Virginia Entertainers

As I promised, I would have a list of entertainers that
came from the state of Virginia.
If I must say so, I think we did okay,
don't you?


Music

Pearl Bailey – (1918-1988) Newport News; singer

Maybelle Carter – (1909-1979) Nicklesville;
country singer

June Carter Cash –country singer,
married to Johnny Cash

Roy Clark – Lunenburg;
country singer, star of "Hee Haw"

Phil Balsley – Staunton;
member of the country-western
singing group the Statler Brothers

Patsy Cline – (1932-1963) Winchester;
country singer

Ella Fitzgerald – (1917-1996) Newport News;
singer

Jimmy Fortune – Nelson County;
member of the country-western singing group
the Statler Brothers

Wayne Newton – (1942-) Roanoke;
singer/Las Vegas entertainer

Kate Smith – (1909-1986) Greenville;
singer

Don Reid– Staunton;
member of the country music group
the Statler Brothers

Harold Reid– Staunton;
member of the country music group
the Statler Brothers

Movies

Warren Beatty – (1937-) Richmond; movie actor and
director, Academy Award winner as director of "Reds"

Joseph Cotten – (1905-1994) Petersburg; movie actor

Shirley MacLaine – Richmond; stage and screen
actress, Academy Award winner

George C. Scott – (1927-1999) Wise; movie actor,
Academy Award winner for "Patton"

Television

Spencer Christian – Charles City;
TV weatherman for ABC's "Good Morning America"

Katie Couric – (1957-) Arlington;
"Today Show" host

Tim Reid –Norfolk;
TV actor, director "WKRP in Cincinnati",
"Simon & Simon", " Sister Sister"

Willard Scott – (1934-) Alexandria;
TV weatherman, NBC's "Today Show"

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