Aretha Franklin
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DOB
25 March 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
25 March 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Height
5' 5"
5' 5"
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Filmography
Actor:
1. Singing in the Shadow: The Children of Rock...2. Tom Dowd & the Language of Music (2003) .......
3. Immaculate Funk (2000) .... Herself
4. Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) .... Mrs. Murphy
5. The Blues Brothers (1980) .... Mrs. Murphy
Trivia
- Her favorite film as a child was Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939)
- First woman to be admitted to the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.
- Younger sister of vocalist Erma Franklin, who originally recorded the song "Piece of My Heart," later a hit for Big Brother and the Holding Company. Older sister of singer/songwriter Carolyn Franklin, who wrote Aretha's hit "Ain't No Way." Daughter of the Rev. C.L. Franklin.
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