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Dolly Parton

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  • Music Department
  • Producer
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Dolly Parton
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Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry. After graduating from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to launch her country-singing career. She fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving business; they married on May 30, 1966 and are still together. In 1967 her singing caught the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to appear on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with the show for 7 years, their duets became famous, and she appeared with his group at the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and sold records. By the time her hit "Joshua" reached #1 in 1970, her fame had overshadowed his, and she struck out on her own, though still recording duets with him. She left him for good to become a solo artist in 1974. Dolly gained immense popularity as a singer/songwriter. Dolly won numerous Country Music Association awards (1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976). This petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television, and by the mid-1970s she was appearing frequently on TV specials and talk shows before getting her own, Dolly (1976). In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her song "Here You Come Again." Dolly's movie debut was in 9 to 5 (1980), where she got an Oscar nomination for writing the title tune, and also Grammy awards 2 and 3: Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song "Nine to Five." She got more fame for appearing in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and in Rhinestone (1984) with the song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a $100 million media empire, and in 1986 she founded Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, celebrating her Smoky-Mountain upbringing. She appeared as herself in the Dolly (1987) TV series. In 1988, she won another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Trio". Dolly was in the acclaimed picture Steel Magnolias (1989) with Julia Roberts, and went on to appear in 15 movies and TV-movies for the 1990s, and garnered more more Country Music Association awards. In 2000, Dolly received her 5th Grammy award: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. She also released a Bluegrass Album. Dolly is known for beautiful songs such as "Coat of Many Colors," "Jolene," and "I Will Always Love You". Dolly said in an interview, "My music is what took me everywhere I've been and everywhere I will go. It's my greatest love. I can't abandon it. I'll always keep making records."
BornJanuary 19, 1946
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BornJanuary 19, 1946
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars
    • 54 wins & 154 nominations total

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Dolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, Belinda Carlisle, and Cyndi Lauper in Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, Debbie Harry: Gonna Be You (2023)
Dolly Parton in Call Me Kat (2021)
Dolly Parton and Barbara Walters in The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1976)
Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: The Sacrifice (2011)
Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: Together You and I (2011)
Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: Home (2014)
Dolly Parton and Don Henley in Don Henley: When I Stop Dreaming (2015)
Dolly Parton in Mindy Smith: Jolene (2003)
Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: Travelin' Thru (2006)
Dolly Parton and George Jones in George Jones: The Blues Man (2005)
Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: Color Me America (2003)
Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: Dagger Through the Heart (2002)

Known for

Porter Wagoner in The Porter Wagoner Show (1961)
The Porter Wagoner Show
7.8
TV Series
  • Soundtrack("The Last One to Touch Me", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "The Bargain Store", "The Seeker", "Early Morning Breeze", "Sacred Memories", "My Kind of Man", "Together Always", "Bubbling Over", "I Will Always Love You", "That's When Love Will Mean The Most", "I Will Always Love You", "Love Is Like a Butterfly", "Jolene", "I Will Always Love You", "The Pain of Loving You", "The Crawdad Song", "I Will Always Love You", "The Pain of Loving You", "Jolene", "Sacred Memories", "Jolene", "I Will Always Love You", "I Believe", "Jolene", "I Will Always Love You", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "Joshua", "I Will Always Love You", "Sacred Memories", "Touch Your Woman", "Traveling Man", "Jolene", "The Right Combination", "Love With Me", "Lost Forever In Your Kiss", "I Will Always Love You", "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home", "I Will Always Love You", "When I Sing For Him", "Coat of Many Colors", "Sacred Memories", "Jolene", "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home", "The Right Combination", "Sacred Memory", "Coat of Many Colors", "We Found It", "Gypsy, Joe and Me", "Love With Me", "Satan's River", "The Crawdad Song", "Love With Me", "Jolene", "I Am Always Waiting", "Bubbling Over", "In the Garden", "Jolene", "Lost Forever in Your Kiss", "Bubbling Over", "The Last Thing On My Mind", "Coat of Many Colors", "The Pain of Loving You", "Milwaukee Here I Come", "Jolene", "God's Coloring Book", "Jolene", "God's Coloring Book", "Joshua", "Just Someone I Used To Know", "Joshua", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "Poison Love (partial)", "My Kind of Man", "When I Sing For Him", "My Kind of Man", "Coat of Many Colors", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "Washday Blues", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "How Great Thou Art", "Traveling Man", "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man", "Traveling Man", "When I Sing For Him", "Traveling Man", "Just Because I'm a Woman", "Golden Streets of Glory", "She Never Met a Man (She Didn't Like)", "Traveling Man", "The Right Combination", "He Is Real", "Traveling Man", "He Is Real", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "We Found It", "The Crawdad Song", "He's Everywhere", "Touch Your Woman", "The Right Combination", "Touch Your Woman", "Just the Way I Am", "I Am Always Waiting", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "Lonely Comin' Down", "Together Always", "Together Always", "Traveling Man", "The Pain of Loving You", "Lost Forever In Your Kiss", "Golden Streets of Glory", "Just Because I'm a Woman", "The Pain of Loving You", "Traveling Man", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "Touch Your Woman", "Golden Streets of Glory", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "The Right Combination", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "The Last One to Touch Me", "Joshua", "Take Away", "Lonely Coming Down", "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home", "Washday Blues", "Golden Streets of Glory", "Golden Streets of Glory", "Just The Way I Am", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "I'm Doing This For Your Sake", "The Pain of Loving You", "The Fire's Still Burning", "The Pain of Loving You", "Crawdad Song", "The Fire's Still Burning", "The Pain of Loving You", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "Better Move It On Home", "He's A Go Getter", "He's A Go Getter", "The Last One to Touch Me", "In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", "Holding On To Nothin'", "In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", "Comin' For To Carry Me Home" (version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"), "Joshua", "Comin' For To Carry Me Home" (version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"), "The Tender Touch of Love", "The Right Combination", "Run That By Me One More Time", "Tall Man", "If You Want to Be My Baby", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "The Crawdad Song" (extended version), "Run That By Me One More Time", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "Run That By Me One More Time", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "It's My Time", "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)", "Just Someone I Used To Know", "Cryin' Time", "Once More", "Where The Roses Never Fade", "Break My Mind", "Tall Man", "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)", "Take Me Back to Tulsa", "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man", "Just the Way I Am", "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man", "Just the Way I Am", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "The Last Thing On My Mind", "Daddy Come and Get Me", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "Daddy Come and Get Me", "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)", "Tomorrow Is Forever", "Who At My Door Is Standing?", "Tomorrow Is Forever", "Run That Be Me One More Time", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "We Had All The Good Things Going", "I'm In No Condition", "Just The Way I Am", "How Great Thou Art", "Just The Way I Am", "Run That By Me One More Time", "Mine", "Tomorrow Is Forever", "Just The Way I Am", "Run That By Me One More Time", "Robert", "Cryin' Time", "Put It Off Until Tommorrow", "Your Ole Handy Man", "I'm In No Condition", "Put It Off Until Tommorrow", "Your Ole Handy Man", "I'm In No Condition", "Daddy Come and Get Me", "Dumb Blonde", "Daddy Come and Get Me", "Fairchild", "There's Better Things In Life", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Just Someone I Used To Know", "Chas", "Chas", "The Crawdad Song", "In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)", "Each Season Changes You", "Little Bird", "Fairchild", "Little Bird", "A Better Place to Live", "Where No One Stands Alone", "A Better Place to Live", "Dumb Blonde", "Baby Sister", "Something Fishy", "Yours Love", "Foggy Mountain Top", "Something Fishy", "The World Needs a Washin'", "Daddy", "Malena", "Daddy", "Malena", "Big Wind", "I'm Doing This for Your Sake", "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)", "I'm Doing This for Your Sake", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Mama Say A Prayer", "Milwaukee Here I Come", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Mama Say A Prayer", "Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind", "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)", "Jeannie's Afraid of The Dark", "Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind", "Jeannie's Afraid of The Dark", "False Eyelashes", "I'm In No Condition", "I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew", "Daddy", "Daddy", "I'm Not Worth The Tears", "Who At My Door Is Standing?", "I'm Not Worth The Tears", "Mine", "Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus", "Mine", "You're Gonna Be Sorry", "Jeanne's Afraid of the Dark", "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)", "Jeanne's Afraid of the Dark", "Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind", "Holding On To Nothin'", "Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way)", "He Is Real", "Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way)", "He Is Real", "Try Being Lonely", "Holding On To Nothin'", "He Is Real", "He Is Real", "Just Because I'm a Woman", "Holding On To Nothin'", "Just Because I'm a Woman", "Dumb Blonde", "Holding On To Nothin'", "Lonesome Road Blues", "Ode to Billie Joe", "Mommie, Ain't That Daddy", "Baby Sister", "Dumb Blonde", "I'll Oilwells Love You", "Holding On To Nothin'", "I'll Oilwells Love You", "The Only Way Out (Is To Walk Over Me)", "Walk Through This World With Me", "I Wish I Felt This Way at Home", "The Last Thing On My Mind", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "I'm Not Worth The Tears", "The World Needs A Washin'", "Your Ole Handy Man", "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)", "I'm Not Worth the Tears", "Why, Why, Why", "Put It Off Until Tomorrow", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Dumb Blonde", "I've Lived My Life", "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)", "Acuff Rose", "Try Being Lonely", "Before I Met You", "Acuff Rose", "Why, Why, Why?", "Why, Why, Why?", "Fuel To The Flame", "How Great Thou Art", "Fuel To The Flame", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "Before I Met You", "Dumb Blonde", "Something Fishy")
Dolly Parton in Dolly (1987)
Dolly
7.6
TV Series
  • Music Department(theme music)
Dolly Parton in Dolly (1976)
Dolly
8.1
TV Series
  • Music Department(theme music)
Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, and Lily Tomlin in 9 to 5 (1980)
9 to 5
6.9
  • Doralee Rhodes
  • 1980

Credits

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Music Department

  • Jennifer Aniston and Danielle Macdonald in Dumplin' (2018)
    Dumplin'
    • original songs
    • 2018
  • Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! (2017)
    Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
    • original song
    • 2017
  • Olive (2011)
    Olive
    • original songs
    • 2011
  • Dolly Parton Tour TV
    • composer: theme music (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011)
    The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
    • featuring the music of
    • 2011
  • First Dog (2010)
    First Dog
    • original songs
    • 2010
  • Dolly: Live in London O2 Arena (2009)
    Dolly: Live in London O2 Arena
    • music supervisor
    • TV Special
    • 2009
  • Dancing with the Stars (2005)
    Dancing with the Stars
    • performer
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Love Is Like a Butterfly
    • music
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Blue Valley Songbird (1999)
    Blue Valley Songbird
    • original songs
    • TV Movie
    • 1999
  • Dolly Parton in Unlikely Angel (1996)
    Unlikely Angel
    • original songs by
    • TV Movie
    • 1996
  • Dolly Parton in Straight Talk (1992)
    Straight Talk
    • original songs written & performed by
    • 1992
  • Wild Texas Wind (1991)
    Wild Texas Wind
    • music supervisor
    • TV Movie
    • 1991
  • Dolly Parton in Christmas at Home (1990)
    Christmas at Home
    • music supervisor
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • Dolly Parton in Dolly (1987)
    Dolly
    • composer: theme music
    • TV Series
    • 1987–1988

Producer

  • Mindin' My Own Business
    • executive producer
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1996
  • Run, Rose, Run
    • producer
    • Pre-production
  • Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas (2022)
    Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2022
  • A Holly Dolly Christmas (2020)
    A Holly Dolly Christmas
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2020
  • Dolly Parton, Treat Williams, Christine Baranski, Jenifer Lewis, Matthew Johnson, Mary Lane Haskell, Josh Segarra, Jeanine Mason, and Selah Kimbro Jones in Christmas on the Square (2020)
    Christmas on the Square
    • executive producer
    • 2020
  • Dolly Parton's Comin' Home for Christmas
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2020
  • Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: When Life Is Good Again (2020)
    Dolly Parton: When Life Is Good Again
    • producer
    • Music Video
    • 2020
  • Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry (2019)
    Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2019
  • Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (2019)
    Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund (2016)
    Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2016
  • Dolly Parton and Alyvia Alyn Lind in Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (2016)
    Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2016
  • Ricky Schroder, Gerald McRaney, Jennifer Nettles, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Farrah Mackenzie, and Blane Crockarell in Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015)
    Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: The Sacrifice (2011)
    Dolly Parton: The Sacrifice
    • producer
    • Music Video
    • 2011
  • Dolly Parton in Dolly Celebrates 25 Years of Dollywood (2010)
    Dolly Celebrates 25 Years of Dollywood
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2010
  • Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: Change It (2009)
    Dolly Parton: Change It
    • producer
    • Music Video
    • 2009
  • Dolly: Live in London O2 Arena (2009)
    Dolly: Live in London O2 Arena
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2009
  • Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: Better Get to Livin' (2007)
    Dolly Parton: Better Get to Livin'
    • producer
    • Music Video
    • 2007
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Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
    • Dolly Parton's Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show
  • Alternative names
    • Dolly Dean
  • Height
    • 5′ (1.52 m)
  • Born
    • January 19, 1946
    • Pittman Center, Tennessee, USA
  • Spouse
    • Carl DeanMay 30, 1966 - present
  • Children
    • No Children
  • Parents
      Robert Lee Parton
  • Relatives
      Cassie Parton(Sibling)
  • Other works
    She and her former manager, Sandy Gallin, were partners in Sandollar Productions, an entertainment production company. Sandollar has produced TV shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and films including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995).
  • Publicity listings
    • 5 Biographical Movies
    • 41 Print Biographies
    • 10 Portrayals
    • 442 Interviews
    • 534 Articles
    • 25 Pictorials
    • 272 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    She lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest.
  • Quotes
    I'm not offended by dumb-blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde.
  • Trademarks
      Always uses butterflies as her logos, since she feels they represent beauty and freedom.
  • Nicknames
    • The Smoky Mountain Songbird
    • The Iron Butterfly
    • The Queen of Country
    • The Backwoods Barbie
    • The Queen of Nashville
    • The Book Lady
    • The Leading Lady of Country
    • Aunt Granny
  • Salary
    • Rhinestone
      (1984)
      $2,000,000

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