Dana Fuchs
(January 10, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and voice over talent most famous for her role as Sadie in the 2007 film Across the Universe
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Early life
The youngest of six musical children, Fuchs was born and raised in
Wildwood, Florida, a small rural town, daughter of Sandy and Don Fuchs.
[1] [2] At the age of twelve she joined the First Baptist Gospel Choir and began singing in public.
At sixteen she fronted a popular local band at a roadside
Holiday Inn.
Career
Her band sold out shows at the
Mercury Lounge, the Stephen Talkhouse and BB King’s, sharing the bill with national acts, including
Little Feat,
Marianne Faithfull and
Etta James.
The Dana Fuchs Band put out a CD,
Lonely For A Lifetime
in 2003. Fuchs has claimed that she "wanted to capture a soulful and rocking vibe…but with an earthiness to it.” Her second album,
Live in NYC
, was issued on April 1, 2008 by Antler King Records.
Fuchs plays Sadie in the
Julie Taymor film
Across the Universe
. She also played the singing
Janis Joplin in the Eric Nederlander production of Randall Myler's
off Broadway musical
Love, Janis
.
With Jack Livesy, Fuchs wrote and performed songs on the soundtrack for the Big Beach production of
Laurie Collyer's
independent film Sherrybaby
including the opening and closing title songs.
References
- http://www.chronicleonline.com/articles/2007/09/13/sumter_county_times/news/news10.txt
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