Ironweed
In this Great Depression-era film, Streep, who portrayed Helen Archer, a washed-up radio singer, sang “She’s Me Pal” on stage in a half-imagined scene inside a bar. At the Kennedy Center Honors in 2011, Streep’s Devil Wears Prada co-star Anne Hathaway sang a rendition of the song titled “She’s Me Pal” in her honor.
Ironweed
Postcards from the Edge
We’ve previously touched briefly on this picture, which featured one of Meryl’s best on-screen performances. Streep sang the original song “I’m Checking Out” as well as Ray Charles’ “You Don’t Know Me” with the band Blue Rodeo in the film Postcards from the Edge, in which she played the daughter of a Hollywood celebrity who overdoses and goes to rehab. She intended to sing “I’m Checking Out” at the Oscars, but she was unable to do so due to her pregnancy. Reba McEntire, on the other hand, took her place on the Oscars stage.
Postcards From The Edge
