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Aliases: Dolly Rebecca Parton

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Sevierville, Tennessee, USA

Homepage: https://dollyparton.com

Movie Involvements: 114

TV Involvements: 33


Most Famous Work

Biography

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a European-American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner) before her sales and chart peak arrived during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well. However, she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including Dolly Records. With a career spanning 60 years, Parton has been described as a "country legend" and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Parton's music includes the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. She has had 25 singles reach No. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years. She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper and an international hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "9 to 5". As an actress, she has starred in the films 9 to 5 in 1980 and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1982 (for each of which she earned Best Actress Golden Globe nominations) as well as Rhinestone in 1984, Steel Magnolias in 1989, Straight Talk in 1992, and Joyful Noise in 2012. Parton has received various accolades, including 11 Grammy Awards from 50 nominations. She has won ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year. She is one of seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. Parton has five Academy of Country Music Awards (including Entertainer of the Year), four People's Choice Awards, and three American Music Awards. She is also in a select group to have received at least one nomination from the Academy, Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Awards. In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2005, she received the National Medal of Arts. In 2022, she was nominated for and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a nomination she had initially declined but ultimately accepted. Outside of her work in the music industry, she also co-owns The Dollywood Company, which manages several entertainment venues, including the Dollywood theme park, the Splash Country water park, and many dinner theatre venues such as The Dolly Parton Stampede and Pirates Voyage. She has founded some charitable and philanthropic organizations, chief among them being the Dollywood Foundation, which manages several projects to bring education and poverty relief to East Tennessee, where she was raised. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dolly Parton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

60 Minutes
Average
7

60 Minutes

(1968) Self
American Idol
Average
5

American Idol

(2002) Self - Guest Performer
RuPaul's Drag Race
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8

RuPaul's Drag Race

(2009) Self - Special Guest
Musikladen
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0

Musikladen

(1972) Self
19 Kids and Counting
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5

19 Kids and Counting

(2008) Self
Lily's Driftwood Bay
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7

Lily's Driftwood Bay

(2014) Noleen (voice)
Academy of Country Music Awards
Average
5

Academy of Country Music Awards

(1966) Self - Presenter
CMA Awards
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10

CMA Awards

(1967) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Self (archive footage)
Self
2024 Self
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self (archive footage)
N/A
Self (archive footage)
N/A
2023 Self
N/A
N/A
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self - Guest
Self
2022 N/A
Self
Self - Inductee
Self
Self
Self - Guest
Self
Self
2021 Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
Self - Performer
Self
Self - Guest Star (In Memoriam of Leslie Jordan)
N/A
2020 Self
Self - Host / Performer
Self (archive footage)
Angel
Self (archive footage)
Self
2019 Self
Dolly Parton
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Dolly Parton
Self
2018 Self
Self
2017 Self
Self
Self
Self
2016 Self - Special Appearance
The Painted Lady
Self
2015 Self - Narrator
Self (archive footage)
Self
Agnes
2014 Self (archive footage)
Noleen (voice)
Self
Self
Self
Self - Guest
2013 Dolly Parton
Self
Doralee Rhodes (archive footage)
Self
2012 Self
G.G. Sparrow
2011 Self
Dolly Parton (voice)
Dolly Gnome (voice)
2009 Self
Self
Self
Self - Guest
Self
Self
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Self - Special Guest
2008 Self
Self
2007 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self - Guest
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self
2006 Aunt Dolly
Self
2005 Self
self
Self
Dolly Parton
2004 Self - Co-host
Self - Host
Self - Special Guest
Self - Guest
Self
Self - Guest
Self
Doralee Rhodes
Self
2003 Self
Self - Guest
Self
2002 N/A
Self - Host
Self - Guest / Mentor
Self - Guest Performer
Edith McKlusky
Self
2001 Self
Dolly Majors
1999 Self
Leanna Taylor
Dolly Parton
1998 Self
1997 Dolly Parton
Self
1996 Ruby Diamond
Self
Self
Self
Self
1995 Self
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Self
1994 (voice)
1993 Self
Dolly Parton
Self
Self (archive footage)
1992 Self - Guest
Shirlee Kenyon
1991 Thiola Rayfield
Self
1990 Self
1989 Dolly Parton (voice)
Truvy Jones
Self
1988 Self
1987 Self - Host
1986 Lorna Davis
Self
Dolly Parton, Guardian Movie Star
1985 Self
1984 Self
Jake Ferris
1983 Dolly Parton (voice)
Self
1982 Mona Stangley
Self
Self
Self
Self (Vidéoclip) (archive footage)
1981 Self
Self
Self
Dolly Parton
1980 Doralee Rhodes
Self
1979 Self
Self / Trudy
Self
1978 Self
Dolly Parton
1975 Self - Host & Musical Guest
1972 Self
1968 Self
1967 Self
1966 Self - Presenter
1962 Self
N/A
1961 Self - Co-Host
Self
Self - Co-Hostess
Self
1959 Self
1953 Self
N/A
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

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Sound

Writing

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
1987 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

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