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 Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry. After graduating from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to launch her country-singing career. She fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving business; they married on May 30, 1966 and are still together. In 1967 her singing caught the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to appear on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with the show for 7 years, their duets became famous, and she appeared with his group at the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and sold records. By the time her hit "Joshua" reached #1 in 1970, her fame had overshadowed his, and she struck out on her own, though still recording duets with him. She left him for good to become a solo artist in 1974. Dolly gained immense popularity as a singer/songwriter. Dolly won numerous Country Music Association awards (1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976). This petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television, and by the mid-1970s she was appearing frequently on TV specials and talk shows before getting her own, Dolly (1976). In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her song "Here You Come Again." Dolly's movie debut was in 9 to 5 (1980), where she got an Oscar nomination for writing the title tune, and also Grammy awards 2 and 3: Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song "Nine to Five." She got more fame for appearing in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and in Rhinestone (1984) with the song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a $100 million media empire, and in 1986 she founded Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, celebrating her Smoky-Mountain upbringing. She appeared as herself in the Dolly (1987) TV series. In 1988, she won another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Trio". Dolly was in the acclaimed picture Steel Magnolias (1989) with Julia Roberts, and went on to appear in 15 movies and TV-movies for the 1990s, and garnered more more Country Music Association awards. In 2000, Dolly received her 5th Grammy award: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. She also released a Bluegrass Album. Dolly is known for beautiful songs such as "Coat of Many Colors," "Jolene," and "I Will Always Love You". Dolly said in an interview, "My music is what took me everywhere I've been and everywhere I will go. It's my greatest love. I can't abandon it. I'll always keep making records."
Bio:
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry. After graduating from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to launch her country-singing career. She fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving business; they married on May 30, 1966 and are still together. In 1967 her singing caught the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to appear on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with the show for 7 years, their duets became famous, and she appeared with his group at the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and sold records. By the time her hit "Joshua" reached #1 in 1970, her fame had overshadowed his, and she struck out on her own, though still recording duets with him. She left him for good to become a solo artist in 1974. Dolly gained immense popularity as a singer/songwriter. Dolly won numerous Country Music Association awards (1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976). This petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television, and by the mid-1970s she was appearing frequently on TV specials and talk shows before getting her own, Dolly (1976). In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her song "Here You Come Again." Dolly's movie debut was in 9 to 5 (1980), where she got an Oscar nomination for writing the title tune, and also Grammy awards 2 and 3: Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song "Nine to Five." She got more fame for appearing in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and in Rhinestone (1984) with the song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a $100 million media empire, and in 1986 she founded Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, celebrating her Smoky-Mountain upbringing. She appeared as herself in the Dolly (1987) TV series. In 1988, she won another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Trio". Dolly was in the acclaimed picture Steel Magnolias (1989) with Julia Roberts, and went on to appear in 15 movies and TV-movies for the 1990s, and garnered more more Country Music Association awards. In 2000, Dolly received her 5th Grammy award: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. She also released a Bluegrass Album. Dolly is known for beautiful songs such as "Coat of Many Colors," "Jolene," and "I Will Always Love You". Dolly said in an interview, "My music is what took me everywhere I've been and everywhere I will go. It's my greatest love. I can't abandon it. I'll always keep making records."
Tivia:
She lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest.Dolly wrote two of her biggest hits, "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You", on the same evening (1973).Although Parton originally agreed to work with Porter Wagoner for five years, she stayed an extra two years because of her immense respect for him. At the end of the seventh year, Parton and Wagoner argued because she wanted to go out on her own and he wanted her to stay. Eventually, she wrote a song to express how she felt: the eventual megahit "I Will Always Love You".Dolly recorded the song "I Will Always Love You", which she also wrote, in 1974. She found out that Elvis Presley was interested in singing it as a duet with her; however, she would have to give him 50% of the publishing royalties, as was his custom with any duet he sang. Since she had already published the song herself, giving up those royalties made no sense to her so, despite her intense desire to sing with "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", she declined the request, which turned out to be a multi-million-dollar decision, after the song became a humongous hit when Whitney Houston sang it in The Bodyguard (1992) and the single sold over 24 million records worldwide.One of 12 children, she grew up in a one-room cabin in Tennessee.Her iconic hit song "I Will Always Love You" was voted the No. 1 song on CMT 100 Greatest Love Songs of Country Music (2004).She was unable to have her own children because of an allergic reaction she experienced to birth-control pills when she was younger.She and her husband Carl Dean raised five of her younger siblings.The children's television series Sesame Street (1969) introduced a character in homage to Dolly Parton. She had purple skin and blonde hair and went by the name of Polly Darton.Created her song "Nine to Five" while on the set of the movie of the same name, 9 to 5 (1980), by tapping her nails.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.Although she was not credited by name, Dolly Parton was one of the executive producers of the cult-classic teen horror series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) through her production partnership (called Sandollar Entertainment) with Sandy Gallin, who had managed Parton's career.In 1978, she became one of the few celebrities to have their own pinball machine. Manufactured by Bally Manufacturing Company. The "Dolly" pinball machine played Dolly's #1 single "Here You Come Again" while the pinball machine was active. This item is a highly sought after piece of Dolly Parton memorabilia.Her theme park "Dollywood" in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is the most popular tourist attraction in the state according to the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.Met her husband Carl Dean at a laundromat.The world's first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, was named after Dolly Parton.In 2008, Parton was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel. The highest honor given in the state of Kentucky [USA].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.Co-wrote the song "I Didn't Hear the Thunder (But I Sure Did Feel the Rain)" with late country legend Tammy Wynette.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.Among 120 celebrities and movie industry executives to receive invitations for membership into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on July 5, 2006. The Academy only allows for 30 new members each year, but in 2006 invited more people for membership in order to replace previous members who passed away or were retiring. Other celebrities receiving invitations include Jake Gyllenhaal, Werner Herzog, Felicity Huffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Terrence Howard, Heath Ledger and Dakota Fanning.She was awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee on November 8, 2009.Her father Robert Lee was one of 15 children and her mother Avie Lee (Owens) was one of 10 children.Ranked #4 on the 40 Greatest Women in Country Music, #3 Loretta Lynn, #2 Tammy Wynette and #1 Patsy Cline.She was Peter Gabriel's original choice to sing the female vocal of the 1986 duet "Don't Give Up" (a UK Top Ten hit in 1986). When Parton turned it down (she didn't know who Gabriel was), Kate Bush recorded it with him instead.Owner/namesake of the Smoky Mountain area theme park "Dollywood", located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.Dolly Parton was awarded the National Medal of Arts (2005).Her younger sister Rachel Parton George played her character from the movie 9 to 5 (1980) on the sitcom of the same name.When Drew Barrymore spoke about her film Home Fries (1998) before its release, she revealed that her character was a huge fan of Dolly Parton. She said that several of Parton's songs would appear in the film, and that they spent a two-day shoot at Dollywood. When the film was finally released, the only reference to Dolly Parton was on the walls of Drew's bedroom, which are covered with posters and pictures of Dolly.In poker, a hole card combination of a 9 and a 5 is called a "Dolly Parton", named after the song and movie 9 to 5 (1980).Her Oscar nominated song "Nine to Five" from 9 to 5 (1980) was ranked #78 while her songwriting contribution, "I Will Always Love You", from The Bodyguard (1992) came in at #65 on the American Film Institute's list of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004).Dolly's greatest-hits compilation album "The Very Best of Dolly Parton" (2007), released in Europe as part of the promotional campaign for her 2007 European Tour, debuted at #9 on the UK Pop Chart, her first album to break the Top-10 Pop Albums Chart in the United Kingdom. The CD also debuted at Number 1 on the UK Country Albums Chart.In 2006, she donated $500,000 to Fort Sanders Medical Center.Recipient of a 2010 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award on December 23, 2010.Created the "My People Fund" to raise money for victims of the wildfires that have ravaged the Great Smokey Mountains region which caused 2,000 people to be evacuated, and 100 buildings being destroyed. (December 2006)A bronze sculpture of her sits on the courthouse lawn in her hometown Sevierville, Tennessee.Selected by the American Songwriters Hall of Fame as the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award.In 2006, she was awarded the Lindy Boggs Award from the Stennis Center for Public Service. She becomes the first nonpolitical recipient.On August 9, 1995, Parton was awarded the Outstanding Service to Youth Award from the Tennessee District - Optimist International.Inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on January 4, 1969.Dolly Parton, Steven Spielberg, Smokey Robinson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and conductor Zubin Mehta were awarded Kennedy Center Honors (2006).Covered the song "Shine" by the rock band Collective Soul, turning the alternative-rock ballad into a bluegrass song.During the early 1990s, she filmed a series of sitcom pilots for CBS-TV. In 1994, "Heavens to Betsy" was made, starring Dolly and Constance Shulman; six episodes were completed before the sitcom was scrapped and the story revamped for the Movie of the Week Unlikely Angel (1996). Following the television movie, she was to develop a sitcom where she would star as a "caterer to the stars", which would have aired as Mindin' My Own Business (1996), but the pilot was never broadcast.She was named 4th Sexiest Woman in CMT list of the 20 sexiest women in Country Music.Her cousin is adult actress and model Julia Parton, formally known as Nina Alexander.She has earned five BMI Million-Air (or more) Performance Awards and numerous BMI Songwriter Citations of Achievement. Her classic hit song "I Will Always Love You" is currently certified with a Six Million-Air award, meaning it has been played on radio and television over six million times. She was also honored with the prestigious BMI Icon Award (2003).Sister of Willadeene Parton, Randy Parton and Stella Parton.Sang with Solomon Burke on his CD "Nashville" (2006). The two did a duet on the Dolly written track "Tomorrow is Forever". The song was originally recorded by Parton and Porter Wagoner in 1969 and reached #9 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.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".Reportedly has her enormous breasts insured for $600,000. |
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Dolly Parton |
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Music Artist,Music Department,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Music Artist,Music Department,Producer |
| Products for sale: |
Music Artist,Music Department,Producer |
| Model rank: |
226 |
| Last update: |
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| Height: |
5' (1.52 m) |
| Biography: |
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was alr |
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She lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest.Dolly wrote two of her biggest hits, "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You", on the same evening (1973).Although Parton originally agreed to work with Porter Wagoner for five years, she stayed an extra two years because of her immense respect for him. At the end of the seventh year, Parton and Wagoner argued because she wanted to go out on her own and he wanted her to stay. Eventually, she wrote a song to express how she felt: the eventual megahit "I Will Always Love You".Dolly recorded the song "I Will Always Love You", which she also wrote, in 1974. She found out that Elvis Presley was interested in singing it as a duet with her; however, she would have to give him 50% of the publishing royalties, as was his custom with any duet he sang. Since she had already published the song herself, giving up those royalties made no sense to her so, despite her intense desire to sing with "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", she declined the request, which turned out to be a multi-million-dollar decision, after the song became a humongous hit when Whitney Houston sang it in The Bodyguard (1992) and the single sold over 24 million records worldwide.One of 12 children, she grew up in a one-room cabin in Tennessee.Her iconic hit song "I Will Always Love You" was voted the No. 1 song on CMT 100 Greatest Love Songs of Country Music (2004).She was unable to have her own children because of an allergic reaction she experienced to birth-control pills when she was younger.She and her husband Carl Dean raised five of her younger siblings.The children's television series Sesame Street (1969) introduced a character in homage to Dolly Parton. She had purple skin and blonde hair and went by the name of Polly Darton.Created her song "Nine to Five" while on the set of the movie of the same name, 9 to 5 (1980), by tapping her nails.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.Although she was not credited by name, Dolly Parton was one of the executive producers of the cult-classic teen horror series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) through her production partnership (called Sandollar Entertainment) with Sandy Gallin, who had managed Parton's career.In 1978, she became one of the few celebrities to have their own pinball machine. Manufactured by Bally Manufacturing Company. The "Dolly" pinball machine played Dolly's #1 single "Here You Come Again" while the pinball machine was active. This item is a highly sought after piece of Dolly Parton memorabilia.Her theme park "Dollywood" in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is the most popular tourist attraction in the state according to the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.Met her husband Carl Dean at a laundromat.The world's first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, was named after Dolly Parton.In 2008, Parton was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel. The highest honor given in the state of Kentucky [USA].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.Co-wrote the song "I Didn't Hear the Thunder (But I Sure Did Feel the Rain)" with late country legend Tammy Wynette.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.Among 120 celebrities and movie industry executives to receive invitations for membership into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on July 5, 2006. The Academy only allows for 30 new members each year, but in 2006 invited more people for membership in order to replace previous members who passed away or were retiring. Other celebrities receiving invitations include Jake Gyllenhaal, Werner Herzog, Felicity Huffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Terrence Howard, Heath Ledger and Dakota Fanning.She was awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee on November 8, 2009.Her father Robert Lee was one of 15 children and her mother Avie Lee (Owens) was one of 10 children.Ranked #4 on the 40 Greatest Women in Country Music, #3 Loretta Lynn, #2 Tammy Wynette and #1 Patsy Cline.She was Peter Gabriel's original choice to sing the female vocal of the 1986 duet "Don't Give Up" (a UK Top Ten hit in 1986). When Parton turned it down (she didn't know who Gabriel was), Kate Bush recorded it with him instead.Owner/namesake of the Smoky Mountain area theme park "Dollywood", located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.Dolly Parton was awarded the National Medal of Arts (2005).Her younger sister Rachel Parton George played her character from the movie 9 to 5 (1980) on the sitcom of the same name.When Drew Barrymore spoke about her film Home Fries (1998) before its release, she revealed that her character was a huge fan of Dolly Parton. She said that several of Parton's songs would appear in the film, and that they spent a two-day shoot at Dollywood. When the film was finally released, the only reference to Dolly Parton was on the walls of Drew's bedroom, which are covered with posters and pictures of Dolly.In poker, a hole card combination of a 9 and a 5 is called a "Dolly Parton", named after the song and movie 9 to 5 (1980).Her Oscar nominated song "Nine to Five" from 9 to 5 (1980) was ranked #78 while her songwriting contribution, "I Will Always Love You", from The Bodyguard (1992) came in at #65 on the American Film Institute's list of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004).Dolly's greatest-hits compilation album "The Very Best of Dolly Parton" (2007), released in Europe as part of the promotional campaign for her 2007 European Tour, debuted at #9 on the UK Pop Chart, her first album to break the Top-10 Pop Albums Chart in the United Kingdom. The CD also debuted at Number 1 on the UK Country Albums Chart.In 2006, she donated $500,000 to Fort Sanders Medical Center.Recipient of a 2010 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award on December 23, 2010.Created the "My People Fund" to raise money for victims of the wildfires that have ravaged the Great Smokey Mountains region which caused 2,000 people to be evacuated, and 100 buildings being destroyed. (December 2006)A bronze sculpture of her sits on the courthouse lawn in her hometown Sevierville, Tennessee.Selected by the American Songwriters Hall of Fame as the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award.In 2006, she was awarded the Lindy Boggs Award from the Stennis Center for Public Service. She becomes the first nonpolitical recipient.On August 9, 1995, Parton was awarded the Outstanding Service to Youth Award from the Tennessee District - Optimist International.Inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on January 4, 1969.Dolly Parton, Steven Spielberg, Smokey Robinson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and conductor Zubin Mehta were awarded Kennedy Center Honors (2006).Covered the song "Shine" by the rock band Collective Soul, turning the alternative-rock ballad into a bluegrass song.During the early 1990s, she filmed a series of sitcom pilots for CBS-TV. In 1994, "Heavens to Betsy" was made, starring Dolly and Constance Shulman; six episodes were completed before the sitcom was scrapped and the story revamped for the Movie of the Week Unlikely Angel (1996). Following the television movie, she was to develop a sitcom where she would star as a "caterer to the stars", which would have aired as Mindin' My Own Business (1996), but the pilot was never broadcast.She was named 4th Sexiest Woman in CMT list of the 20 sexiest women in Country Music.Her cousin is adult actress and model Julia Parton, formally known as Nina Alexander.She has earned five BMI Million-Air (or more) Performance Awards and numerous BMI Songwriter Citations of Achievement. Her classic hit song "I Will Always Love You" is currently certified with a Six Million-Air award, meaning it has been played on radio and television over six million times. She was also honored with the prestigious BMI Icon Award (2003).Sister of Willadeene Parton, Randy Parton and Stella Parton.Sang with Solomon Burke on his CD "Nashville" (2006). The two did a duet on the Dolly written track "Tomorrow is Forever". The song was originally recorded by Parton and Porter Wagoner in 1969 and reached #9 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.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".Reportedly has her enormous breasts insured for $600,000. |
| Trademarks: |
Always uses butterflies as her logos, since she feels they represent beauty and freedom.
Platinum blonde hair
Sparkling blue eyes
Voluptuous figure and short stature
Lisp, breathless voice |
| Quotes: |
I'm not offended by dumb-blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde.
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I describe my look as a blend of Mother Goose, Cinderella, and the local hooker!
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It takes a lot of money to make a person look this cheap!
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I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.
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I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade. |
| Salaries: |
Rhinestone (1984) - $2,000,000 |
| Job title: |
Music Artist,Music Department,Producer |
| Others works: |
(1986) She and her former manager, Sandy Gallin, were partners in Sandollar Productions, an entertainment production company. Sandollar has produced TV shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and films including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Fath |
| Spouse: |
Carl Dean (May 30, 1966 - present) |
| Children: |
No Children |
| Parents: |
Robert Lee Parton
Avie Lee Parton (Owens) |
| Relatives: |
Cassie Parton (Sibling)
Larry Gerald Parton (Sibling)
Frieda Parton (Sibling)
Floyd Parton (Sibling)
Rachel Parton George (Sibling)
Julia Parton (Cousin)
Stella |
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