10 Facts About June Carter

1.

June Carter Cash won five Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

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2.

June Carter was notable as Mayhayley Lancaster playing alongside husband Cash in the 1983 television movie Murder in Coweta County.

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3.

June Carter recorded "The Heel" in the 1960s along with many other songs.

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4.

June Carter continued to work with Cash on record and on stage for the rest of her life, recording a number of duets with Cash for his various albums and being a regular on The Johnny Cash Show from 1969 to 1971 and on Cash's annual Christmas specials.

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5.

June Carter shared sleeve credit with her husband on a 2000 small-label gospel release, Return to the Promised Land.

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6.

Carter's distant cousin, the 39th U S president Jimmy Carter, became closely acquainted with Cash and Carter and maintained their friendship throughout their lifetimes.

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7.

June Carter Cash won the 2000 Grammy Award, for Best Traditional Folk Album, for her 1999 album Press On.

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8.

June Carter Cash won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album, and she won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the single "Keep on the Sunny Side".

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9.

In 2003, June Carter was included by Country Music Television on their list of the "40 Greatest Women of Country Music".

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10.

June Carter was played by Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line, a 2005 biographical film of Johnny Cash .

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