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Conway Twitty(1933-1993)

  • Music Artist
  • Actor
  • Music Department
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Conway Twitty in Platinum High School (1960)
Conway Twitty was born on 1 September 1933 in Friars Point, Mississippi, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Limitless (2011), Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and Hollywoodland (2006). He was previously married to Dolores Virginia Henry, Temple Medley and Ellen Matthews. He died on 5 June 1993 in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
BornSeptember 1, 1933
DiedJune 5, 1993(59)
BornSeptember 1, 1933
DiedJune 5, 1993(59)
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  • Awards
    • 9 wins & 50 nominations

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Buni Bacon, Sheila Leighton, and Conway Twitty in Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)
Jimmy Boyd, Harold Lloyd Jr., and Conway Twitty in Platinum High School (1960)
Herbert Marshall, Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Cathy Crosby, Pamela Mason, Mickey Shaughnessy, Conway Twitty, and Walter Winchell in College Confidential (1960)
Herbert Marshall, Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Mickey Shaughnessy, Conway Twitty, Mamie Van Doren, and Walter Winchell in College Confidential (1960)
Mickey Rooney, Dan Duryea, Jimmy Boyd, Harold Lloyd Jr., and Conway Twitty in Platinum High School (1960)
Herbert Marshall, Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Pamela Mason, Mickey Shaughnessy, Conway Twitty, Mamie Van Doren, and Walter Winchell in College Confidential (1960)
Steve Allen, Cathy Crosby, Conway Twitty, and Mamie Van Doren in College Confidential (1960)

Known for:

Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, and Johnny Whitworth in Limitless (2011)
Limitless
7.4
  • Soundtrack("Lonely Blue Boy")
  • 2011
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Punch-Drunk Love
7.3
  • Soundtrack("Danny (Lonely Blue Boy)")
  • 2002
Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, and Adrien Brody in Hollywoodland (2006)
Hollywoodland
6.5
  • Soundtrack("It's Only Make Believe")
  • 2006
Paris, Je T'aime (2006)
Paris, Je T'aime
7.2
  • Soundtrack("Danny" (Lonely Lovely Boy))
  • 2006

Credits

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Actor

  • Teresa Brewer in The Statler Brothers Show (1991)
    The Statler Brothers Show
    • Vocalist
    • TV Series
    • 1991
  • Hee Haw (1969)
    Hee Haw
    • TV Series
    • 1979
  • Tuesday Weld, Mijanou Bardot, and Mamie Van Doren in Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)
    Sex Kittens Go to College
    • Conway Twitty
    • 1960
  • Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Mamie Van Doren, and Walter Winchell in College Confidential (1960)
    College Confidential
    • Marvin
    • 1960
  • Platinum High School (1960)
    Platinum High School
    • Billy Jack Barnes
    • 1960

Music Department

  • Tuesday Weld, Mijanou Bardot, and Mamie Van Doren in Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)
    Sex Kittens Go to College
    • songs by
    • 1960
  • Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Mamie Van Doren, and Walter Winchell in College Confidential (1960)
    College Confidential
    • songs
    • 1960

Personal details

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  • Official sites
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  • Born
    • September 1, 1933
    • Friars Point, Mississippi, USA
  • Died
    • June 5, 1993
    • Springfield, Missouri, USA(complications from surgery)
  • Spouses
      Dolores Virginia HenryFebruary 27, 1987 - June 5, 1993 (his death)
  • Other works
    CD: "The Best of Conway Twitty" (CSP)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Portrayals

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Originally planned to break into professional baseball with a Philadelphia Phillies farm team, but the US Army drafted him before the Phillies could.
  • Quotes
    [on the secret to his successful singing career] I say things that women want to hear--things that men have trouble saying.

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