Connie Smith
Year Title Role Notes
1966 The Las Vegas Hillbillys Herself Cameo appearance
1966 Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar Herself Cameo appearance
1967 The Road to Nashville Herself Cameo appearance
1967 Hell on Wheels Herself Cameo appearance
1986 Maximum Overdrive Dead Lady in Car
1998 The Hi-Lo Country Singer at rodeo dance
2008-2014 The Marty Stuart Show Herself 153 episodes
Filmography
Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador; August 14, 1941) is an American country music artist. Discovered in 1963, Smith signed with RCA Victor Records the following year and remained with the label until 1973. Her debut single Once a Day reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in November 1964 and remained at the top position for eight weeks. The song became Smith's biggest hit and was nominated at the Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Smith's success continued through 1960s and mid 1970s with nineteen more top-ten hits (including Then and Only Then, Ain't Had No Lovin', Cincinnati, Ohio, I Never Once Stopped Loving You and Ain't Love a Good Thing) on the country songs chart. In the early 1970s, Smith began recording Gospel music more frequently as she became more serious in her Christianity. As she focused more heavily on religion, Smith became known for her outspoken religious demeanor at concerts and music venues. At the same time, Smith spent more time raising her five children than focusing on music. She eventually went into semi-retirement in 1979. Smith would return to recording briefly in the mid 1980s with Epic Records. However, it was not until her collaboration with Marty Stuart in the 1990s that she returned permanently. Their musical friendship would turn romantic, leading to their marriage in 1997.