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Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a famous American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is best known for her long career in country music. Dolly also helps others through her charity work and is a successful businesswoman.
She started her music career by writing songs for other artists. In 1967, she released her first album, Hello, I'm Dolly. This led to great success in the 1960s, both as a solo artist and with Porter Wagoner. Her music became even more popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
Dolly Parton has been making music for over 60 years. People call her a "country legend." She has sold more than 100 million records around the world. This makes her one of the top-selling music artists ever. Many of her songs have won gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards.
She has had 25 songs reach number one on the Billboard country music charts. This is a record for a female artist. She also has 44 Top 10 country albums, which is a record for any artist. Over the past 40 years, she has had 110 songs on the charts.
Dolly has written over 3,000 songs. Some of her most famous songs include "I Will Always Love You" (a huge hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "9 to 5".
Dolly Parton has won many awards. She has 11 Grammy Awards from 50 nominations. She also won ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year. She is one of only seven female artists to win this top award. Dolly has five Academy of Country Music Awards and many others.
In 1999, Dolly was added to the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2005, she received the National Medal of Arts. In 2022, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Besides music, Dolly Parton also owns The Dollywood Company. This company runs fun places like the Dollywood theme park and Splash Country water park. She also has dinner theaters like The Dolly Parton Stampede. She started many charities, especially the Dollywood Foundation. This foundation helps with education and poverty in East Tennessee, where she grew up.
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Early Life and Career
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946. She was born in a small, one-room cabin in Pittman Center, Tennessee. She was the fourth of twelve children. Her parents were Avie Lee Caroline and Robert Lee Parton Sr.
Dolly's father worked hard on a small farm in the mountains. He also took construction jobs to earn more money. Dolly often says her father was very smart about business, even though he couldn't read or write.
Her mother, Avie Lee, took care of their big family. Dolly says her musical talent comes from her mother. Her mother would sing old ballads and tell stories from the Great Smoky Mountains. Dolly's grandfather was a preacher, and her family went to church often.
When Dolly was a little girl, her family moved to a farm on Locust Ridge. Many of her favorite childhood memories are from there. Today, a copy of that cabin is at her theme park, Dollywood. This farm inspired her song "My Tennessee Mountain Home." Years later, Dolly bought the farm back.
Dolly has said her family was "dirt poor." Her father paid the doctor who delivered her with a sack of cornmeal. Dolly wrote songs about her family's poverty, like "Coat of Many Colors" and "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)".
Music was very important in her early life. She started singing in church at age six. At seven, she played a homemade guitar. When she was eight, her uncle bought her first real guitar.
Dolly began performing as a child. She sang on local radio and TV shows in East Tennessee. By age ten, she was on The Cas Walker Show. At 13, she recorded her first song, "Puppy Love." She also performed at the Grand Ole Opry, where she met Johnny Cash. He told her to trust her own ideas for her career.
After high school in 1964, Dolly moved to Nashville. She first found success as a songwriter. She wrote many songs with her uncle, Bill Owens. Some of their songs became Top 10 hits for other artists.
In 1965, she signed with Monument Records. They first wanted her to sing pop music. But Dolly wanted to sing country. After one of her country songs became a hit for another artist, the label agreed. Her first country single, "... Blonde," reached number 24 in 1967. This song and "Something Fishy" were on her first album, Hello, I'm Dolly.
Music Career
1967–1975: Country Music Success
In 1967, country star Porter Wagoner asked Dolly to join his TV show, The Porter Wagoner Show. She also joined his live performances. At first, some fans missed the old singer. But Dolly soon won them over.
Porter helped Dolly sign with RCA Records. They decided her first song with RCA would be a duet with Porter. Their song, "The Last Thing on My Mind," became a Top 10 country hit in 1968. This started a six-year streak of hits for them.
Dolly's first solo song for RCA, "Just Because I'm a Woman," was a moderate hit in 1968. For a few years, her solo songs were not as successful as her duets with Porter. The duo won Vocal Group of the Year in 1968.
By 1970, Dolly and Porter wanted her solo career to grow. Porter suggested she record "Mule Skinner Blues." This song became a big hit, reaching number three. In 1971, she had her first number-one solo song, "Joshua."
For the next two years, Dolly had many solo hits. These included her famous song "Coat of Many Colors" (number four, 1971). She also had successful duets with Porter.
Her biggest hit during this time was "Jolene." Released in 1973, it became a number one country hit in 1974. Dolly decided to leave Porter's group to focus on her solo career. They performed their last duet concert in 1974. Porter continued to help produce her records until 1975.
In 1974, her song "I Will Always Love You" also reached number one. She wrote it about her professional split from Porter. Around this time, Elvis Presley wanted to record the song. But Dolly refused to give up half of her songwriting rights. This decision later earned her millions of dollars in royalties.
Dolly had three number one solo hits in 1974: "Jolene," "I Will Always Love You," and "Love Is Like a Butterfly." She also had a number one duet with Porter, "Please Don't Stop Loving Me." In 1975, she topped the charts again with "The Bargain Store."
1976–1986: Pop Transition
Between 1974 and 1980, Dolly had eight number one country hits. Many artists, like Olivia Newton-John and Linda Ronstadt, covered her songs.
Dolly wanted her music to reach a wider audience, beyond just country fans. In 1976, she started working with manager Sandy Gallin. With her 1976 album All I Can Do, Dolly began to take more control of her music. She started making it sound more like pop music.
Her 1977 album, Here You Come Again, was a huge success. It sold over a million copies and reached number 20 on the pop charts. The title song became her first Top 10 pop hit. Many of her songs after this appeared on both country and pop charts.
In 1978, Dolly won a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Here You Come Again. She continued to have hits like "Heartbreaker" (1978) and "9 to 5" (1980). These songs topped the country charts and were popular on pop radio too.
Dolly also appeared on many TV shows. She had her own specials with Cher and Carol Burnett. In 1979, she hosted a special called The Seventies: An Explosion of Country Music.
Her song "9 to 5" was the theme song for her 1980 movie of the same name. It became a number one hit on country, pop, and adult-contemporary charts. This made her one of the few female country singers to have a number one song on all three charts at once. The song was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Dolly continued to have many Top 10 country hits in the early 1980s. Her duet with Kenny Rogers, "Islands in the Stream," was a number one hit in 1983.
In the mid-1980s, her record sales were still strong. But her contract with RCA Records ended in 1986. She then signed with Columbia Records in 1987.
1987–2005: Country and Bluegrass Period
In 1987, Dolly released the album Trio with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. Critics loved it, and it became a number one country album. It sold millions of copies and won a Grammy Award.
After trying another pop album, Dolly decided to focus on country music again. Her 1989 album White Limozeen had two number one hits.
In 1991, her duet with Ricky Van Shelton, "Rockin' Years," reached number one. But her biggest success of the 1990s came when Whitney Houston recorded "I Will Always Love You" for the movie The Bodyguard (1992). Both the song and the movie soundtrack were huge hits.
Her 1993 album Slow Dancing with the Moon was also very popular. She sang "The Day I Fall in Love" with James Ingram for the movie Beethoven's 2nd. In 1993, she released Honky Tonk Angels with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. This album was certified gold.
In 1995, Dolly re-recorded "I Will Always Love You" as a duet with Vince Gill. It won an award for Vocal Event of the Year. Her 1996 album Treasures featured covers of hits from the 1960s and 70s.
In 1999, Dolly was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She also released Trio II with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. Their cover of Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" won a Grammy.
Dolly then recorded a series of bluegrass albums. The Grass Is Blue (1999) won a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. Little Sparrow (2001) and Halos & Horns (2002) also won awards. In 2005, she released Those Were The Days, with her versions of folk-rock hits.
2005–2020: Touring and Holiday Album
Dolly Parton received another Academy Award nomination for "Travelin' Thru" in 2005. She wrote this song for the movie Transamerica. Later in 2005, she returned to number one on the country chart with Brad Paisley on his song "When I Get Where I'm Going."
In 2007, Dolly started her own record company, Dolly Records. Her first single from her own label was "Better Get to Livin'" (2007). Her album Backwoods Barbie (2008) reached number two on the country chart. It was her highest-charting album on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart.
In 2009, Dolly released a four-CD box set called Dolly. She also released a live DVD and album, Live From London. In 2010, she released the album Brother Clyde with Billy Ray Cyrus.
In 2011, Dolly released her album Better Day and went on the Better Day World Tour. She also voiced the character Dolly Gnome in the animated movie Gnomeo & Juliet. After Whitney Houston passed away in 2012, Dolly shared her sadness and gratitude for Whitney's famous version of "I Will Always Love You."
In 2013, Dolly and Kenny Rogers reunited for his song "You Can't Make Old Friends." They were nominated for a Grammy Award for their performance. In 2014, Dolly went on the Blue Smoke World Tour for her album Blue Smoke. This album was a Top 10 hit in several countries.
In 2014, Dolly performed at the UK Glastonbury Festival for the first time. She sang her hits to a huge crowd. In 2016, she went on her "Pure & Simple" tour, one of her biggest U.S. tours in over 25 years.
In 2016, she released "Jolene" with the a cappella group Pentatonix. She also performed with them and her goddaughter Miley Cyrus on The Voice. Dolly was honored with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the CMA Awards.
In 2017, Dolly sang on albums by Kesha and Miley Cyrus. In 2019, she made a surprise appearance at the Newport Folk Festival. In 2020, Dolly gained worldwide attention for the "Dolly Parton challenge" on social media. She also released new music, including "When Life Is Good Again" to help people during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
In October 2020, Dolly released A Holly Dolly Christmas, a holiday album. CBS aired a Christmas special where she performed songs from the album.
Since 2022: Rock Album
In early 2022, Dolly was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She first thought it wasn't for her, but then accepted the nomination. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on November 5, 2022.
In October 2022, Dolly said she would no longer tour full-time but would still do occasional live shows. On New Year's Eve 2022, she co-hosted NBC's special Miley's New Year's Eve Party with Miley Cyrus.
On January 17, 2023, Dolly announced her first rock album, Rockstar. It was released on November 17, 2023. The album features many famous artists like Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elton John, and Miley Cyrus.
Artistry
Influences
Dolly Parton says her family and community greatly influenced her music. She credits her mother, Avie Lee, for her musical abilities. Her mother sang old folk songs from the Smoky Mountains.
Dolly's biggest hero was her Aunt Dorothy Jo. She was an evangelist who played banjo and guitar and wrote songs. Dolly also admired other singers like George Jones, Kitty Wells, and Roy Acuff.
Musicianship
Dolly Parton cannot read sheet music, but she can play many instruments. These include the dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, guitar, fiddle, and saxophone. She jokes that she's not great at any of them, but she tries her best.
Dolly even used her fingernails as an instrument! In her 1980 song "9 to 5," the beat comes from her clacking her nails together. She did this while backstage on the movie set.
Other Ventures
Dolly Parton has invested much of her earnings into businesses in her home state of Tennessee. She is a co-owner of The Dollywood Company. This company runs the Dollywood theme park, a dinner theater, and a water park. Dollywood is one of the most popular theme parks in the U.S.
The Dolly Parton's Stampede dinner show also has locations in Missouri and South Carolina.
Songwriting
Dolly Parton is a very productive songwriter. She started by writing country songs about her humble mountain upbringing. Her songs often reflect her family's Christian background. Songs like "Coat of Many Colors," "I Will Always Love You," and "Jolene" are now classics.
In 2001, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Dolly has said she has written "at least 3,000" songs. She writes something new every day, whether it's a song or an idea.
Her song "I Will Always Love You" has been covered by many artists. Whitney Houston's version became one of the best-selling songs ever. Dolly has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song twice. Once for "9 to 5" and again for "Travelin' Thru."
Stage Musicals
9 to 5: The Musical
Dolly Parton wrote the music and lyrics for 9 to 5: The Musical. This musical is based on her 1980 movie 9 to 5. The musical opened on Broadway in New York in 2009.
The title song of her 2008 album Backwoods Barbie was written for the musical. The show closed after a few months, but Dolly received nominations for her music and lyrics.
Dolly: An Original Musical
In 2024, Dolly announced a musical about her own life and career. It is called Dolly: An Original Musical. It aims to open on Broadway in 2026. Dolly is writing the story and new songs for it. She also plans to include her well-known hits. Dolly has been working on this musical for ten years. She also launched a search for an actress to play her at different ages.
The Dollywood Company
Dolly Parton has invested a lot of her money in businesses in her home area of Pigeon Forge. She co-owns The Dollywood Company. This company runs the Dollywood theme park, a dinner theater called Dolly Parton's Stampede, and the Dollywood's Splash Country water park. Dollywood is a very popular theme park, with millions of visitors each year.
The Dolly Parton's Stampede also has locations in Branson, Missouri, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In 2011, the Myrtle Beach location became Pirates Voyage Fun, Feast and Adventure.
In 2015, The Dollywood Company bought the Lumberjack Feud Dinner Show in Pigeon Forge. They renovated it, and the new show opened in 2016.
Production Work
Dolly Parton used to co-own Sandollar Productions. This company produced movies and TV shows. These included the documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989), which won an Academy Award. They also produced the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and movies like Father of the Bride (1991).
After her partner retired, Dolly started her own production company called Dixie Pixie Productions in 2015.
Acting Career
Dolly Parton has had many roles on TV and in movies. She appeared on The Porter Wagoner Show for years. She also had her own TV variety shows in the 1970s and 1980s, both called Dolly.
In 1979, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on a Cher TV special.
Acting Breakthrough
Dolly's first major movie role was in the comedy film 9 to 5 (1980). She starred with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. The movie showed problems women faced at work. Dolly was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her acting. She also wrote and sang the movie's title song, which became a huge hit. It won two Grammy Awards and reached number one on the pop charts. 9 to 5 was a big success, earning over $103 million worldwide.
Dolly also starred in The Best Little ... in Texas (1982). This movie also earned her a Golden Globe nomination. It was a commercial success. After this, she starred with Sylvester Stallone in Rhinestone (1984), a comedy about a country music star.
Continued Roles
In 1989, Dolly returned to movies in Steel Magnolias. This film was popular with critics and audiences. Dolly also starred in TV movies like A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) and Unlikely Angel (1996).
She did voice work for animated TV shows. She played herself in Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983) and a character in The Magic School Bus (1994). Dolly also made guest appearances on sitcoms like Designing Women and The Simpsons. She appeared as "Aunt Dolly" on her goddaughter Miley Cyrus's show Hannah Montana.
Since 2010
Dolly had a voice role in the animated family film Gnomeo & Juliet (2011). She co-starred with Queen Latifah in the musical film Joyful Noise (2012).
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors, a TV movie based on her song, aired in 2015. Dolly narrated it, and a young actress played her. Dolly also had a small role in the sequel in 2016.
In 2018, Dolly announced an eight-part Netflix series about her music career. The series, Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, aired in 2019. In 2019, a documentary called Here I Am was added to Netflix.
In 2020, Dolly produced and starred in the Netflix musical film Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square. This film won her a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2021, Dolly appeared in the final season of Grace and Frankie, reuniting with her 9 to 5 co-stars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.
In December 2022, Dolly appeared in an NBC special called Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas. In 2023, she performed at a Thanksgiving NFL football game.
Personal Life
Family
Dolly Parton is the fourth of 12 children. She has many siblings.
On May 30, 1966, Dolly married Carl Thomas Dean. Carl is a very private person and rarely appears with Dolly in public. Dolly has said he is very romantic and sometimes writes poems for her. In 2011, Dolly said, "We're really very proud of our marriage. It's the first for both of us. And the last." In 2016, they renewed their vows for their 50th wedding anniversary.
Dolly has never had children of her own. However, she and Carl helped raise several of her younger siblings in Nashville. Her nieces and nephews call them "Uncle Peepaw" and "Aunt Granny." Dolly is also the godmother of singer and actress Miley Cyrus.
Faith
Dolly Parton says she is a committed Christian. Her faith has influenced many of her songs and projects.
Philanthropy
Since the mid-1980s, Dolly Parton has supported many charities. She focuses on helping people learn to read and write. She does this mainly through her Dollywood Foundation.
Her special program, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, was started to honor her father. He never learned to read or write. This program mails one free book each month to enrolled children. It sends books from their birth until they start kindergarten. The program is in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia, and Ireland. In 2018, she donated her 100 millionth free book to the Library of Congress.
For her work in literacy, Dolly has received many awards. In 2009, she gave a speech at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She also received an honorary degree from the university.
In 2006, Dolly promised $500,000 for a new hospital and cancer center in her hometown. She also held a concert to raise more money for it. Dolly has also worked to raise money for other causes, including health-related charities.
In 2003, her efforts to protect the bald eagle through the American Eagle Foundation earned her an award. In 2007, she received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service.
After the 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Dolly helped raise money for the victims. She hosted a telethon that raised about $9 million. Her "My People Fund" gave $1,000 a month to over 900 families affected by the fires. In total, each family received $10,000. The FBI honored Dolly in 2018 for her wildfire aid work.
Dolly has also given money to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She made a contribution to a children's hospital in honor of her niece, who was treated there for leukemia.
In 2022, Dolly received a $100 million award from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. This award was for her charity work, especially for improving children's literacy.
Awards and Honors
Dolly Parton is one of the most honored female country performers ever. Many of her songs and albums have been certified Gold, Platinum, or Multi-Platinum. She has had 26 songs reach number one on the Billboard country charts. This is a record for a female artist. She also has 42 Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist.
Dolly Parton has won 11 Grammy Awards. She has been nominated for 55 Grammy Awards, which is the third-most for any female artist.
She has won three American Music Awards and ten Country Music Association Awards. She is one of only six female artists to win the CMA's highest honor, Entertainer of the Year (1978). She has also been nominated for two Academy Awards and a Tony Award.
In 1984, Dolly received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She also has a bronze statue of herself in her hometown of Sevierville. She calls this statue "the greatest honor."
In 1999, Dolly was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2001, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2002, she was ranked number 4 in CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music.
In 2003, an album called Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton was released. Other artists sang her songs on it. In 2004, Dolly received the Living Legend Medal for her contributions to American culture.
In 2005, she received the National Medal of Arts, a top honor from the U.S. government. In 2006, Dolly received the Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime contributions to the arts. Many famous country stars performed her songs at the ceremony.
In 2015, a new type of lichen was named Japewiella dollypartoniana in her honor. In 2018, Dolly received a second star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. She also holds Guinness World Records for her chart success.
In 2020, Dolly won another Grammy for her song "God Only Knows" with For King & Country. In 2021, she was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.
Dolly has turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom three times for personal reasons. In 2021, she asked the Tennessee legislature not to build a statue of her, saying it wasn't the right time.
In 2023, Dolly was ranked number 27 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. An Asteroid was also named after her in 2022.
Hall of Fame Honors
Dolly Parton has been inducted into many Halls of Fame:
- Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1986)
- Small Town of America Hall of Fame (1988)
- East Tennessee Hall of Fame (1988)
- Country Music Hall of Fame (1999)
- Songwriters Hall of Fame (2001)
- Junior Achievement of East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame (2003)
- The Americana Highway Hall of Fame (2006)
- Grammy Hall of Fame – "I Will Always Love You – 1974 Recording" (2007)
- Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame – Songwriter Category (2008)
- Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2009)
- Music City Walk of Fame (2009)
- Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2010)
- Grammy Hall of Fame – "Jolene – 1974 Recording" (2014)
- The National Hall of Fame for Mountain Artisans (2014)
- The Happiness Hall of Fame (2016)
- East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame (2019)
- Grammy Hall of Fame – "Coat of Many Colors – 1971 Recording" (2019)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2022)
Discography
Solo Studio Albums
- Hello, I'm Dolly (1967)
- Just Because I'm a Woman (1968)
- In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) (1969)
- My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969)
- The Fairest of Them All (1970)
- The Golden Streets of Glory (1971)
- Joshua (1971)
- Coat of Many Colors (1971)
- Touch Your Woman (1972)
- My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner (1972)
- My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
- Bubbling Over (1973)
- Jolene (1974)
- Love Is Like a Butterfly (1974)
- The Bargain Store (1975)
- Dolly (1975)
- All I Can Do (1976)
- New Harvest...First Gathering (1977)
- Here You Come Again (1977)
- Heartbreaker (1978)
- Great Balls of Fire (1979)
- Dolly, Dolly, Dolly (1980)
- 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
- Heartbreak Express (1982)
- Burlap & Satin (1983)
- The Great Pretender (1984)
- Real Love (1985)
- Rainbow (1987)
- White Limozeen (1989)
- Home for Christmas (1990)
- Eagle When She Flies (1991)
- Slow Dancing with the Moon (1993)
- Something Special (1995)
- Treasures (1996)
- Hungry Again (1998)
- Precious Memories (1999)
- The Grass Is Blue (1999)
- Little Sparrow (2001)
- Halos & Horns (2002)
- For God and Country (2003)
- Those Were the Days (2005)
- Backwoods Barbie (2008)
- Better Day (2011)
- Blue Smoke (2014)
- Pure & Simple (2016)
- I Believe in You (2017)
- A Holly Dolly Christmas (2020)
- Run, Rose, Run (2022)
- Rockstar (2023)
Collaborative Studio Albums
- Just Between You and Me (with Porter Wagoner) (1968)
- Just the Two of Us (with Porter Wagoner) (1968)
- Always, Always (with Porter Wagoner) (1969)
- Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca (with Porter Wagoner) (1970)
- Once More (with Porter Wagoner) (1970)
- Two of a Kind (with Porter Wagoner) (1971)
- The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil (with Porter Wagoner) (1972)
- Together Always (with Porter Wagoner) (1972)
- We Found It (with Porter Wagoner) (1973)
- Love and Music (with Porter Wagoner) (1973)
- Porter 'n' Dolly (with Porter Wagoner) (1974)
- Say Forever You'll Be Mine (with Porter Wagoner) (1975)
- Porter & Dolly (with Porter Wagoner) (1980)
- Once Upon a Christmas (with Kenny Rogers) (1984)
- Trio (with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt) (1987)
- Honky Tonk Angels (with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette) (1993)
- Trio II (with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt) (1999)
- Smoky Mountain DNA: Family, Faith and Fables (credited as Dolly Parton and Family) (2024)
Filmography
Theatrical Releases
- 9 to 5 (1980)
- Rhinestone (1984)
- Steel Magnolias (1989)
- Straight Talk (1992)
- Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
- Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
- Joyful Noise (2012)
Images for kids
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Dolly Parton's signature
See also
In Spanish: Dolly Parton para niños
- Chasing Rainbows Museum
- List of American film actresses
- List of American television actresses
- List of country music performers
- List of composers of musicals
- List of music artists by net worth
- List of people from Tennessee
- List of philanthropists
- List of singer-songwriters
