Dolly Parton - Biography - IMDb. Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 1. Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer, and Avie Lee Parton (née Owens). Dolly grew up on a run- down farm in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. At 1. 2, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and, at 1. Grand Ole Opry. After graduating from high school in Sevier County, Tennessee, in 1.

Nashville to launch her career as a country singer. She fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt- paving business; they got married on May 3. The next year, Dolly's singing caught the attention of Porter Wagoner. He hired Dolly to appear on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1. Dolly 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 1. Porter's, and she struck out on her own, though still recording duets with him. She left him for good to become a solo artist in 1. Dolly gained immense popularity as a singer/songwriter. Dolly won numerous Country Music Association awards (1. This petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television and, by the mid- 1. Dolly was appearing frequently on TV specials and talk shows.

Dolly then got her own show, aptly titled Dolly (1. In 1. 97. 7, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for her song "Here You Come Again". Dolly's movie debut was in Nine to Five (1.

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". Dolly got more fame for appearing in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1. Rhinestone (1. 98. Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a $1.

Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, celebrating her Smokey Mountain upbringing. She appeared as herself in the Dolly (1. TV series. In 1. 98. Grammy award: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Trio". Dolly was in the acclaimed picture Steel Magnolias (1. Julia Roberts, and went on to appear in 1.

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In 2. 00. 0, 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" and "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".- IMDb Mini Biography By. Always uses butterflies as her logos, since she feels they represent beauty and freedom.

One of 1. 2 children; grew up in a 1- room cabin in Tennessee. During the early 1. CBS- TV. Initially, in 1. Heavens to Betsy" was made, starring Dolly and Constance Shulman. Six episodes were completed. That sitcom was scrapped, and the story was revamped for the Movie of the Week, Unlikely Angel (1. Following the television movie, she was to develop a sitcom where she would star as a "caterer to the stars".

This program would have aired as Mindin' My Own Business (1. However, the pilot was never broadcast. Reportedly has her breasts insured for $6. Her late father Robert was one of 1. Avie (Owens) was one of 1. The children's television series Sesame Street (1.

Dolly Parton. She had purple skin and blonde hair and went by the name of Polly Darton. Ranked #3. 4 on VH1's Greatest Women of Rock N Roll. Her ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. She was unable to have children of her own because of an allergic reaction she experienced to birth control pills when she was younger. Her duet, "Islands in the Stream", with fellow country singer Kenny Rogers was ranked the #1 duet of all time on CMT 1.

Dolly Parton was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2. In 2. 00. 6, she was awarded the Lindy Boggs Award from the Stennis Center for Public Service. She becomes the first nonpolitical recipient. Recorded the song "My Tennessee Hills" with folk icon Janis Ian for Ian's 2. Billie's Bones". She has earned five BMI Million- Air (or more) Performance Awards and numerous BMI Songwriter Citations of Achievement. Her classic hit song "I Will Always Love You" is currently certified with a Six Million- Air award, meaning it has been played on radio and television over six million times.

She was also honored with the prestigious BMI Icon Award in 2. In 1. 98. 7, she was among the women honored by Ms. Magazine as "Woman of the Year". She has a star on Nashville's Starwalk for Grammy Award Winners. She also has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, which represents her accomplishments in the field of recording arts.

Among 1. 20 celebrities and movie industry executives to receive invitations for membership into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on July 5, 2. The Academy only allows for 3. Other celebrities receiving invitations include Jake Gyllenhaal, Werner Herzog, Felicity Huffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Terrence Howard, Heath Ledger and Dakota Fanning.

There was a Dolly Parton lookalike contest in Gilley's bar in Urban Cowboy (1. Sang with Solomon Burke on his 2. CD "Nashville". The two did a duet on the Dolly written track "Tomorrow is Forever". The song was originally recorded by Parton and Porter Wagoner in 1. Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. In September 2. 00.

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On December 3. 1, 2. Parton was named by the Tennessean newspaper as 2. Tennessean of the Year for her work with children's literacy. The newspaper has been naming a Tennessean of the Year since 1. Watch Under The Salt Online. Had such a miserable time during filming of Straight Talk (1. All her work since has been television work or appearances as herself.

Selected by the Songwriters Hall of Fame as the 2. Johnny Mercer Award. Honored with a lifetime membership to Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council, a chapter of Girl Scouts of America, on June 1.

In November 2. 00. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution honored Dolly with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in recognition of her civic work in regard to children's literacy. In 2. 00. 6, she donated $5. Fort Sanders Medical Center. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6. Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 1.

Inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2. Inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame [Songwriter Category] in 2.

During the 4. 0th Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards in 2. Parton won for Best Musical Score for "9 to 5: The Musical" which played the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles during in the fall of 2. On August 9, 1. 99. Parton was awarded the Outstanding Service to Youth Award from the Tennessee District - Optimist International. Dolly was offered $7 million to play the role of "Selena" in Supergirl (1.

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