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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 19, 1946
Place of Birth
Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
Also Known As
- Dolly Rebecca Parton
Dolly Parton
2.1 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton : L'Amérique réconciliée
2025
0.0
Self
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
2025
9.0
Self
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Dolly for President
2024
0.0
Self
Linda Perry: Let It Die Here
2024
6.0
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
2024
8.0
Self (archive footage)
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024
5.0
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Hits That Missed at the BBC
2024
0.0
Dolly Parton: Still Rockin'
2024
Credits
Dolly Parton : L'Amérique réconciliée
as Self (archive footage)
2025
8.0
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
as Self
2025
0.0
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
as Self
2024
9.0
Dolly for President
as Self (archive footage)
2024
8.0
Linda Perry: Let It Die Here
as Self
2024
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage)
2024
6.0
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
as Self (archive footage)
2024
8.0
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024
5.0
Hits That Missed at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Dolly Parton: Still Rockin'
2024
0.0
Christmas at Graceland
as Self
2023
5.5
ET Vault Unlocked: Dolly Parton
2023
0.0
Dolly Parton Rockstar Global First Listen Event
2023
0.0
June
as Self
2023
6.2
Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
as Self
2023
0.0
Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut
as Self
2023
8.0
Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan
as Self
2023
10.0
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
2023
8.4
Movie Themes at the BBC
as Self
2023
8.0
Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas
as Self
2022
6.5
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self - Inductee
2022
8.2
Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn
as Self
2022
0.0
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
as Self
2022
0.0
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
4.2
Still Working 9 to 5
as Self
2022
10.0
Dolly Parton at the BBC
as Self
2022
5.0
Country Legends: Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner & Friends
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
Leftover Feelings: A Studio B Revival
as Self
2021
0.0
Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler
as Self
2021
7.3
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
as Self - Performer
2021
7.5
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
as Self
2021
6.7
Call Me Kat
as Self - Guest Star (In Memoriam of Leslie Jordan)
2021
6.3
🎬
Kenny Rogers All in for the Gambler
2021
8.0
The Library That Dolly Built
as Self
2020
10.0
A Holly Dolly Christmas
as Self - Host / Performer
2020
6.8
Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You
as Self (archive footage)
2020
0.0
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
as Angel
2020
5.8
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.6
The Oprah Conversation
as Self
2020
8.3
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
as Self
2019
7.4
Christmas at Dollywood
as Dolly Parton
2019
6.7
Dolly Parton: 50 Years At The Opry
as Self
2019
5.4
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
as Self
2019
6.8
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.4
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self
2019
7.6
Harlem to Hollywood
as Self
2019
0.0
Amber & Dolly: 9 to 5
as Dolly Parton
2019
0.0
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
as Self
2019
3.8
Dolly & Friends: The Making of a Soundtrack
as Self
2018
0.0
Shine On with Reese
as Self
2018
7.8
🎬
The Year in Memoriam
as Self
2017
0.0
All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert Celebration
as Self
2017
8.3
The Orville
as Self
2017
7.6
Born in Bristol: The Untold Story of the Birth of Country Music
as Self
2017
0.0
A Pentatonix Christmas Special
as Self - Special Appearance
2016
7.0
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
as The Painted Lady
2016
6.0
Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou
as Self
2016
8.0
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
as Self - Narrator
2015
6.4
Dolly Parton: Queen of Country
as Self (archive footage)
2015
10.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.3
Grace and Frankie
as Agnes
2015
7.7
Country Queens at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2014
6.5
Lily's Driftwood Bay
as Noleen (voice)
2014
7.0
Good Morning Britain
as Self
2014
4.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
5.8
A Country Christmas Story
as Dolly Parton
2013
5.3
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
as Self
2013
0.0
Inequality for All
as Doralee Rhodes (archive footage)
2013
7.5
🎬
Queens Of Nashville
as Self
2013
0.0
Song by Song
as Self
2012
8.0
Joyful Noise
as G.G. Sparrow
2012
6.4
Hollywood to Dollywood
as Self
2011
7.4
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
as Dolly Parton (voice)
2011
6.6
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Dolly Gnome (voice)
2011
5.9
🎬
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special
as Self
2009
5.2
The World According to Miley Cyrus
as Self
2009
4.0
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
3.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Dolly: Live from London
as Self
2009
6.0
🎬
Backstory
as Self
2009
0.0
Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always Live
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
2009
0.0
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest
2009
7.5
19 Kids and Counting
as Self
2008
5.0
The Book Lady
as Self
2008
0.0
Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame
as Self (archive footage)
2007
10.0
Opry Video Classics: Duets
as Self (archive footage)
2007
10.0
Opry Video Classics: Queens of Country
as Self (archive footage)
2007
10.0
Opry Video Classics : Legends
as Self (archive footage)
2007
10.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Countdown - The Wonder Years 2
as Self (archive footage)
2007
8.0
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1980
as Self
2007
7.0
Hannah Montana
as Aunt Dolly
2006
7.1
The Howard Stern Interview
as Self
2006
7.5
🎬
Naomi's New Morning
as Self
2005
5.0
🎬
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began
as self
2005
4.0
CMT: Inside Fame
as Self
2005
7.0
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Dolly Parton
2005
5.8
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
as Self - Co-host
2004
7.2
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
as Self - Host
2004
7.2
Norah Jones and The Handsome Band: Live in 2004
as Self - Special Guest
2004
6.0
The Paul O'Grady Show
as Self - Guest
2004
4.6
Dolly Parton: Live & Well
as Self
2004
8.0
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
🎬
CMA Music Festival
as Self
2004
0.0
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Doralee Rhodes
2004
8.0
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2004
9.5
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
5.7
🎬
The Terry and Gaby Show
as Self - Guest
2003
5.0
🎬
VH1: All Access
as Self
2003
6.0
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002
0.0
CMT Music Awards
as Self - Host
2002
10.0
American Idol
as Self - Guest / Mentor
2002
5.1
American Idol
as Self - Guest Performer
2002
5.1
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
as Edith McKlusky
2002
4.2
CMT Crossroads
as Self
2002
8.3
Graham Goes to Dollywood
as Self
2001
0.0
Reba
as Dolly Majors
2001
6.6
The Early Show
as Self
1999
5.7
Blue Valley Songbird
as Leanna Taylor
1999
4.6
Jackie's Back!
as Dolly Parton
1999
6.9
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story
as Dolly Parton
1997
7.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.5
Unlikely Angel
as Ruby Diamond
1996
5.9
🎬
Dolly Parton: Treasures
as Self
1996
0.0
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
1996
8.1
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Dollywood: A Memory Worth Repeating
as Self
1996
0.0
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
1995
7.5
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge
as Dolly Parton
1995
6.7
Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story
as Dolly Parton
1995
3.0
Heartsong
as Self
1995
0.0
The Magic School Bus
as (voice)
1994
7.6
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Dolly Parton
1993
6.3
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1993
10.0
The Women of Country
as Self (archive footage)
1993
0.0
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
1992
5.4
Straight Talk
as Shirlee Kenyon
1992
5.9
Wild Texas Wind
as Thiola Rayfield
1991
5.4
🎬
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self
1991
6.0
Home for Christmas
as Self
1990
6.0
The Simpsons
as Dolly Parton (voice)
1989
8.0
Steel Magnolias
as Truvy Jones
1989
7.2
Kenny, Dolly & Willie: Something Inside So Strong
as Self
1989
9.0
🎬
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show
as Self
1988
0.0
Dolly
as Self - Host
1987
0.0
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
as Lorna Davis
1986
5.8
Walt Disney World 15th Anniversary
as Self
1986
8.0
Designing Women
as Dolly Parton, Guardian Movie Star
1986
6.7
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Real Love
as Self
1985
4.5
Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember
as Self
1984
6.5
Rhinestone
as Jake Ferris
1984
4.8
Alvin and the Chipmunks
as Dolly Parton (voice)
1983
6.8
Dolly in Concert
as Self
1983
7.3
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
as Mona Stangley
1982
6.1
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
5.8
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self (Vidéoclip) (archive footage)
1982
6.3
🎬
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
as Self
1981
6.0
De TV Show
as Self
1981
0.0
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.0
Lily: Sold Out
as Dolly Parton
1981
6.5
Nine to Five
as Doralee Rhodes
1980
6.9
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
as Self
1980
5.0
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1979
as Self
1979
7.0
Dolly and Carol in Nashville
as Self / Trudy
1979
0.0
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
6.8
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
Cher... Special
as Dolly Parton
1978
6.8
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975
6.9
Musikladen
as Self
1972
0.0
60 Minutes
as Self
1968
6.6
CMA Awards
as Self
1967
10.0
Academy of Country Music Awards
as Self - Presenter
1966
4.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Hostess
1961
5.4
The Porter Wagoner Show
as Self
1961
0.0
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.7
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Run, Rose, Run
N/A
0.0