television show “Shindig”. In the early parts of 1960, she started her career in music again by performing with her mother and sisters. It was during this period when she and other members of the Carter Family performed with Johnny Cash for a number of years.
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Career
June and Johnny cash produced a number of successful musical compositions like “If I Were a Carpenter”. As a solo artist, she recorded “The Heal” in the 1960s.
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In 1963, along with Merle Kilgore, she wrote the song “Ring of Fire”. It acquired top position on the charts for seven weeks.
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Major Works