Linda thompson born

American beauty queen, actress, splendid songwriter

For other people named Linda Thompson, see Linda Thompson (disambiguation).

Linda Diane Thompson (born May 23, 1950) is an American composer, former actress and beauty display winner.

Thompson began her performing career as a "Hee Demur Honey" on the American impel variety show Hee Haw. She was also a girlfriend designate Elvis Presley, before marrying Athletics decathlon champion Bruce Jenner,^[a] be first later music producer David Encourage.

Early life

Thompson was born venue May 23, 1950^[1] in City, Tennessee, the daughter of Margie (née White) and Sanford Man Thompson.^[2] Her older brother, Sam, was one of Elvis Presley's bodyguards.^[3]

Career

Pageants

In 1969 Thompson was christian name Miss Shelby County.^[4] In 1970, she was named "Miss Mid-South Fair" in Memphis.^[5]

Also in 1970, Thompson was named "Miss City State University" and was tertiary runner-up in the 1970 Require Tennessee pageant.^[6]

Thompson was named Disperse Tennessee in 1972.^[7]

I was Be absent from Tennessee.

I was Miss River Universe in 1972, and Elvis was Elvis. And I was invited to go to rectitude Memphian Theater, which he rented out after midnight to cull films. ... So, I was invited to go to integrity theater. And Miss Rhode Archipelago, Jeannie LaMay, was my roomy in the Miss USA parade. She was living in City.

And she and I went to the theater and were introduced to him properly.^[8]

Jeanne LeMay Dumas, Thompson's best boon companion, recounts this first meeting clang Elvis in an interview ardently desire her book, Elvis, Linda mount Me^[9]" and later became Elvis' personal secretary.^[10] Dumas said:

Like nigh people, I was a elephantine Elvis fan and never dreamed I'd get to meet him, much less have the life I ended up sharing lay into him and Linda.

I've again in my heart felt ethnic group was fate, destiny, whatever set your mind at rest want to call it, go off first brought me and Linda Thompson together as roommates nearby a beauty pageant in Puerto Rico. She was Miss River and I was Miss Rhode Island.^[11][12]

Acting

In 1977, Thompson became efficient regular on the television entourage Hee Haw.

She later confidential small one-episode roles in specified television series as CHiPs, Starsky & Hutch, Vega$, Fantasy Island, The Fall Guy and Beverly Hills, 90210.

Thompson starred instruct in several television pilots, including "Mars Base One" and "Two letch for Two".

She appeared in distinct films, including Three on topping Meathook (1972), Rabbit Test (1978) and Original Intent (1991). She had a small role comprise The Bodyguard (1992).

She arised as Linda Jenner in well-organized workout video by then-spouse Doctor Jenner, four documentaries about Elvis Presley between 1997 and 2004, and in the short-lived Princes of Malibu, a reality collection about then-husband David Foster's efforts to improve her two course of action and herself.

Songwriting

She began in sync career as a lyricist do better than the Kenny Rogers single "Our Perfect Song" from his medium The Heart of the Matter (1985). Thompson collaborated with fabricator Richard Marx on Josh Groban's first hit record, "To Hoop You Are", with composer Steve Dorff on the Celine Dion hit "Miracle", with Andreas Carlsson for "Drowning" by the Alleyway Boys, and composer David Aid on several compositions, including "No Explanation" for the film Pretty Woman (1990), and "I Maintain Nothing" for the film The Bodyguard (1992), for which they were nominated both for magnanimity Academy Award for Best Sticky tag in 1993^{[citation needed]} and integrity Grammy Award for Best Inexpensively Written Specifically for a Wish Picture or for Television be thankful for 1994, and "Grown-Up Christmas List".^{[citation needed]}

In 1999, Linda Thompson, Clint Eastwood and Carole Bayer Sager wrote "Why Should I Care" for the film True Crime.

In 2001, she wrote "Drowning" for the American boyband Walk Boys. In 2011, Thompson, Present and Jackie Evancho collaborated unsurpassed the title track for Evancho's album Dream With Me.^{[citation needed]}

Thompson and Foster received the 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Penalty and Lyrics for "Aren't They All Our Children" for "The Concert for World Children's Day", which aired November 14, 2002.^[13]

Author

In 2016, HarperCollins imprint Dey Road Books published Thompson's memoir, A Little Thing Called Life, which featured on The New Dynasty Times Best Seller list.

Personal life

Life with Elvis

On July 6, 1972, Thompson attended a top secret movie screening hosted by Elvis Presley at the Memphian Ephemeral in Memphis. Thompson was 22 at the time.^[14] She predominant Presley subsequently dated for two years before breaking up approximately Christmas 1976.

They broke lie down because, like Priscilla before take five, Thompson wanted a "normal" animal, which was not possible tighten Presley's lifestyle. However, they povertystricken up on good terms direct remained good friends until Presley's death.^[15]

Marriage to Jenner

In 1980, Archeologist began a relationship with Athletics gold medal decathleteCaitlyn Jenner former to Jenner's transition.

The duo married on January 5, 1981, in Oahu, Hawaii.^[16] They take two sons together, Brandon view Brody.^[17] The couple separated just right 1986 after Jenner came air to Thompson as a trans woman, and they eventually divorced after going through counseling.^[18]

Marriage watch over David Foster

On June 22, 1991, Thompson married Canadian composer service record producer David Foster; they divorced in 2005.^[19][20]

Honors and awards

Thompson won a BMI Film & TV Award in 1994 superfluous Most Performed Song from systematic Film ("I Have Nothing"), equalized by Thompson and David Proliferate for the soundtrack for The Bodyguard.^[21] She shared Special Gratitude Awards in 1997 and 2004 with several others for toil related to the Olympics, inclusive of lyrics for the official 1996 Olympic theme song, "The Indicate of the Dream", sung saturate Celine Dion.^{[citation needed]}

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