Dolly Parton filmography

Dolly Parton is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She has appeared in twelve theatrically released films and has made over 400 appearances on television.

Parton's first televised appearance was in 1956 on the Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour when she was 10 years old; she had previously appeared on Cas Walker's radio show. Her major television breakthrough came in 1967 when she was discovered by Porter Wagoner who had her join his weekly variety show, The Porter Wagoner Show. Parton appeared on 218 episodes of the show between 1967 and 1975 as a regular performer. Appearing on the show with Wagoner during this time is credited with helping to boost Parton to superstardom.

Following her departure from Wagoner's weekly show, Parton transitioned into a more pop-oriented musical style in 1976 and 1977. During this time Parton starred in her own variety show Dolly!, which ran for one season.

In 1980 Parton made her theatrical film debut as Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5. She wrote the film's theme song, which was nominated for an Academy Award and a Grammy. In 1982 Parton appeared in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Mona Stangley. She contributed two additional songs to the film's score, "Sneakin' Around" and "I Will Always Love You". The film and Parton herself were nominated for Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) and Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical), respectively. In 1984 Parton starred in Rhinestone with Sylvester Stallone. The film was panned upon its release, and is generally regarded as a commercial and critical flop. However, the soundtrack yielded two top 10 hits for Parton, "Tennessee Homesick Blues" and "God Won't Get You".

Parton starred in the Christmas television special Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember with Kenny Rogers in 1984 to promote their collaborative Christmas album Once Upon a Christmas. In 1986 Parton starred in the made-for-television film A Smoky Mountain Christmas. During the 1987–1988 television season, Parton attempted a second variety show on ABC, also titled Dolly. Like the previous series, this one also only lasted one season.

Parton starred in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias with Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine and Julia Roberts.

In 1991 Parton starred in the made-for-television film Wild Texas Wind.

Parton returned to the silver screen in 1992 with James Woods in the 1992 film Straight Talk. The film received mixed reviews, with most of the praise going to Parton and Woods' performances, while criticizing the storyline. In 1993 she made a cameo appearance in The Beverly Hillbillies.

In 1994 Parton starred in two pilot episodes for sitcoms, Heavens to Betsy and Mindin' My Own Business, neither of which were ordered to series. Parton starred in the made-for-television films Unlikely Angel in 1996 and Blue Valley Songbird in 1999.

In the 2000s Parton made appearances in the films Frank McKlusky, C.I. and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as well as television appearances on Reba and Hannah Montana.

Parton starred in the 2012 film Joyful Noise with Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer and Jeremy Jordan. She also made cameo appearances in The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom in 2011 and Hollywood to Dollywood in 2012.

In 2015 Parton and NBC produced the made-for-television film Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors featuring Parton as narrator. A sequel, Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love was produced in 2016, again featuring Parton as narrator and in a cameo appearance as the Painted Lady who inspired her signature style.

Parton and Netflix partnered together to produce a series of television films based on Parton's songs, titled Dolly Parton's Heartstrings. It was released in 2019.

Film

Title	Year	Role	Notes	Ref.
9 to 5	1980	Doralee Rhodes		[1]
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	1982	Mona Stangley		[2]
Rhinestone	1984	Jake Farris		[3]
Steel Magnolias	1989	Truvy Jones		[4]
Straight Talk	1992	Shirlee Kenyon		[5]
The Beverly Hillbillies	1993	Herself	Cameo appearance	[6]
Frank McKlusky, C.I.	2002	Edith McKlusky		[7]
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	2005	Herself	Cameo appearance	[8]
Gnomeo & Juliet	2011	Dolly Gnome	Voice role	[9]
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom	2011	Herself	Voice cameo	[10]
Joyful Noise	2012	G.G. Sparrow		[11]
Hollywood to Dollywood	2012	Herself	Cameo appearance	[12]
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square	2020	Angel		[13]

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes	Ref.
Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour	1956–64	Herself	First television appearance	[14]
The Early Morning Show	1964	Herself		[15]
The Ralph Emery Early Morning Show	1967	Herself		[16]
Music City USA	1967	Herself (guest performer)		[17]
The Wilburn Brothers Show	1967 1973	Herself (guest performer)		[18] [19]
The Porter Wagoner Show	1967–74	Herself	218 episodes	[20]
The Kraft Music Hall	1968 1969 1970	Herself	"2nd Annual Country Music Association Awards" "3rd Annual Country Music Association Awards" "4th Annual Country Music Association Awards"	[21] [22] [23]
An Old-Time Country Christmas	1969	Herself	Television special	[24]
Hee Haw	1970 1972 1975	Herself (musical guest)	Season 1, episode 26 Season 3, episode 19 Season 6, episode 23	[25] [26] [27]
The Nashville Sound	1970	Herself	Documentary	[28]
The Mike Douglas Show	1970 1974 1977	Herself	One episode (country vocalist) One episode Five episodes (co-host)	[29] [30] [31]
The David Frost Show	1971	Herself		[32]
That Good Ole Nashville Music	1971	Herself (guest performer)		[33]
The Rowan and Martin Special	1973	Herself	Television special	[34]
RCA's Opening Night	1973	Herself	Television special	[35]
Burt Reynolds' Late Show	1973	Herself	Television special	[36]
Dinah's Place	1974	Herself		[37]
8th Annual Country Music Association Awards	1974	Herself (performer)	Television special, nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year and Vocal Duo of the Year	[38]
In Concert	1975	Herself (performer)	Season 3, episode 15 (this episode of In Concert was issued on LP in 1975)	[39]
Sing Country 1975	1975	Herself (performer)	Television special	[40]
9th Annual Country Music Association Awards	1975	Herself (performer)	Television special, won Female Vocalist of the Year and nominated for Vocal Duo of the Year	[41]
The Ronnie Prophet Show	1975	Herself (performer)		[42]
Candid Camera	1975	Herself	Two episodes	[43] [44]
Dinah!	1976	Herself (guest performer)		[45]
Dolly!	1976–77	Herself (host, performer)	26 episodes	[46]
Festival of Entertainment	1976	Herself	Television special	[47]
Sing Country 1976	1976	Herself (performer)	Television special	[48]
The Mac Davis Show	1976	Herself	Season 3, episode 9	[49]
The Hollywood Squares	1976 1978	Herself (panelist)	Five episodes One episode	[50] [51]
10th Annual Country Music Association Awards	1976	Herself (performer)	Television special, won Female Vocalist of the Year and nominated for Vocal Duo of the Year	[52]
The 4th Annual American Music Awards	1977	Herself	Television special, nominated for Favorite Country Female Artist	[53]
The 19th Annual Grammy Awards	1977	Herself	Television special, nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female ("All I Can Do")	[54]
Captain Kangaroo	1977	Herself		[55]
Musikladen	1977	Herself		[56]
Cher... Special	1978	Herself	Television special
50 Years of Country Music	1978	Herself (host)	Television special	[57]
Dolly and Carol in Nashville	1979	Herself	Television special	[58]
The Seventies: An Explosion of Country Music	1979	Herself	Multi-artist concert at the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C.; later repackaged as Country Superstars of the '70s
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters	1980	Herself	Pilot episode
Lily: Sold Out	1981	Herself	Special	[59]
Alvin and the Chipmunks	1983	Herself (voice)	"Urban Chipmunk"
Today	1984–2017	Herself	20 episodes	[60] [61]
Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember	1984	Herself	Television special	[62]
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Together	1985	Herself	Television special, later released on home media as Kenny and Dolly: Real Love.	[63]
The Winning Hand	1985	Herself	Television special	[64]
A Smoky Mountain Christmas	1986	Lorna Davis	Movie	[65]
Dolly	1987–88	Herself (host, performer)	22 episodes
Bob Hope's Christmas Special	1988	Herself
Kenny, Dolly and Willie: Something Inside So Strong	1989	Herself	Television special	[66]
Designing Women	1990	Herself	"The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century, Part One" "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century, Part Two"	[67]
Babes	1991	Herself	"Hello Dolly"
Wild Texas Wind	1991	Thiola "Big T" Rayfield	Movie	[68]
Heavens to Betsy	1994	Betsy Baxter	Pilot episode, unaired	[69]
Mindin' My Own Business	1994	Catering business owner	Pilot episode, unaired	[70]
Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story	1995	Herself	Movie; cameo appearance
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge	1995	Herself	Movie
Unlikely Angel	1996	Ruby Diamond	Movie	[71]
The Magic School Bus	1996	Katrina Eloise "Murph" Murphy	"The Family Holiday Special"	[72]
Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story	1997	Herself	Movie; cameo appearance
The Simpsons	1999	Herself (voice)	"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
Jackie's Back	1999	Herself	Movie; cameo appearance
Blue Valley Songbird	1999	Leanna Taylor	Movie	[73]
Bette	2000	Herself	"Halloween"
Reba	2005	Dolly Majors	"Reba's Rules of Real Estate"	[74]
Hannah Montana	2006 2007 2010	Aunt Dolly	"Good Golly Miss Dolly" "I Will Always Loathe You" "Kiss It All Goodbye"	[75] [76] [77]
17 Kids and Counting	2009	Herself	"Duggars in Dixie" "Duggars Meet Dolly"	[78] [79]
Dolly Celebrates 25 Years of Dollywood	2010	Herself		[80]
Strictly Come Dancing	2011	Singer	"Launch Show";[81] singing "Together You and I"
The Bachelorette	2012	Herself	Episode 3
A Country Christmas Story	2013	Herself	Movie	[82]
Kenny & Dolly: An Intimate Conversation	2013	Herself		[83]
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors	2015	Herself (narrator)	Movie; also executive producer	[84]
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love	2016	Herself (narrator) The Painted Lady	Movie; also executive producer	[85]
Dolly & Friends: The Making of a Soundtrack	2018	Herself	Television special; making of the Dumplin' soundtrack album	[86]
Country Music	2019	Herself	Directed by Ken Burns; interviewed in all eight episodes	[87]
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings	2019	Various roles	Eight episodes	[88]
Christmas at Dollywood	2019	Herself	Hallmark TV movie	[89]
CMT Giants: Kenny Rogers	2020	Herself (performer)	performed "Sweet Music Man"
Biography: Dolly Parton	2020	Herself	Aired as Dolly Parton: Here I Am in the UK and on Netflix
Biography: Kenny Rogers	2020	Herself
A Holly Dolly Christmas	2020	Herself	CBS television special

References

1. "9 to 5". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
2. "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
3. "Rhinestone". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
4. "Steel Magnolias". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
5. "Straight Talk". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
6. "The Beverly Hillbillies". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
7. "Frank McKlusky, C.I." Retrieved 27 October 2018.
8. "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
9. "Gnomeo & Juliet". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
10. "The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
11. "Joyful Noise". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
12. "Hollywood to Dollywood". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
13. "Christmas on the Square". Retrieved 21 November 2020.
14. "Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
15. "The Early Morning Show - Episode dated 2 June 1964". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
16. "The Ralph Emery Early Morning Show". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
17. "Music City USA - Episode #1.6". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
18. "The Wilburn Brothers Show - Episode #1.236". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
19. "The Wilbur Brothers Show - Episode #1.540". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
20. "The Porter Wagoner Show". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
21. "2nd Annual Country Music Association Awards". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
22. "3rd Annual Country Music Association Awards". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
23. "4th Annual Country Music Association Awards". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
24. "An Old-Time Country Christmas". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
25. "Hee Haw - Episode #1.26". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
26. "Hee Haw - Episode #3.19". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
27. "Hee Haw - Episode #6.23". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
28. "The Nashville Sound". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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32. "The David Frost Show - Episode #3.204". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
33. "That Good Ole Nashville Music - Episode dated 1 September 1971". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
34. "The Rowan and Martin Special". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
35. "RCA's Opening Night". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
36. "Burt Reynolds' Late Show". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
37. "Dinah's Place - Episode dated 27 February 1974". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
38. "8th Annual Country Music Association Awards". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
39. "In Concert - Episode #3.15". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
40. "Sing Country 1975". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
41. "9th Annual Country Music Association Awards". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
42. "The Ronnie Prophet Show - Episode dated 3 November 1975". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
43. "Candid Camera - Episode #10.27". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
44. "Candid Camera - Episode #10.34". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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47. "Festival of Entertainment". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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49. "The Mac Davis Show - Episode #3.9". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
50. "The Hollywood Squares - Episode #11.8". December 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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52. "10th Annual Country Music Association Awards". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
53. "The 4th Annual American Music Awards". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
54. "The 19th Annual Grammy Awards". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
55. "Captain Kangaroo - Episode dated 23 March 1977". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
56. "Musikladen - Episode #1.33". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
57. "50 Years of Country Music". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
58. "Dolly and Carol in Nashville". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
59. "Lily: Sold Out". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
60. "Today - Episode dated 8 February 1984". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
61. "Today - Episode dated 31 October 2017". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
62. "Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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67. "Designing Woman - The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 1". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
68. "Wild Texas Wind". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
69. "Heavens to Betsy". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
70. "Mindin' My Own Business". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
71. "Unlikely Angel". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
72. "The Magic School Bus - The Family Holiday Special". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
73. "Blue Valley Songbird". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
74. "Reba - Reba's Rules of Real Estate". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
75. "Hannah Montana - Good Golly, Miss Dolly". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
76. "Hannah Montana - I Will Always Loathe You". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
77. "Hannah Montana - Kiss It All Goodbye". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
78. "17 Kids and Counting - Duggars in Dixie". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
79. "17 Kids and Counting - Duggars Meet Dolly". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
80. "Dolly Celebrates 25 Years of Dollywood". IMDb. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
81. "Strictly Come Dancing 2011: Dolly Parton sings 'Together You And I' (VIDEO)". Unreality TV. September 10, 2011. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
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84. "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
85. "Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
86. "Dolly & Friends: The Making of a Soundtrack". Retrieved 1 December 2018.
87. "Dolly Parton steals spotlight in second half of Ken Burns' 'Country Music' documentary". Retrieved 27 September 2019.
88. "Dolly Parton's Heartstrings". Retrieved 2 November 2018.
89. "Christmas at Dollywood". IMDb. Retrieved January 21, 2020.