DOTTIE WEST STORY * BIG DREAMS AND BROKEN HEARTS

Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story is a 1995 television biopic about the life of country music singer Dottie West portrayed by Michele Lee. Bill D'Elia directed the film which was shot in Nashville, TN, between July 11 and August 4, 1994. The film first aired on January 22, 1995, on CBS.

Trivia
Michele Lee said she wore Dottie Wests actual outfits, wigs and acrylic nails to portray her.

Goofs
Dottie receives a telegram notifying her of her father's death in approximately 1980. Both of Dottie's parents died prior to 1970.

Michele Lee, Chet Atkins, David James Elliott, Larry Gatlin, Kris Kristofferson, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers,

Dottie West fought a difficult childhood to rise as one of country music's icons, winning the first ever-Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965. She pushed the boundaries of country music and befriended some of its greatest musical artists. Poor management besieged her with financial problems, and she was on her way to fighting them through when she was killed.

Sept. 1, 1991 12 AM PT
Associated Press
NASHVILLE —

Country music singer Dottie West suffered a ruptured liver and possible broken neck in a car accident at the Opryland USA theme park, and doctors said Saturday that they had not determined whether she was paralyzed.

West, 58, who performed duets with Kenny Rogers in the late 1970s, was riding in a car that went airborne as it exited a highway into the theme park Friday night.

The singer underwent nearly 90 minutes of surgery at Vanderbilt Medical Center late Friday and was listed in critical but stable condition Saturday in the surgical intensive care unit, spokeswoman Barbara Cramer said.