Roberta Lee Streeter, professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is an American singer-songwriter notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material. Her songs typically drew on her Mississippi roots to compose vignettes of the Southern Un...
Palm Valley School, University of California, Los Angeles, Ode to Billie Joe, He Made a Woman Out of Me, Less of Me
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Jim Stafford (m. 1978–1979), Bill Harrah (m. 1969–1970)
Children
Tyler Stafford
Parents
Ruby Streeter, Robert Streeter, Ode to Billie Joe, He Made a Woman Out of Me, Less of Me
Nicknames
Bobby Gentry , Roberta Lee Streeter , Gentry, Bobbie
Awards
Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Hall of Fame, Academy of Country Music Award for New Female Vocalist of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance, Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year, Ode to Billie Joe...
Nominations
Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Single Record of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Country Music...
Movies
, Ode to Billy Joe, The Bobbie Gentry Show, The Bobby Goldsboro Show
TV Shows
The Bobbie Gentry Show, The Bobby Goldsboro Show
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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[on "Ode to Billie Joe"] The song is sort of a study in unconscious cruelty. But everybody seems more concerned with what was thrown off the bridge than they are with the thoughtlessness of people expressed in the song.
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Fact
1
In December 2008, Bobbie Gentry was inducted into the Mississippi Musician's Hall of Fame.
2
She took her professional name from the movie Ruby Gentry (1952).
3
In Los Angeles, she worked briefly as a department store clothing model.
4
In a 2003 CMT poll, Bobbie Gentry's song "Fancy" was ranked #27 as one of the 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music. Inexplicably, "Ode to Billy Joe" was not on the list.
5
Hit #113 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1969 with "Touch 'Em with Love" (Capitol 2501)
6
Bobbie Gentry's song, "Ode to Billy Joe" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fragments
2008
performer: "Ode to Love"
Pageant
2008
Documentary writer: "Fancy"
CMT Giants
2006
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Six Feet Under
2001
TV Series 1 episode
The Roseanne Show
1998
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1992 writer - 1 episode, 1992
Designing Women
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1989 writer - 1 episode, 1989
Married with Children
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1987 writer - 1 episode, 1987
Ode to Billy Joe
1976
performer: "Ode to Billie Joe" / writer: "Ode to Billie Joe"
The Most Valuable Pussy
1975
writer: "Ode to Billie Joe" - uncredited
Macon County Line
1974
lyrics: "Another Place Another Time" / music: "Another Place Another Time"
The Kraft Music Hall
1970
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Johnny Cash Show
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1970 writer - 1 episode, 1970
The Hollywood Palace
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1969 writer - 1 episode, 1969
The Best on Record
1968
TV Special performer: "Ode To Billy Joe" / writer: "Ode To Billy Joe"
The Porter Wagoner Show
1968
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
1967
TV Special writer: "Ode to Billy Joe" - uncredited
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1967 writer - 1 episode, 1967
Fargo
2015
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Todd's Pop Song Reviews
2014
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Love Child
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014
The Voice
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Guard
2011
performer: "Ode to Billie Joe" / writer: "Ode to Billie Joe"
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Bobbie Gentry Show
1974
TV Series
Host
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ode to Billy Joe
1976
song by
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
All-Star Salute to Mother's Day
1981
TV Special
Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1967-1978
TV Series
Herself
Dinah!
1975-1977
TV Series
Herself
Van Dyke and Company
1976
TV Series
Herself
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
1974
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
The Bobbie Gentry Show
1974
TV Series
Herself - Hostess
The Bobby Goldsboro Show
1973-1974
TV Series
Herself
American Music Awards
1974
TV Special
Herself
The Mike Douglas Show
1968-1974
TV Series
Herself - Co-Host / Herself
Stand Up and Cheer
1974
TV Series
Herself
Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co.