Dolly Parton's biography

Dolly Rebecca Parton is 76 years old guitarist born at Pittman Center, Tennessee, USA. Dolly was born on Saturday 19th of January 1946. Dolly is often nicknamed as Dolly Rebecca Parton, Dolly Parton, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Dolly Parton Dean, Dolly Rebecca Dean, Dolly Dean. According to year of birth 1946 Dolly belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 19th of January means Dolly is Capricorn. These people are stable in nature. As the sign lord is “Saturn”, the person will be judgemental in his approach.

Dolly is native american english speaker. She is white american. Dolly is citizen of United States of America. Dolly is born-again christian. Dolly´s primary profession is to be guitarist. You can know her also as country singer, actor, singer-songwriter, banjoist, autobiographer, businessperson, television actor, multi-instrumentalist, country musician, record producer, voice actor, film producer, screenwriter, composer, songwriter, film actor. She is recently known as recording artist.

Dolly Parton's dad

Dolly Parton's father's name is Robert Lee Parton.

Dolly Parton's mom

Dolly Parton's mother's name is Avie Lee Parton. Dolly´s mother was born on Friday 5th of October 1923. Dolly Parton was born when she was 23 years old. Her mother died on Friday 5th of December 2003. Avie Lee Parton was 57 years old, when this happened.

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Detailed informations about her schools

Dolly studied high school - Scott County Central High School in Sikeston, Missouri.

Dolly Parton's career

Her main focus is to be guitarist and composing. She is famous thanks to Before The Next Teardrop Falls, I Will Always Love You, Jolene. Maybe you are curious what instrument does Dolly play ? Dolly plays guitar.

Is Dolly Parton gay ?

She is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Dolly Parton's Awards

Dolly Parton was awarded the National Medal of Arts (2005).
In 2006, she was awarded the Lindy Boggs Award from the Stennis Center for Public Service. She becomes the first nonpolitical recipient.
In 1993, she was honored with the Country Music Association's very first "Country Music Honors" Award. As of 2009, she is still the sole recipient of this honor.
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.
Dolly Parton, Steven Spielberg, Smokey Robinson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and conductor Zubin Mehta were awarded Kennedy Center Honors (2006).
Became WIVK Radio's 2006 Americana Highway HEMI Award Hall of Fame Inductee during the 1st Annual HEMI Awards. Winners in all categories were announced on September 24, 2006.
Selected by the American Songwriters Hall of Fame as the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award.
Awarded the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award from the Academy of Country Music (2007). This lifetime achievement award is presented to the pioneers of country music who have made lasting contributions to the genre.
In November 2007, the 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.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 14, 1984.
She was awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee on November 8, 2009.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville awarded Parton an Honorary Doctor of Humane and Musical Letters Degree (2009). Parton was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Carson-Newman College (1990).
During the 40th Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards in 2009, 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 2008.
She was nominated for the 2009 Tony Award (Best Score for a Musical) for her work on "9 to 5: The Musical". She did not win the honor. The Tony Award was bestowed to the score writers of the Broadway musical "Next to Normal".
On August 9, 1995, Parton was awarded the Outstanding Service to Youth Award from the Tennessee District - Optimist International.
Received the Applause Award from the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (2010).
Recipient of a 2010 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award on December 23, 2010.
Her musical, "9 to 5: The Musical", at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 2009 Back Stage Garland Award for Production.
She was nominated for the 2009 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Original Score for the musical, "9 to 5: The Musical" on Broadway in New York City.
She was awarded the 2008 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Musical Score for "9 to 5: The Musical" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
She was awarded the 2009 Back Stage Garland Award for Musical Score for "9 to 5: The Musical" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Dolly Parton and Linda Perry were nominated for a 2019 Critics' Choice Movie Award in the Best Song category for "Girl in the Movies", used in the movie Dumplin' (2018).
Dolly Parton and Linda Perry were nominated for a 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Award in the Best Original Song category for "Girl in the Movies", used in the movie Dumplin' (2018).
Dolly Parton and Linda Perry were nominated for a 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Original Song category for "Girl in the Movies", used in the movie Dumplin' (2018).

Dolly Parton's Rankings

Ranked #34 on VH1's Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
Ranked #4 on the 40 Greatest Women in Country Music, #3 Loretta Lynn, #2 Tammy Wynette and #1 Patsy Cline.
Her duet "Islands in the Stream" with fellow country singer Kenny Rogers was ranked the #1 duet of all time on CMT 100 Greatest Country Duets of All Time.

Dolly Parton's Nominations

Dolly was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song for work 9 to 5 in 1981
She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for work 9 to 5 in 1981
Dolly was nominated for American Music Award for Favorite Country Album for work New Harvest… First Gathering in 1978
Dolly was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for work Cher... Special in 1978
Dolly was nominated for American Music Award for Favorite Country Album for work Here You Come Again in 1979
Dolly was nominated for Favorite Country Single for work Here You Come Again in 1979
Dolly was nominated for Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for work 9 to 5 in 1980
She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for work 9 to 5 in 1980
Dolly was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for work 9 to 5 in 1980
Dolly was nominated for Grammy Award for Song of the Year for work 9 to 5 in 1981
She was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Country Song for work 9 to 5 in 1981
She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for work The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1982
She was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for work Burlap & Satin in 1983
She was nominated for Favorite Country Single for work Islands in the Stream in 1985
She was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for work Trio in 1987
She was nominated for Grammy Award for Album of the Year for work Trio in 1987
Dolly was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Country Song for work Eagle When She Flies in 1991
Dolly was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Country Album for work Trio II in 1999
Dolly was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for work The Grass Is Blue in 2000
Dolly was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Country Album for work Halos & Horns in 2002
Dolly was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for work Transamerica in 2005
She was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for work Transamerica in 2007
Dolly was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song for work Drinkin' Stein in 1985
She was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score for work Rhinestone in 1985

What else you don't know about Dolly Parton ?

Her middle name is Rebecca.

What Dolly Parton has done for a first time

The world's first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, was named after Dolly Parton.
In 2006, she was awarded the Lindy Boggs Award from the Stennis Center for Public Service. She becomes the first nonpolitical recipient.
In 1993, she was honored with the Country Music Association's very first "Country Music Honors" Award. As of 2009, she is still the sole recipient of this honor.
Parton released her first ever officially licensed calendar for the 2011 year. [December 2010]
Married her husband Carl Dean on May 30, 1966 at First Baptist Church at 7608 Nashville Street in Ringgold, Georgia.

Dolly Parton's Donations

In 2006, she donated $500,000 to Fort Sanders Medical Center.

Dolly Parton's quotes

I'm not offended by dumb-blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde.
I describe my look as a blend of Mother Goose, Cinderella, and the local hooker!
It takes a lot of money to make a person look this cheap!
I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.
I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
I had to get rich so I could afford to sing like I was poor again.
There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time somebody helped the homely?
(on her ample bosom) I don't know if I'm supporting them, or they're supporting me.
(on the topic of her bust size) People always ask me if they're mine. Yes, they are... all bought and paid for.
(alluding to her famous bust) If I build another park, it will probably be in Silicon Valley.
If you want to see the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.
There's a heart beneath the boobs and a brain beneath the wig.
After Momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.
[on her 2006 birthday milestone] I'm not 60, I'm "sexty".
[when asked about her 60th birthday] I don't mind being it, I just don't like saying it.
(on plastic surgery) If I see something saggin', baggin' or dragin', I'm gonna have it nipped, tucked or sucked.
I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens. (Source: The Mountain Press)
I'm like a cartoon! I'll look this way when I'm 80. I can see it now, people will be rolling me around in a wheelchair and I'll still have my big hair, nails, my high heels and my boobs stuck out!
Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you.
I'm not like a real person. I love being artificial. I think there's a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real, but look so artificial at the same time.
I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live, it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off.
I'm a show-off basically... always have been.
I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like throwing nuts to a monkey... I just couldn't get enough.
I'll never harden my heart, but I've toughened the muscles around it.
If there's a heaven, I hope to hell I go!
I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.
It's when you treat people like freaks that you become one yourself.
I was blessed to have family members who encouraged me to pursue my dreams. Whether it is your parents, or your uncles or your aunts or even the neighbor down the road, it's important that kids have someone who encourages them to chase their rainbow.
I feel blessed that I still have the little Dolly in my heart, I'm still the same girl that wants to squeeze every little drop out of life that I can.
I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.
I'm on a seafood diet -- I see food, I eat it.
I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke.
I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids.
When the new country came out 10 to 15 years ago, people my age were almost too old. But it never stopped me. I never stopped writing. I never stopped recording.
[when asked about political ambitions] Don't you think we've had enough boobs in the White House?
(on the Women's Lib movement of the 1960s) I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out!
On plastic surgery: I'm a proud person. I'm not vain. I look at it like it is. If you've got the money and you're going to be out there, you owe it to people not to look like a dog if you can help it.
If I have one more face-lift I'll have a beard.
I'm a poor candidate for espionage.
I think in a way, my music has been almost like my ministry. Hopefully, it's healing in some ways, just having a good sense of humor to be able to lift people up, to have songs that people can relate to.
[When speaking of Gay rights]: It's not a crusade for me, I just think everybody should stand up and I think it's really sad when people get crucified for standing up for what they believe in.
All these fine Christian-type people that seem to think they know what God wants for all of us, that's certainly more of a sin then anything they would claim about us. To judge people is one of the greatest sins.
I'm one of those people that if its something to eat I'm going to eat the whole thing, If I'm going to be in love I'm going to love you all the way and if my heart's broken, it's just shattered all to pieces.
I always pattern my look after the town tramp. I swear to God that's true, but I can't give her name.
Sometimes, my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
I've never tried to be like anybody but myself. As a singer, I've never wanted to sound like anybody else. God knows, I couldn't, anyway. I just always felt I was responsible for my own personality and gifts.
I don't give advice, I might give you some information. I often want to say, "Hell, I don't know what you should do. I've got (stuff) to figure out in my own life."
[when remarking about her Imagination Library childhood literacy program] If I'm remembered 100 years from now, I hope it will be not for looks but for books. I don't want to be responsible for any boobs in the future! I had to get that off my chest.
[her motto] Dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.
I do have large boobs. Always had them. I've pushed them up, whacked them around. Why not make fun of them? I've made a fortune with them.
If you see some without a smile, give them one of yours.
God invented me, but I've helped him along with some pretty bizarre stuff.
You cannot live in this world and be successful and not have heartaches, troubles, disappointments. It's how you deal with it. I've had a lot of dreams, and most of them have come true, but a lot of them have not.
If we could just be peaceful, if we could just try to work through things with a little more peace, a little more love, a little more harmony, a little more understanding. I pray about it every day.
People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don't know, I'm never there!

Dolly Parton's height, weight, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Dolly Parton looks. We will focus on her height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. She is tall as 5' 0" (152 cm). She weights 114lbs (52 kg). Body build is slim. Dolly´s eyes are tinted green. Her hair is shade of dyed blonde.

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