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Barbara Mandrell: Biography

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Birth Name: Barbara Ann Mandrell
Birth Place: Houston, TX
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/25/1948, Capricorn
Profession: Musician; instrumentalist; actor; writer; producer

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Barbara Mandrell Fast Facts:

Learned to read music and play the accordion by the age of 5.
At 11 years old, demonstrated the steel guitar at a music trade show in Chicago, where she was discovered by country performer Joe Maphis.
Her family formed its own group when Mandrell was 14. Her father, Irby, did the vocals and played the guitar; her mother, Mary Ellen, played bass. Another member of the band was drummer Ken Dudney, whom Mandrell would later marry.
Signed with Columbia Records in 1969, scoring her first hit with a cover of Otis Redding's classic "I've Been Loving You Too Long."
Began her string of Top 40 chart successes with 1970's "Playin' Around With Love."
Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1972.
After her family band broke up, she formed the Do-Rites with her sisters Louise and Irlene.
In 1979, won Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year.
Headlined the NBC variety series Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters (1980-1982).
Performed in a Las Vegas show called The Lady Is a Champ, which was later recorded and aired by HBO in 1983.
Was the first artist to ever win CMA Entertainer of the Year in two consecutive years (1980 and 1981).
Having reached the height of her popularity in 1984, she opened a museum called the Barbara Mandrell Country.
Penned her autobiography, Get to the Heart: My Story (1990), which was later made into a TV movie, Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997).
Has had guest stints on several popular TV series, such as Diagnosis Murder, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Baywatch, Touched by an Angel and the now-defunct daytime sudser Sunset Beach.

Barbara Mandrell Relationships:
Irby Mandrell - Father
Irlene Mandrell - Sister
Jaime Nicole Dudney - Daughter
Kenneth L. Dudney - Husband
Kenneth Matthew Dudney - Son
Louise Mandrell - Sister
Mary Ellen McGill - Mother
Nathaniel Mandrell Dudney - Son
Barbara Mandrell Awards:
1986 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1985 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1985 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Female Musical Performer - Winner
1984 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1983 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1982 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1982 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Female Musical Performer - Winner
1982 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Female TV Performer - Winner
1987 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1982 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1982 Grammy: Best Inspirational Performance - Winner
1983 Grammy: Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo, Group, Choir Or Chorus - Winner