Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

Synopsis

In 1945, 13-year-old Loretta Webb is one of eight children of Ted Webb, a Van Lear coal miner raising a family with his wife in the midst of grinding poverty in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky (pronounced by locals as "Butcher Holler"). In 1948, at the age of 15, Loretta marries 21-year-old Oliver "Mooney" Lynn (aka Doo, short for Doolittle), becoming a mother of four by the time she is 19.

Starring

Box office

$67.18 million

Budget

$15 million

IMDb votes

22,631

Where to watch Coal Miner's Daughter in Canada

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