Merle Kilgore

Nashville (1975)

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Altman
CAST:  David Arkin  •  Barbara Baxley  •  Ned Beatty  •  Karen Black

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Altman
CAST:  David Arkin  •  Barbara Baxley  •  Ned Beatty  •  Karen Black

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story (1983)

TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and aspiring to rise above it all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Richard Thomas  •  Lenora May  •  Liane Langland  •  Merle Kilgore

TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and aspiring to rise above it all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Richard Thomas  •  Lenora May  •  Liane Langland  •  Merle Kilgore

Willa (1979)

A truck-stop waitress, determined to make a better life for her young children after being abandoned by her husband, leaves hash-slinging behind her to embark on a new career as a trucker in the rig her late father used to drive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Guzmán  •  Joan Darling
CAST:  Deborah Raffin  •  Clu Gulager  •  Diane Ladd  •  Nancy Marchand

A truck-stop waitress, determined to make a better life for her young children after being abandoned by her husband, leaves hash-slinging behind her to embark on a new career as a trucker in the rig her late father used to drive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Guzmán  •  Joan Darling
CAST:  Deborah Raffin  •  Clu Gulager  •  Diane Ladd  •  Nancy Marchand