Dolly Parton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 19, 1946
- Died
- Aug 25, 2026 (aged 80)
- Place of birth
- Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
- Credits
- 210
Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026) was 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.
Known for
The Simpsons
1989TV
Dolly Parton (voice)
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011Movie
Dolly Gnome (voice)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005Movie
Dolly Parton
The Orville
2017TV
Dolly Parton
Steel Magnolias
1989Movie
Truvy Jones
Hannah Montana
2006TV
Aunt Dolly
Filmography
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
2026Movie
Self
Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dolly: An NBC News Special
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton – An American Icon
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
TFI Unplugged
2026TV
Self (Archive Footage)
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
2026Movie
Self / Aunt Dolly (archive footage)
Dolly Parton : L'Amérique réconciliée
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Iconic Women of Country
2025Movie
Self
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
2025Movie
Self
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024Movie
Self
Dolly for President
2024TV
Self (archive footage)
Linda Perry: Let It Die Here
2024Movie
Self
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024Movie
Hits That Missed at the BBC
2024TV
Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton: Still Rockin'
2024Movie
Self
Christmas at Graceland
2023Movie
Self
ET Vault Unlocked: Dolly Parton
2023Movie
Dolly Parton Rockstar Global First Listen Event
2023Movie
June
2023Movie
Self
Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
2023Movie
Self
Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut
2023Movie
Self
Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan
2023Movie
Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023Movie
Self - Guest
Movie Themes at the BBC
2023Movie
Self
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
2022Movie
Self
Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas
2022Movie
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022Movie
Self - Inductee
Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn
2022Movie
Self
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2022Movie
Self
Sherri
2022TV
Self - Guest
Still Working 9 to 5
2022Movie
Self
Dolly Parton at the BBC
2022Movie
Self
Country Legends: Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner & Friends
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Leftover Feelings: A Studio B Revival
2021Movie
Self
Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler
2021Movie
Self
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
2021Movie
Self - Performer
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
2021Movie
Self
Call Me Kat
2021TV
Self - Guest Star (In Memoriam of Leslie Jordan)
The Library That Dolly Built
2020Movie
Self
A Holly Dolly Christmas
2020Movie
Self - Host / Performer
Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
2020Movie
Angel
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Oprah Conversation
2020TV
Self
Biography: Kenny Rogers
2020Movie
Self
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
2019Movie
Self
Christmas at Dollywood
2019Movie
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton: 50 Years At The Opry
2019Movie
Self
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019TV
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019Movie
Self
Harlem to Hollywood
2019Movie
Self
Amber & Dolly: 9 to 5
2019Movie
Dolly Parton
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019Movie
Self
Dolly & Friends: The Making of a Soundtrack
2018Movie
Self
Shine On with Reese
2018TV
Self
The Year in Memoriam
2017Movie
Self
All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert Celebration
2017Movie
Self
The Orville
2017TV
Dolly Parton
The True Story of...
2017TV
Self (archive footage)
Born in Bristol: The Untold Story of the Birth of Country Music
2017Movie
Self
A Pentatonix Christmas Special
2016Movie
Self - Special Appearance
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
2016Movie
The Painted Lady
Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou
2016Movie
Self
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
2015Movie
Self - Narrator
Dolly Parton: Queen of Country
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Grace and Frankie
2015TV
Agnes
Country Queens at the BBC
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA
2014Movie
Self
Lily's Driftwood Bay
2014TV
Noleen (voice)
Good Morning Britain
2014TV
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self, Self - Guest
America's Sweethearts: Queens Of Nashville
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Country Christmas Story
2013Movie
Dolly Parton
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
2013Movie
Self
Inequality for All
2013Movie
Doralee Rhodes (archive footage)
Song by Song
2012TV
Self
Steve Harvey
2012TV
Self
Joyful Noise
2012Movie
G.G. Sparrow
Country at the BBC
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood to Dollywood
2011Movie
Self
Why Not? with Shania Twain
2011TV
Self (archive footage)
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
2011Movie
Dolly Parton (voice)
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011Movie
Dolly Gnome (voice)
The Talk
2010TV
Self
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special
2009Movie
Self
The World According to Miley Cyrus
2009Movie
Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009TV
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Dolly: Live from London
2009Movie
Self
Dr. Robert F. Thomas - The Great Smoky Mountain Horseback Healer of Body and Soul
2009Movie
Herself
Backstory
2009TV
Self
Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always Live
2009Movie
Self - Performer (archive footage)
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009TV
Self - Special Guest
19 Kids and Counting
2008TV
Self
The Book Lady
2008Movie
Self
Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
Opry Video Classics: Duets
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
Opry Video Classics : Legends
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
Opry Video Classics: Queens of Country
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self - Guest, Self
Countdown - The Wonder Years 2
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1980
2007Movie
Self
Hannah Montana
2006TV
Aunt Dolly
The Howard Stern Interview
2006TV
Self
Naomi's New Morning
2005TV
Self
The Colbert Report
2005TV
Self - Guest
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began
2005Movie
self
CMT: Inside Fame
2005TV
Self
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005Movie
Dolly Parton
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
2004TV
Self - Co-host, Self - Host
Norah Jones and The Handsome Band: Live in 2004
2004Movie
Self - Special Guest
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004TV
Self - Guest
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton: Live & Well
2004Movie
Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004TV
Self - Guest
CMA Music Festival
2004TV
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004Movie
Doralee Rhodes
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004TV
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003TV
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - "Mean Tweets"
VH1: All Access
2003TV
Self
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002Movie
CMT Music Awards
2002TV
Self - Host
American Idol
2002TV
Self - Guest / Mentor, Self - Guest Performer
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
2002Movie
Edith McKlusky
CMT Crossroads
2002TV
Self
Graham Goes to Dollywood
2001Movie
Self
Reba
2001TV
Dolly Majors
Chet Atkins: A Life in Music
2000Movie
Self
Blue Valley Songbird
1999Movie
Leanna Taylor
The Early Show
1999TV
Self
Jackie's Back!
1999Movie
Dolly Parton
Dolly Partons Precious Memories
1999Movie
Parkinson
1998TV
Self
Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story
1997Movie
Dolly Parton
The View
1997TV
Self
Unlikely Angel
1996Movie
Ruby Diamond
Dolly Parton: Treasures
1996Movie
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Self
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
TFI Friday
1996TV
Dollywood: A Memory Worth Repeating
1996Movie
Self
The Frank Skinner Show
1995TV
Self
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge
1995Movie
Dolly Parton
Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story
1995Movie
Dolly Parton
Heartsong
1995Movie
Self
The Magic School Bus
1994TV
Katrina Eloise 'Murph' Murphy (voice)
Extra
1994TV
Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait
1993TV
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993Movie
Dolly Parton
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993TV
Self - Guest, Self - Top Ten Presenter, Self - Musical Guest
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993Movie
Self
The Women of Country
1993Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self - Guest
Straight Talk
1992Movie
Shirlee Kenyon
Wild Texas Wind
1991Movie
Thiola Rayfield
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991TV
Self
Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home
1990Movie
Self
The Simpsons
1989TV
Dolly Parton (voice)
Steel Magnolias
1989Movie
Truvy Jones
Kenny, Dolly & Willie: Something Inside So Strong
1989Movie
Self
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show
1988Movie
Self
A Down Home Country Christmas
1987Movie
Self
Dolly
1987TV
Self - Host
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986Movie
Lorna Davis
Walt Disney World 15th Anniversary
1986Movie
Self
Designing Women
1986TV
Dolly Parton, Guardian Movie Star
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Real Love
1985Movie
Self
Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember
1984Movie
Self
Rhinestone
1984Movie
Jake Ferris
Alvin and the Chipmunks
1983TV
Dolly Parton (voice)
Dolly in Concert
1983Movie
Self
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982Movie
Mona Stangley
The Best Little Special In Texas
1982Movie
Wogan
1982TV
Self
Late Night with David Letterman
1982TV
Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self, Self (Vidéoclip) (archive footage)
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981Movie
Self
De TV Show
1981TV
Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self
Lily: Sold Out
1981Movie
Dolly Parton
Nine to Five
1980Movie
Doralee Rhodes
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
1980TV
Self
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1979
1979Movie
Self
Dolly and Carol in Nashville
1979Movie
Self / Trudy
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979TV
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978TV
Self
Cher... Special
1978Movie
Self
50 Years of Country Music
1978Movie
Self - Hostess
The South Bank Show
1978TV
Dolly!
1977TV
Self - Hostess
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host & Musical Guest
Musikladen
1972TV
Self
An Old Time Country Christmas
1969Movie
Self
60 Minutes
1968TV
Self
CMA Awards
1967TV
Self
Academy of Country Music Awards
1966TV
Self - Presenter
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self - Co-Host, Self, Self - Co-Hostess
The Porter Wagoner Show
1961TV
Self
The Grammys
1959TV
Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Run, Rose, Run
Movie