Australian pop princess Kate Ceberano has shared a heartfelt tribute to her one-time big screen co-star Kris Kristofferson.
Kris, an accomplished singer, songwriter and actor, died on Saturday at his Maui, Hawaii home, aged 88, his rep told People.
In the wake of the country music icon’s passing, Kate, 57, took to social media on Thursday to share some sweet memories about her former co-star.
Kate starred alongside Kris in the 1999 film Molokai – the true story of a 19th century priest who travels to the titular Hawaiian island to care for lepers.
The Brave hitmaker shared a photo that showed her posing alongside Kris and co-star David Wenham.
Captioning the throwback post, Kate said that making the film with the A Star Is Born actor was an ‘unforgettable experience.’
‘Everyday we flew to the set in a small light plane,’ she recalled in a post on Facebook.
‘I had the privilege of travelling with American singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson and he talked to me the whole way, looking at me with those trademark crinkly eyes, telling me about his love of the people of Hawaii, about his music and his family.’
Australian pop princess Kate Ceberano has shared a heartfelt tribute to her one-time big screen co-star Kris Kristofferson
Continuing her praise of Kris, Kate compared the songwriter to some of the great American poets and naturalists.
‘He was an absolute sweetheart, handsome at any age and perfectly literate and sonorous like a great American naturalist. Think Henry David Thoreau or Walt Whitman,’ she wrote.
‘His face was like parchment and he carried his heavy heart on his sleeve. He made me cry, he was so beautiful.
‘Vale Kris.’
Among his numerous acting achievements, Kris played the role of troubled rocker John Norman Howard in the 1976 film A Star Is Born remake opposite Barbra Streisand. He won the Golden Globe in 1977 for his work in the film.
Taking to Facebook, the Brave hitmaker shared a photo that showed her posing alongside Kris and co-star David Wenham on set for the 1999 film Molokai
‘I had the privilege of travelling with American singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson and he talked to me the whole way, looking at me with those trademark crinkly eyes, telling me about his love of the people of Hawaii, about his music and his family,’ she wrote
Kristofferson’s other major acting endeavors include a turn as the character Whistler in the Wesley Snipes action films Blade (1998), Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trilogy (2004).
He also starred opposite Ellen Burstyn in director Martin Scorsese’s 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.
His musical career began in the late 1960s, as the Brownsville, Texas native wrote such classics standards as Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down, Help Me Make it Through the Night, For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee.
‘He was an absolute sweetheart, handsome at any age and perfectly literate and sonorous like a great American naturalist. Think Henry David Thoreau or Walt Whitman,’ Kate continued
Kristofferson was a singer himself, but many of his songs were best known as performed by others, whether Ray Price crooning For the Good Times or Janis Joplin belting out Me and Bobby McGee.
With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks and counterculture songs influenced by Bob Dylan, he represented a new breed of country songwriters along with such peers as Willie Nelson, John Prine and Tom T. Hall.
‘There’s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson,’ Willie said during a November 2009 award ceremony for Kristofferson held by BMI. ‘Everything he writes is a standard and we’re all just going to have to live with that.’
Among his numerous acting achievements, Kris played the role of troubled rocker John Norman Howard in the 1976 film A Star Is Born remake opposite Barbra Streisand. He won the Golden Globe in 1977 for his work in the film
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