Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942) is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, perhaps best known for his time in the musical group The Monkees and on the TV series of the same name. Michael Nesmith is notable as a songwriter, including "Different Drum" sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys, as well as executive producer of the cult film Repo Man. In 1981 Nesmith won the first Gr...
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Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942) is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, perhaps best known for his time in the musical group The Monkees and on the TV series of the same name. Michael Nesmith is notable as a songwriter, including "Different Drum" sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys, as well as executive producer of the cult film Repo Man. In 1981 Nesmith won the first Grammy Award given for Video of the Year for his hour-long Elephant Parts.
Nesmith was born in at St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston, Harris County, Texas in 1942) Nesmith was an only child, and his parents, Warren Audrey Nesmith and Bette Nesmith Graham, divorced when Nesmith was 4 and he and his mother moved to Dallas, Texas to be closer to her family which consisted of her mother and father, her sister, four aunts, and her maternal grandmother. Bette took temporary jobs ranging from clerical work to graphics design, and developed very good...
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