What actress earned a nomination to for an Academy Award for a movie directed by an American who also was known for, "hooper," tuesdays with morrie" and Truman?
Coal Miner's Daughter (film) Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical film which tells the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn. It stars Sissy Spacek as Loretta, a role that earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Tommy Lee Jones as Loretta's husband Mooney Lynn, Beverly D'Angelo and Levon Helm also star. The film was directed by Michael Apted.
Jean Simmons Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was an English American actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and after the Second World War, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.