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Actors Who Played Singers

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215

7.2

7.6

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

James Cagney as George M. Cohan

7.6

7.4

The Jolson Story (1946)

Larry Parks as Al Jolson

7.5

With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Susan Hayward as Jane Froman

Kandi's rating:

5.5

Melba (1953)

Patrice Munsel as Nellie Melba

7.7

7.1

Love Me or Leave Me (1955)

Doris Day as Ruth Etting

Kandi's rating:

8.3

Your Cheatin' Heart

George Hamilton and Susan Oliver

(1964)

George Hamilton as Hank Williams

7.6

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

Diana Ross as Billie Holiday

Kandi's rating:

7.4

7.3

Bound for Glory (1976)

David Carradine as Woody Guthrie

Kandi's rating:

7.2

The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

Gary Busey as Buddy Holly

Kandi's rating:

6.9

The Rose (1979)

Bette Midler as Janis Joplin

Kandi's rating:

239

7.1

7.5

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn

Kandi's rating:

7.7

Sweet Dreams (1985)

Jessica Lange as Patsy Cline

Kandi's rating:

849

6.7

Sid & Nancy (1986)

Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb

Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious

Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie, later named John Beverley (10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979), was an English bass guitarist, drummer and vocalist, most famous as a member of the influential punk group the Sex Pistols, and notorious for his arrest for the murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen. (Wikipedia)

362

6.5

6.9

La Bamba (1987)

Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Valens

258

6.2

Great Balls of Fire! (1989)

Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis

Kandi's rating:

1175

6.9

7.2

The Doors (1991)

Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon and Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison (far right)

Kandi's rating:

177

7.2

7.3

What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner
Angela Bassett as Tina Turner

Kandi's rating:

6.8

6.6

Backbeat (1994)

Ian Hart as John Lennon
Gary Bakewell as Paul McCartney
Stephen Dorff as Stuart Sutcliffe
Chris O'Neill as George Harrison
Scott Williams as Pete Best

480

6.2

6.7

Selena (1997)

Jennifer Lopez as Selena

1240

7.2

7.7

Ray (2004)

Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles

Kandi's rating:

191

6.5

6.7

Beyond the Sea (2004)

Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin

Kandi's rating:

2910

7.5

7.8

Walk the Line (2005)

Reese Witherspoon as June Carter
Joaquim Phoenix as Johnny Cash

Kandi's rating:

1053

7.5

7.6

La Vie en Rose (2007)

(2007)

Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf

Kandi's rating:

933

7.6

Control (2007)

(2007)

Sam Riley as Ian Curtis

Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division. Joy Division released their debut album, Unknown Pleasures, in 1979 and recorded their follow-up, Closer, in 1980. Curtis, who suffered from epilepsy and depression, committed suicide on 18 May 1980, on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour, resulting in the band's dissolution and the subsequent formation of New Order.

Curtis was known for his baritone voice, dance style and songwriting filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness and alienation. (Wikipedia)