Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman. In career spanning 60 years and 50 studio albums, referred to as the “Queen of Country”, she is one of the most-honored female country performers in history and has received various accolades, including 11 Grammy Awards and 3 Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for 2 Academy Awards, 6 Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.
She made her film debut in Colin Higgins’s 9 to 5 (1980), with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Wilson, and Sterling Hayden. She also wrote the title song, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
Other notable films of the 1980s include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), with Burt Reynolds, Jim Nabors, Charles Durning and Dom DeLuise; Bob Clark’s Rhinestone (1984), with Sylvester Stallone, Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman, and Tim Thomerson; Henry Winkler’s TV movie A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986), with Lee Majors, Dan Hedaya, Anita Morris, Bo Hopkins, John Ritter, Rance Howard, and René Auberjonois; and Herbert Ross’s Steel Magnolias (1989), with with Sally Field, MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O’Connor, and Sam Shepard.
Films in the 1990s include TV movie Wild Texas Wind (1991), with Gary Busey, Ray Benson, Dennis Letts, and Willie Nelson; Straight Talk (1992), with James Woods, Griffin Dunne, Michael Madsen, Philip Bosco, Jerry Orbach, Teri Hatcher, Jay Thomas, Spalding Gray, John Sayles, Deirdre O’Connell, Charles Fleischer, and Tracy Letts; TV movie Unlikely Angel (1996), with Brian Kerwin, Maria Del Mar, Allison Mack, Eli Marienthal, Gary Sandy, and Roddy McDowall; and Richard A. Colla’s Blue Valley Songbird (1999), with John Terry, Billy Dean, and Beth Grant.
Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002), with Dave Sheridan, Randy Quaid, Kevin Farley, Enrico Colantoni, Orson Bean, Kevin Pollak, Tracy Morgan, and Andy Richter; a voice role in Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), with James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant, Matt Lucas, Jim Cummings, Julie Walters, Richard Wilson, Ozzy Osbourne, and Hulk Hogan; Todd Graff’s Joyful Noise (2012), with Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Courtney B. Vance, and Kris Kristofferson.
She has also cameoed as herself in numerous tv and film productions including Penelope Spheeris’s The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), with Jim Varney, Diedrich Bader,Coleman, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Rob Schneider, Lea Thompson and Tomlin; TV movie Jackie’s Back! (1999), with Jennifer Lewis, Tim Curry, Loretta Devine, Tom Arnold and Whoopi Goldberg; Miss Congenitally 2 (2005), with Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, Heather Burns, Bader, and Treat Williams.
Each review will be linked to the title below.
(Seen originally in theaters)
(*seen rereleased in theaters)
- 9 to 5 (1980)** – directed by Colin Higgins
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) – directed by Colin Higgins
- Rhinestone (1984) – directed by Bob Clark
- A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) – directed by Henry Winkler – also co-writer – TV movie
- Steel Magnolias (1989) – directed by Herbert Ross
- Wild Texas Wind (1991) – directed by Joan Tewkesbury – TV movie
- Straight Talk (1992) – directed by Barnet Kellman
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) – directed by Penelope Spheeris – cameo as herself
- Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995) – directed by Bill D’Ella – cameo as herself – TV movie
- Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (1995) – directed by Bobby Roth – cameo as herself – TV movie
- Unlikely Angel (1996) – directed by Michael Switzer – TV movie
- Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997) – directed by Jerry London – cameo as herself – TV movie
- Jackie’s Back! (1999) – directed by Robert Townsend – cameo as herself – TV movie
- Blue Valley Songbird (1999) – directed by Richard A. Colla – TV movie
- Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002) – directed by Arlene Sanford
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) – directed by John Pasquin – cameo as herself
- Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)* – directed by Kelly Asbury
- The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011) – directed by Tara Johns – voice cameo
- Hollywood to Dollywood (2011) – directed by John Lavin – herself – documentary
- Joyful Noise (2012) – directed by Todd Graff
- A Country Christmas Story (2013) – directed by Eric Bross – cameo as herself – TV movie
- Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors (2015) – directed by Stephen Herek – narrator – also executive producer – TV movie
- Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (2016) – directed by Stephen Herek – also executive producer – TV movie
- Country Music (2019) – directed by Ken Burns – self – TV documentary miniseries
- Christmas at Dollywood (2019) – directed by Michael Robinson – self – TV movie
- Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square (2020) – directed by Debbie Allen
- Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas (2022) – directed by Joe Lazarov – self – also executive producer – TV movie
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