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SHOeWed, Feb 10, 1:05 AMEye See YouBuy
TNTSat, Feb 13, 12:00 AMBlade: TrinityBuy
TNTSat, Feb 13, 3:00 PMBlade: TrinityBuy
HBOeSat, Feb 13, 4:15 PMPlanet of the ApesBuy
HBOeTue, Feb 16, 8:00 AMPlanet of the ApesBuy
SHO2eThu, Feb 18, 1:35 AMEye See YouBuy
CINEMAXSat, Feb 20, 4:50 AMI'm Not ThereBuy
SHOeSun, Feb 21, 1:45 AMEye See YouBuy

Kris Kristofferson Biography

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  • Birth Place: Brownsville, TX
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/22/1936, Cancer
  • Profession: Singer; songwriter; actor
Kris Kristofferson Fast Facts:
  • Began performing as a folk singer under the name Kris Carson while attending Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
  • Spent nearly five years in the Army; was a helicopter pilot and rose to the rank of captain.
  • Turned down a job as an English teacher at West Point to go to Nashville to sell his songs.
  • Worked as a janitor at Nashville's Columbia Studios while trying to get his career going.
  • To convince musical hero Johnny Cash to perform one of his songs, the trained pilot landed a helicopter in Cash's yard in an attempt to give him a tape.
  • Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004.
    Kris Kristofferson Relationships:
  • Blake Kristofferson - Son
  • Casey Kristofferson - Daughter
  • Fran Beer - Ex-wife
  • Henry Kristofferson - Father
  • Jesse Kristofferson - Son
  • Jody Kristofferson - Son
  • Johnny Kristofferson - Son
  • Kelly Kristofferson - Daughter
  • Kris Kristofferson Jr. - Son
  • Lisa Meyers - Wife
  • Mary Ann Ashbrook - Mother
  • Rita Coolidge - Ex-wife
  • Tracy Kristofferson - Daughter

  • Kris Kristofferson Awards:
  • 1975 Grammy: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Winner
  • 1973 Grammy: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Winner
  • 1971 Grammy: Best Country Song - Winner
  • 1977 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Winner
  • 1984 Oscar: Best Original Song Score - Nominee

  • College:
  • Pomona College, Claremont, CA (BA in Creative Writing; PhD, 1958); University of Oxford, Merton College, Oxford, England (1960)
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