- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMuriel Ellen Deason
- Nickname
- The Queen of Country Music
- Kitty Wells was born on August 30, 1919 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Mississippi Burning (1988) and Crazy Heart (2009). She was married to Johnny Wright. She died on July 16, 2012 in Madison, Tennessee, USA.
- SpouseJohnny Wright(October 30, 1937 - September 27, 2011) (his death, 3 children)
- In 1952, became the first female country singer to have a solo No. 1 hit on Billboard magazine's country charts, with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels." The song was a response to Hank Thompson's No. 1 hit that same year, "The Wild Side of Life."
- Received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1991, the first female country singer so honored,.
- Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976.
- Country singer.
- Created her stage name, Kitty Wells, when she married Johnny Wright in 1939.
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