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Courtney Love

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Date of birth: 9 July 1964,
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

Today Courtney Love is one of the most recognized females in the music industry. Once married to Kurt Cobain, rock legend from the band Nirvana. Now Courtney is recognized for her efforts in her current and very successful band "Hole". But it wasn't all fun and games for Courtney. Her struggle up the road of success has paid of for her now in a big way. Her multi-platinum record sales and being on the cover of Rolling Stone have helped her become one of the most popular female singers around today.

When Courtney was just age 3, her mother and father left the US to go live in New Zealand. They left little Courtney behind to live with a friend of her mothers. As a child she was not really cared for, and as a young teen she began to steal. "The only people that liked me at this time were men: male teachers, male principals, male therapists. Kids hated me,"-says Courtney.

In the year 1989, Courtney Love, and a friend and musician Eric Erlandsen started the group "Hole". Their debut album Pretty On The Inside was released in 1991. There band was an undergroud success at first, but later became more popular. Their songs were played on radio stations, and Music Television stations all over the US and Canada.

Her bands success grew and they became more popular. Courtney married Kurt Cobain, and they had one child. In 1994 Kurt comitted suicide.

In 1998, Hole released "Celebrity Skin". This album still contains the "roots" of Hole, with it's intense lyrics, rocking guitar riffs, and their casual style of putting it all together. This album has been a big success for the band. It leaves fans all over the world wondering "what can we expect from Courtney next?"

Filmography

Mayor of Sunset Strip (2003) .... Herself
"Conversations From the Edge with Carrie Fisher" (2002) TV Series .... Herself
Trapped (2002) .... Cheryl Tilly
Crossover (2001) (TV) .... Herself
Last Party 2000 (2001) .... Herself
Julie Johnson (2001) .... Claire
Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope (2000)
Beat (2000) .... Joan Vollmer

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
Man on the Moon (1999) .... Lynne Margulies
... aka Mondmann, Der (2000) (Germany)
200 Cigarettes (1999) .... Lucy
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1998) (uncredited) .... Herself
"Hercules" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Euippe
... aka "Disney's Hercules" (1998) (USA)
Kurt & Courtney (1998) .... Herself
Not Bad for a Girl (1996) .... Interviewee
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) .... Althea Leasure
Feeling Minnesota (1996) .... Rhonda, the waitress
Basquiat (1996) .... Big Pink
... aka Build a Fort, Set It on Fire (1996)
1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992) .... Herself

Tapeheads (1988) .... Norman's Spanker
Straight to Hell (1987) .... Velma
Sid and Nancy (1986) .... Gretchen
... aka Sid and Nancy: Love Kills (1986)

Links

Entwagon.com : Courtney Love
TeraBabes: Courtney Love

Contact

Fan mail and contact addresses:

9072 Wonderland Park Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90046-1432
USA

Courtney Love
33401 Northeast 78th Street
Carnation, WA 98014
USA