The Legendary Dolly Parton: Her Life In Pictures
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Dolly Parton in 1977
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19th, 1946. She is one of twelve children and grew up on a run-down old farm in Tennessee. By age 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry! She moved to Nashville once she graduated high school in 1964 and her career took off from there!
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Dolly Parton in 1999
After being on The Porter Wagoner Show for seven years, Dolly struck it out on her own as a solo artist and she's never looked back. Dolly got her own talk show, Dolly, in 1976 and she got her first Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song Here You Come Again in 1977. Her first movie appearance was in the film 9 to 5 also in 1980.
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Dolly Parton in 2001
Dolly Parton is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises which is a $100 million media empire and she even founded Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
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Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson
Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson are two country music legends. Dolly was able to meet and work with many legends over the course of her career. She still is today! Here the pair are in 2001.
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Dolly Parton in 2004
Dolly Parton is no stranger to winning awards. She has won numerous CMA Awards as well as three American Music Awards, 7 Grammys and in 2011 she was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Dolly Parton in 2006
Dolly Parton was recognized for her performing arts contributions to American culture in 2006 by the US State department in Washington DC!
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Dolly Parton in 2014
In 2014, Dolly Parton released another studio album titled Blue Smoke. Her most recent album release was in 2016 for the album Pure & Simple.
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Dolly Parton in 2016
Dolly Parton has been married to Carl Thomas Dean, a businessman, for 54 years! He isn't pictured at all with her at any events, but we can imagine he is extremely supportive and devoted to her and her music. Here, we see Dolly all dolled up at the ACM Awards in 2016.
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Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston
Dolly Parton's most recent film debut has been working with Jennifer Aniston on the Netflix Original Film Dumplin in 2018. She wrote all the original music for the show and really bonded with Jennifer Aniston!
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Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus
Superstar Miley Cyrus is Dolly Parton's Goddaughter! That's right, the "Backwoods Barbie" herself is Miley's Godmother. The pair perform quite frequently together. They are seen performing here at the 2019 Grammys, Dolly's hit song Jolene.