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Legacy. Discography. Filmography. Television. References. External links. Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942) [1] is a retired American singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in America to compose and produce her own material. [2] [3]
Ode to Billy Joe is a 1976 American drama film, directed and produced by Max Baer Jr., with a screenplay by Herman Raucher, and starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. It is inspired by the 1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry, titled "Ode to Billie Joe."
Le film Ruby Gentry de 1952 lui donne son nom de scène [3]. Encouragée par Bob Hope, elle monte sur les planches dans une boîte de nuit de Las Vegas. Elle s'installe ensuite à Los Angeles pour suivre des études en philosophie à l'UCLA.
The film starred Robby Benson as Billy Joe and Glynnis O'Connor as Bobbie Lee. It was released in 1976. In the adaptation, the pair throw a rag doll off of the bridge, while a homosexual experience with the owner of the sawmill is established as the reason for Billy Joe's suicide.
Ode to Billie Joe. modifier. Ode to Billie Joe est une chanson écrite et interprétée par la chanteuse américaine Bobbie Gentry en 1967. Moins d'un mois après sa parution, cette chanson est propulsée numéro un des charts américains et y reste quatre semaines de suite.
At age 14, Gentry took her stage name from the 1952 movie Ruby Gentry (1952). She briefly worked as a dancer and singer in a Las Vegas revue show called Folies Bergere before moving back to California.
Roger Ebert July 07, 1976. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Now that I know why Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge, I almost wish I didn't. Bobbie Gentry's famous song, on which "Ode to Billy Joe" is based, found much of its haunting effect in its refusal to reveal why Billy Joe killed himself.
