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  • Category: Recording
  • Unveiled: 18 Sep 1998
  • Star rank: 307
  • Address:
    7018 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 4 tiles from the curb, facing west
  • GPS location:
    34.101411, -118.342165

Reba McEntire

Next star: Anne Shirley
Previous star: Norman Jewison

Biography

Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band, on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma City, which caught the attention of country artist Red Steagall. He brought her to Nashville, Tennessee, where she eventually signed a contract with Mercury Records in 1975. She released her first solo album in 1977 and released five additional studio albums under the label until 1983.

Fact file

  • Birth name: Reba Nell McEntire
  • Also known as: Reba
  • Born: March 28, 1955 (age 56) McAlester, Oklahoma
  • Origin: McAlester, Oklahoma
  • Genres: Country, Country Pop
  • Occupations: Singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, producer
  • Instruments: Vocals
  • Years active: 1975–present
  • Labels: Mercury, MCA Nashville, Starstruck, Valory, Humphead
  • Associated acts: Dolly Parton, Red Steagall, Jacky Ward, Pake McEntire, Susie Luchsinger, Vince Gill, Linda Davis, Brooks & Dunn, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny Chesney
  • Website: Official Website

Read more about Reba McEntire at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

Reba McEntire pilot "Malibu Country" lands at ABC (Reuters)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2012-02-02 02:03:24
Reuters - ABC ordered two comedy pilots Wednesday, one of them from country singer/actress Reba McEntire.

Reba McEntire pilot "Malibu Country" lands at ABC (omg!)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2012-02-02 01:16:02
omg! - LOS ANGELES, Feb 1 (TheWrap.com) - ABC ordered two comedy pilots Wednesday, one of them from country singer/actress Reba McEntire. The half-hour, multi-camera "Malibu Country" reunites McEntire with "Reba" executive producer Kevin Abbott, who is writing the project. The pilot will star McEntire as a woman who divorces ...

ABC Adds Comedy Pilots From Reba McEntire, 'That '70s Show' Duo
Hollywood Reporter, 2012-02-02 01:01:54
Lesley Goldberg , Lacey Rose McEntire will star in and exec produce "Malibu Country," while the husband and wife duo will oversee "Prairie Dogs," a cubicle worker looking to change his life.read more

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