Dolly Parton
Known for: Acting
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an 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.
Filmography
Series
The Simpsons
Dolly Parton (voice)
1989
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
1962
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Top Ten Presenter
1993
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
Series
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
2005
Series
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
2009
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Series
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
American Idol
Self - Guest / Mentor
2002
Series
American Idol
Self - Guest Performer
2002
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Orville
Self
2017
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self (Vidéoclip) (archive footage)
1982
Series
Hannah Montana
Aunt Dolly
2006
Series
Grace and Frankie
Agnes
2015
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Series
Reba
Dolly Majors
2001
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Series
The Paul O'Grady Show
Self - Guest
2004
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Dolly Parton (voice)
1983
Series
Designing Women
Dolly Parton, Guardian Movie Star
1986
Series
The Magic School Bus
Katrina Eloise 'Murph' Murphy (voice)
1994
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
2004
Series
The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Series
CMT Crossroads
Self
2002
Series
Lily's Driftwood Bay
Noleen (voice)
2014
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
The Terry and Gaby Show
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Call Me Kat
Self - Guest Star (In Memoriam of Leslie Jordan)
2021
Series
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Series
19 Kids and Counting
Self
2008
Series
Musikladen
Self
1972
Series
Extra
Self - Guest
1994
Series
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
Self - Co-host
2004
Series
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
Self - Host
2004
Film
Gnomeo & Juliet
Dolly Gnome (voice)
2011
Film
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
Self / Aunt Dolly (archive footage)
2026
Series
The True Story of...
Self (archive footage)
2017
Series
Dolly
Self - Host
1987
Series
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Self
2019
Series
CMT Music Awards
Self - Host
2002
Series
The Howard Stern Interview
Self
2006
Film
Steel Magnolias
Truvy Jones
1989
Series
CMA Awards
Self
1967
Film
The Beverly Hillbillies
Dolly Parton
1993
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Series
Academy of Country Music Awards
Self - Presenter
1966
Film
Nine to Five
Doralee Rhodes
1980
Series
Good Morning Britain
Self
2014
Series
De TV Show
Self
1981
Film
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Dolly Parton
2005
Naomi's New Morning
Self
2005
Series
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Self
1980
Series
The Porter Wagoner Show
Self
1961
Series
The Oprah Conversation
Self
2020
Film
Rhinestone
Jake Ferris
1984
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996
Film
Straight Talk
Shirlee Kenyon
1992
Film
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Mona Stangley
1982
Series
Shine On with Reese
Self
2018
Series
Song by Song
Self
2012
VH1: All Access
Self
2003
Film
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self - Inductee
2022
Film
Inequality for All
Doralee Rhodes (archive footage)
2013
Film
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
2023
Film
Joyful Noise
G.G. Sparrow
2012
CMA Music Festival
Self
2004
Film
Jackie's Back!
Dolly Parton
1999
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Doralee Rhodes
2004
Backstory
Self
2009
Film
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
Self
2021
Film
Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut
Self
2023
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Self
1991
Film
Country at the BBC
Self
2011
Series
Hits That Missed at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
A Pentatonix Christmas Special
Self - Special Appearance
2016
Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self
2019
Film
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge
Dolly Parton
1995
Film
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
Self
2024
Series
CMT: Inside Fame
Self
2005
Film
Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas
Self
2022
Film
Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story
Dolly Parton
1997
Film
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
Self
2025
Film
Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
Self
2023
Series
The Grammys
Self
1959
Film
June
Self
2023
Film
Harlem to Hollywood
Self
2019
Film
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
Edith McKlusky
2002
The Year in Memoriam
Self
2017
Film
Unlikely Angel
Ruby Diamond
1996
Film
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Angel
2020
Film
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
Self
2025
Film
Still Working 9 to 5
Self
2022
Film
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
Dolly Parton (voice)
2011
Film
Lily: Sold Out
Dolly Parton
1981
Film
Christmas at Dollywood
Dolly Parton
2019
Film
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Lorna Davis
1986
Film
Cher... Special
Self
1978
Film
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
Self - Narrator
2015
Film
Dolly Parton Rockstar Global First Listen Event
2023
Film
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002
Film
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Self
2019
Film
Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn
Self
2022
Film
Dolly in Concert
Self
1983
Film
Christmas at Graceland
Self
2023
Film
Dolly: Live from London
Self
2009
Film
Born in Bristol: The Untold Story of the Birth of Country Music
Self
2017
Film
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
The Painted Lady
2016
Film
A Country Christmas Story
Dolly Parton
2013
Film
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
Self (archive footage)
2024
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special
Self
2009
Film
Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story
Dolly Parton
1995
Film
The Book Lady
Self
2008
Film
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Self
2022
Film
Dolly Parton: 50 Years At The Opry
Self
2019
Film
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1979
Self
1979
Film
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024
Film
Opry Video Classics : Legends
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Hollywood to Dollywood
Self
2011
Film
Linda Perry: Let It Die Here
Self
2024
Film
Blue Valley Songbird
Leanna Taylor
1999
Kenny Rogers All in for the Gambler
2021
Film
Norah Jones and The Handsome Band: Live in 2004
Self - Special Guest
2004
Film
Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always Live
Self - Performer (archive footage)
2009
Film
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
Self - Performer
2021
Film
The World According to Miley Cyrus
Self
2009
Run, Rose, Run
Film
Opry Video Classics: Duets
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Real Love
Self
1985
Film
Wild Texas Wind
Thiola Rayfield
1991
Film
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Self
1993
Film
ET Vault Unlocked: Dolly Parton
2023
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began
self
2005
Film
Country Queens at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember
Self
1984
Series
Dolly for President
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Movie Themes at the BBC
Self
2023
America's Sweethearts: Queens Of Nashville
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Dolly Parton : L'Amérique réconciliée
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou
Self
2016
Film
Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan
Self
2023
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Self
1981
Film
All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert Celebration
Self
2017
Film
Home for Christmas
Self
1990
Film
Countdown - The Wonder Years 2
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
A Holly Dolly Christmas
Self - Host / Performer
2020
Film
Graham Goes to Dollywood
Self
2001
Film
Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler
Self
2021
Film
Amber & Dolly: 9 to 5
Dolly Parton
2019
Film
A Down Home Country Christmas
Self
1987
Film
Dollywood: A Memory Worth Repeating
Self
1996
Film
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
2022
Film
Dolly Parton: Queen of Country
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
The Women of Country
Self (archive footage)
1993
Film
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show
Self
1988
Film
Kenny, Dolly & Willie: Something Inside So Strong
Self
1989
Film
Dolly and Carol in Nashville
Self / Trudy
1979
Iconic Women of Country
2025
Film
The Library That Dolly Built
Self
2020
Film
Heartsong
Self
1995
Film
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
Self
2013
Film
Dolly Parton: Still Rockin'
2024
Film
Dolly Partons Precious Memories
1999
Film
The Best Little Special In Texas
1982
Film
Dolly & Friends: The Making of a Soundtrack
Self
2018
Film
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1980
Self
2007
Film
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
Self
2019
Film
Chet Atkins: A Life in Music
Self
2000
Film
Dolly Parton at the BBC
Self
2022
Film
Leftover Feelings: A Studio B Revival
Self
2021
Film
Walt Disney World 15th Anniversary
Self
1986
Film
Opry Video Classics: Queens of Country
Self (archive footage)
2007
Dolly Parton: Treasures
Self
1996
Film
Dolly Parton: Live & Well
Self
2004
Film
Country Legends: Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner & Friends
Self (archive footage)
2021